People voted across Georgia Monday in a parliamentary election that analysts say could determine the direction of the former Soviet republic. Monday’s vote pitted President Mikheil Saakashvili’s ruling United National Movement against Georgian Dream – a coalition founded by pro-Russian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili. More than 51,000 international election monitors and observers kept an eye on […]
Georgia Votes in Pivotal Parliamentary Election
Posted October 1st, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
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Eurozone Unemployment Soaring
Posted October 1st, 2012 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
Unemployment is soaring in Europe’s euro currency bloc, with another two-million workers left without jobs in the past year. The European Union reported Monday that more than 18 million workers were unemployed in the 17-nation currency union in August, the most since it first started keeping records in 1995. The eurozone jobless rate is 11.4 […]
Saakashvili: Georgia Election to Decide ‘Important and Crucial’ Question
Posted October 1st, 2012 at 6:45 am (UTC-5)
Georgian President President Mikheil Saakashvili says Monday’s parliamentary election will decide a very important and crucial question about the country’s future. Voters are choosing candidates for 150 seats in parliament. Georgia has changed the constitution to give the prime minister many of the powers now held by the president. Parliament will name a new prime […]
Greece Readies Austerity Budget as Unemployment Rises
Posted October 1st, 2012 at 6:35 am (UTC-5)
Greece’s finance minister is set to put the latest round of austerity measures to the country’s parliament, and to meet with its creditors in an effort to secure a new round of needed bailout funds. Yannis Stournaras will present the cuts Monday along with a proposed 2013 budget. He is also due to meet with […]
Saakashvili: Georgia Election to Decide ‘Important and Crucial’ Question
Posted October 1st, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC-5)
Georgian President President Mikhail Saakashvili says Monday’s parliamentary election will decide a very important and crucial question about the country’s future. Voters are choosing candidates for 150 seats in parliament. Georgia has changed the constitution to give the prime minister many of the powers now held by the president. Parliament will name a new prime […]
Saakashvili: Georgia Election to Decide ‘Important and Crucial’ Question
Posted September 30th, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
Georgian President President Mikhail Saakashvili says Monday’s parliamentary election will decide a very important and crucial question about the country’s future. Voters will choose candidates for 150 seats in parliament. Georgia has changed the constitution to give the prime minister many of the powers now held by the president. Parliament will name a new prime […]
Georgian Parties Hold Final Pre-Election Rallies
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 3:10 pm (UTC-5)
Supporters of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and opposition leader Bidzina Ivanishvili have held their final political rallies in preparation for parliamentary elections on Monday. Incoming lawmakers will select the next prime minister, who will be granted some presidential powers after Mr. Saakashvili finishes his term next year. President Saakashvili and his United National Movement drew […]
Pope’s Butler Goes on Trial
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 9:05 am (UTC-5)
The former butler of Pope Benedict has appeared in a short hearing, the first stage of his trial for aggravated theft of personal papers of the pope. Paolo Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three, appeared Saturday in a Vatican courtroom as a three-judge tribunal threw out some evidence and ruled that his co-defendant, a Vatican […]
Pope’s Butler Goes on Trial
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
The trial of Pope Benedict’s former butler is under way. A three-judge Vatican tribunal began the trial Saturday. Paolo Gabriele, a 46-year-old father of three is facing up to four years in prison for aggravated theft in a trial that is unprecedented in the modern history of the world’s smallest state. He has confessed to […]
Germany Charges Suspected Russian Spies with Espionage
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
German prosecutors say they have indicted two people suspected of spying for Russia on Germany, the European Union, and NATO. Federal prosecutors announced this week that the pair, known only as Andreas and Heidrun A., have been charged with espionage. The couple is alleged to have spent more than 20 years in Germany, communicating with […]
