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Poverty in Ukraine is diminishing

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The poverty level in Ukraine fell to 12% in 2017, according to Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia.Ukraine (ZN.UA) weekly has reported, referring to Deputy Execute Director of KIIS Viktoria Zakhozha. She said that from 1994 to 2017, the poverty level in Ukraine changed. The worst situation was in the late 1990s. In 1998, 52% of respondents believed that they were almost starving. Then the situation improved, and for 10 years – until 2008 – the poverty level decreased to 11%. “And this is one of the few, but important achievements of Ukraine over the years. In 2008, after the outbreak of the global crisis, the level of poverty increased to 21%, but then the situation began to improve. Before the start of the military conflict, in 2013, the poverty level was 9%, almost doubling from 2014 to 2016, to 17%, but in the last year the situation has improved and the poverty level has dropped to 12%”, Zakhozha said.

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Turkey: around 570 undocumented migrants

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On Monday, aroung  578 undocumented migrants were held in Turkey. In the province of Hatay, 62 Syrians were trying to illegally cross into Turkey. In Baskale district , police caught 34 Afghans who had the country illegally traveling in a van. Separately, in the northwestern province of Edirne, bordering Bulgaria and Greece, police helf 482 migrants of different nationality (were Palestinian, Pakistani, Afghan, Bangladeshi, Iraqi and Syrian nationals ) who were attempting to travel to Europe illegally.

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Turkey: state of emergency extended

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The government said that the state of emergency will be extended again.. Deputy Prime Minister and government spokesman Bekir Bozdag said: “The state of emergency will be extended once more”. He did not specify a duration, but past extensions have been done for three months. To get the parliament approval for the state of emergency the government must see serious indications of widespread violence that could interfere with Turkey’s democratic environment or its citizens’ basic rights and freedoms as set by the constitution. Turkey declared the state of emergency for the first time on July 20, after a deadly coup attempt by FETO. During the last year, Turkey police had arrested thousands of people suspected of involvement in the coup.

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Tunisia: the protests, are the consequence of the law of finances 2018, according to Ammar Amroussia

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Popular Front deputy Ammar Amroussia said in a statement that the demonstrations that began to organize in the country were expected, ensuring that Front has warned since the announcement of the draft of 2018 finance law the seriousness of its approval because the financial law is a burden on the social scale. It is recalled that several demonstrations were organized in several regions of the country to protest against the rise in prices resulting from the 2018 budget law. He asserted that the people injured by the finance law are not only the poor but also the middle classes who have further impoverished themselves. The MP said the government is facing social movements through repression, restrictions and arrests that have taken place in more than one region in Tunisia, which may lead some into prisons, adding that this is the result of the finance law and submission to the dictates of the International Monetary Fund, which represents the destruction of the Tunisian economy system.Ammar Amroussia concluded that the Popular Front calls on people to mobilize and unite to defend their purchasing power and defend national sovereignty and Tunisia.

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Tunisia: protest march over tax policy and price increases

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A popular march was staged on Monday downtown Sidi Bouzid to denounce the price increases of some
products and to claim revision of the tax policy. Protestors including trade unionists, representatives of the Union
of Unemployed Graduates and other civil society components marched the main streets of the city starting from
the Regional Labour Union’s headquarters.Other protest movements are scheduled in the coming days to demand
the right of the region’s inhabitants to employment and a decent life.

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Tehran: a cell linked to MKO terrorists disbanded in western Iran

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TEHRAN – Lorestan Province’s intelligence office announced that a cell linking with the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) was disbanded in the city of Boroujerd, in the western province of Lorestan on Friday morning. According to a statement, four members of the terrorist cell have been arrested, and one of them has been injured in clashes. The statement also added that the terrorist cell has been involved in many acts of sabotage in the province of Lorestan, particularly in Boroujerd, over the past days. According to commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, many rioters arrested in the recent unrest have been trained by the MKO terrorists. Last week, a number of peaceful protests over economic problems broke out in several Iranian cities, but the gatherings turned violent when groups of participants, some of them armed, vandalized public property and launched attacks on police stations and government buildings. According to media reports over a dozen people have been killed in the ensuing violence. Following the unrest, demonstrators from all walks of life held demonstrations in many cities across Iran, including several provincial capitals to condemn violent riots, acts of vandalism and desecration that happened during the recent civil protests in the country and voice support for the Islamic Republic’s Establishment.

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Germany: Bavaria and Hungary about refugees and migration

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Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has used his controversial visit to the CSU National Group for a drastic description of the refugee crisis. This had become a “democracy problem” for Europe, said Orbán in front of journalists.
While CSU leader Horst Seehofer emphasized the rule of law Orbán, SPD, Greens and left criticized the visit.
Orban repeated a statement from 2015, when he described himself as the “border patrol captain” of Bavaria. “Consider me still as her border patrol captain.”
The migration issue has now become fundamental for Europe” Orban said. The European people clearly do not want to live under terrorism. The people want security and the borders to be protected.
He therefore thinks that the year 2018 will be “the year of the restoration of popular will in Europe”.
“Bavaria and Hungary have long combined respect and friendship,” added Horst Seehofer afterwards. The state of Bavaria will launch an initiative to strengthen the Central European states. “And Hungary will be part of it.”

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France: Macron, Erdogan and the same strategic interests on Syria

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More and more diplomatically isolated, the Turkish president must reconnect with the countries of the European Union. He wants to be an indispensable partner of the Twenty-eight on the issue of migration and regional crises. “We want to increase the number of our friends and reduce that of our enemies,” said Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently. “On regional issues and in the bilateral field, the steps we have taken with Emmanuel Macron are going in the right direction” added Erdogan.
While the personalities of the two leaders are opposed in many ways, there are also common strategic interests and convergences on many regional issues, starting with Syria. Erdogan believes, like French diplomacy, that Bashar Al-Assad can not ultimately embody the future of his country.
The two men will also discuss the situation in the Gulf and Libya, and the instability created by the US recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “Turkey remains a strategic partner in many ways: in terms of migration, fight against terrorism, resolution of regional crises,” said Thursday the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, stressing that this dialogue “demanding and constructive “must be” based on Turkey’s own human rights commitments “.

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France: Emmanuel Macron meets Erdogan at the Elysee

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Despite criticism, Emmanuel Macron on Friday received Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Paris. The opposition relies in particular on the head of state to reaffirm France’s refusal of Turkey’s entry into the European Union.
Emmanuel Macron has never hidden his plans: he wants to “talk to everyone”. Received at the Elysee, it is for the Turkish president his first major visit to the European Union since the failed coup d’ètat of July 2016. The violent repression provoked by the leader following this attempt continues with human rights violations. Nevertheless, the Elysee considers it important to “maintain the dialogue” without “hiding the differences”.
Not surprisingly, the announcement of the arrival of Erdoğan in France has made noise throughout the political class. Much of the left was even surprised by such a visit. “France must speak with everyone but welcome with red carpet Erdogan is a political mistake.”said Rachid Temal, the national coordinator of the Socialist Party.
The question of Turkey’s entry into the European Union is also closely followed by the right. They expect Macron to affirm that “the red line that we set is that there is absolutely no question of Turkey’s entry into the European Union. We are waiting for the President of the Republic to say things clearly” declared Vice President of Republicans Damien Abad.
Emmanuel Macron seems still far from giving such a sign in this sense. Although he claims to want to “avoid ruptures” between the European Union and Turkey, calling it “essential partner”, the Head of State has always been hostile to the country’s entry into the Union.

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Egypt: the Zohr Field’s potential in the energy sector of Egypt

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On 16 December the largest offshore natural gas field in the Mediterranean, the Zohr Field, that covers an area of 100 square kilometres, started production. It could bring Egypt to the goal of self-sufficiency in energy sector by 2018 and to the export of gas by 2019. According to the British Petroleum Statistical Review the Egyptian gas consumption amounts to nearly 5 billion cubic feet per day and its total daily production is almost 4 billion cubic feet but Egypt planned to stop importing the fuel by the end of next year.  Petroleum Minister Tarek Al-Molla declared that The Zohr Field, together with the other two fields of North Alexandria and Nooros will rise the gas production by 50 per cent this year and 100 per cent by 2020. The Italian Eni in 2018 will invest into Egypt $3.5 billion, that corresponds to half the company’s annual investments. Recently the country has adopted several economic reforms in order to attract foreign investments, including  floating the currency and cutting subsidies. In addition the gas pricing formula is flexible instead of fixed as it was in the past. According to the law 196 the private sector can transport, store, market and trade natural gas using the country’s pipeline network, moving away from state monopolies.

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