Day: March 2, 2018

Media: investigators began questioning Netanyahu’s on new business The Israeli police investigators arrived Friday morning at the residence of the Prime Minister of Israel and began questioning Benjamin Netanyahu in the so-called 4000. It is reported by Israeli public radio. According to the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, in parallel, the police are questioning Prime Minister’s wife Sara Netanyahu in the same case. In the case of 4,000 investigators are checking the suspicion that the Prime Minister has provided the telecommunications company “Bezeq” favors in return for positive coverage of his government’s information portal Walla!, which is owned by the communications giant. Last month police arrested a former press Secretary Netanyahu Nira Chafetz and former Director General of the Ministry of communications Shlomo Filber suspected of that were in corrupt relationships with’ul Lovecam, which belongs to the “Bezeq”. Netanyahu had previously held in this case as a witness. Other things For 2017

Hungary considers language policy of Ukraine “stab in the back” The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Hungary released a statement of Minister péter Szijjártó, in which he accused the decision of the constitutional court of Ukraine regarding the prohibition of regional languages in state agencies flagrant attack on national minorities, including Hungarian. A statement published on the Ministry’s website. “The series of actions began with the education act, continued with the attack on the headquarters of the Society of Hungarian culture of Transcarpathia, and now culminated with the repeal of the law that allowed minorities to use their native language,” said Mr. Szijjarto, stressing that nothing like this could happen in a country that follows the rule of law. While Ukraine expects the European countries will show her solidarity, she stabs them in the back of cruel measures in relation to national minorities. “In the Ukrainian Parliament now discusses the

The new elected President of Armenia Armen Sargsyan The national Assembly of Armenia elected a new President. He was the former Ambassador of Armenia to London Armen Sargsyan, in 1996-1997, and held the post of Prime Minister. He was the only candidate for the position. The candidacy of Mr. Sargsyan was nominated by two factions: the ruling Republican party and the Armenian revolutionary Federation “Dashnaktsutyun” (ARF). Under the new Constitution the President elected by Parliament for a single seven-year term. The incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan will expire on 9 April, on the same day of the scheduled inauguration of Armen Sargsian. Then the old government will resign, and Armenia will fully switch to a parliamentary form of government.

The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova © Alexander Shcherbak/TASS MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. The foreign Ministry will make a special place on the briefings for the American press, if the United States again dare to oppress the rights of Russian journalists. This was stated on Friday the official representative of the guardian Maria Zakharova. March 1, at the briefing the head of the press service of the Department of state Heather Nauert pointedly refused to answer Russian journalists ‘ questions, concerning bilateral relations and the message of President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly.

The Chairman of the CEC of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova © Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. The Chairman of the CEC of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova made a comment to the presenter of the First channel for an incorrect statement to the presidential candidate of Ksenia Sobchak during a debate. “I think it is important to do while admonishment. We have received a complaint from a candidate, Sobchak about the fact that the debate’s moderator, on the First channel was not supposed to give certain characteristics, assessment, incorrectly expressed in the address of the candidate. We believe that this is unacceptable, after all, the duty of the master to lead the correct candidate debates, giving them a rating,” – said Pamfilova on Friday at a meeting of the Commission.