Day: January 3, 2018

In Estonia, there was a scandal from-for absence of the national anthem new year’s eve RIGA, January 2. /Offset. TASS Yevgeny Antonov/. New year’s eve in Estonia turned into an embarrassment, which turned into the first in this year a big political scandal. The President Kersti Kaljulaid on Tuesday was forced to apologize for the state TV channel ETV did not find a place in his Christmas program for anthem of the country that was the first time for all time of independence of Estonia. “I’m sorry, and I apologize that in the new year’s television program, ETV is not the national anthem was played”, — she wrote in her Facebook. According to the President, she did not know that the national anthem this year will eliminate from the show. “However, my office [it] informed, so I also feel guilty and apologize”, she said. Previously Executive editor a new year’s

The head of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian integration and relations with compatriots Leonid Kalashnikov © Anna Isakova/press service of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, January 2. /TASS/. The suspension of the President of Moldova Igor Dodon could lead to popular unrest in the country, said the Chairman of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian integration and relations with compatriots Leonid Kalashnikov.

“Death to Russia” and “My life in Iran”: what is called for protesters in the Iranian cities During the protests that swept Iran, are a variety of slogans: from requirements to solve specific economic problems calls to overthrow the regime of the Islamic Republic. The variety of slogans reflects the fact that the protesters have no single purpose or specific public messages to the authorities. To lead the protests here: suitable candidates are unable to offer any political parties or other forces. Some of sounding slogans sounded during the last major wave of protests in Iran in 2009, but the similarities are not so much. Then the reason for the discontent were the results of the presidential election, which many considered rigged, and the head of the protesters arose the candidates who lost the race. This time no one supports the World-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karrubi, the opposition leaders who