Author: Zaizeraa

Brussels (21/08 – 62.50) The theatrical performance, 40 Days of Miracles was shown in the main concert hall of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea by the Republican State Academic Korean Theater of Musical Comedy of Kazakhstan, which is on tour in South Korea. In total, more than 500 spectators attended the event, including the Chairman of the Korea-Kazakhstan Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, Woo Won Shik, deputies, politicians, the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, cultural and art figures, businessmen, as well as representatives of the…

Lebanon’s largest parliamentary party and family members of victims of the deadly 2020 Beirut port blast have renewed calls for international support in the search for justice. The appeal comes as the domestic investigation remains stalled and less than a month before the third anniversary of the explosion, which killed more than 220 people, injured thousands and caused widespread damage in the Lebanese capital. It also comes a week before the European Parliament holds a session on the situation in Lebanon. The blast came after a huge stock of ammonium nitrate – stored at the port for years – caught…

Paris, Brussels (13/7 – 37.5) In Kazakhstan, Ablyazov was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for murder, another sentence related to the creation of a criminal community, embezzlement and money laundering. In Russia, the ex-banker was sentenced to 15 years for embezzlement of almost 60 billion rubles.The French authorities demanded that the former head of the Kazakh BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, leave the country within 30 days. He announced this on his Facebook page (owned by Meta, whose activities in Russia are recognized as extremist and banned). Ablyazov’s extradition is simultaneously sought by Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine. The former…

Frankfurt, Brussels (3/7 – 27) France has been plagued by multiple outbreaks of rioting following mass protests over the death of a teenager at the hands of a police officer last week. The death of Nahel M. (17), teenager of North African descent, has stoked anger among the public at police violence against minorities and exacerbated existing racial tensions in France. Protests have spread beyond the capital city of Paris and its suburban areas, to other major cities, including Lyon, Marseille, Le Havre, Toulouse and Nantes. On Sunday (2/7/2023), a day after Nahel’s funeral in Nanterre, 719 people were arrested…

Israeli diplomats were not permitted to enter an event hosted by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Paris this week despite having been invited, it was reported Friday. According to the Walla news site, the two Israeli officials had been invited to the reception held by Riyadh in the French capital as part of its major push to host the 2030 World Fair’s Expo. The report suggested that the rescinding of the invitation could be a response by Riyadh to the hardline Israeli government’s policy in the West Bank and the recent escalation in violence. 2023 (Ludovic Marin, Pool via…

In April, a delegation from Ashgabat met with U.N. officials in Geneva to discuss ongoing strategic partnerships between Turkmenistan and the United Nations. A dry official statement from Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry described rather routine meetings about copyright protections, collaboration in the information sphere, and disarmament. According to The Beet’s sources, however, the Turkmen officials were privately forced to respond to a 2021 investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (an international network of investigative journalists, also known as OCCRP), that uncovered how, amid widespread food shortages, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov granted his nephew a $25.7-million contract to import state-subsidized staples.  The OCCRP investigation offered…

A joint report by two United Nations bodies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP), has declared Afghanistan and Pakistan “early warning hotspots” In a joint report, two United Nations bodies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have predicted that the food insecurity in Pakistan and Afghanistan may exacerbate. This is conditional and depends on the worsening of the economic and political crisis the two nations are experiencing. As per Khaama Press, the two nations have been declared “early warning hotspots”. The warning, as per ANI, has been issued in a…

No changes have been seen in northern Kosovo, the EULEX mission said, commenting on reports that Serbia is renovating Interior Ministry premises in North Mitrovica, Leposavić, Zvecan and Zubin Potok, N1 reports on May 13. The mission noted that they could not confirm this information either on the ground or in the institutions of Serbia. Neither the Kosovo government nor the Kosovo Interior Ministry commented on them. Recall that until 2013, Serbia had its own security structures in North Mitrovica, Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposavich. Following the Brussels Dialogue agreement, they were integrated into Kosovo institutions, mainly the Kosovo Police.…

Allegheny County police are investigating a suspicious death in Mt. Lebanon. Mt. Lebanon police were called to the 200 block of Academy Avenue Saturday afternoon for the discovery of a dead man by a family member. He was later identified as Regis Bonner, 86. The cause and manner of death will be determined by the medical examiner’s office. Detectives found trauma to Bonner’s body and circumstances that prompted them to request assistance from the Allegheny County Homicide Unit. A door to the home was found to be unlocked. “He was just a nice old man. He was considered the Mayor…

The State Department appeal comes as Lebanese politicians fail to address the country’s economic crisis. The United States warned on Monday of the deteriorating situation in Lebanon and urged the Lebanese parliament to swiftly elect a president who is “free of corruption” to unite the country. In a press statement, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller called on the political leadership “to move expeditiously to elect a president” and “swiftly enact the reforms needed to rescue its economy from crisis.” Washington is not involved in the name game of the future president in Lebanon but is emphasizing that any candidate should be “free…