The inequality gap in Mexico has increased, with higher per capita income growth in the most developed entities, in contrast to those that have lagged behind. In the last 13 years, the states with the highest per capita income have recorded higher growth rates in this indicator than those that are lagging behind, which has exacerbated the regional inequalities that exist in the country.
Various sectors of the population, such as doctors, transport workers, churches, teachers, civic groups, trade unions, some public universities, journalists’ associations and the Central Obrera Boliviana have declared themselves on alert for the contents of the new Criminal System Code, because they consider that the rule violates your rights. President Evo Morales denounced that there is an attempt to destabilize his government with the argument of the abrogation of the new Criminal System Code and announced that he will take legal action to re-establish medical care in the country’s hospitals.
The top dignitary of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, Amfilohije, stated that he fears that Serbian President Vucic would betray Serbia and Kosovo. Serbian Presidency’s Secretary General Nikola Selakovic reacted accusing him of sorcery. He also reminded that Vucic’s predecessors “reduced the number of Serbs in Montenegro”, while Vucic “led to an increase in the number of Serbs in Kosovo”. Vucic himself added that he will not comment the Church dignitary’s statement before January 14, the day in which he will speak for RTS about the accusations against him.
The daily Vecernje Novosti reports that Egypt intends to withdraw the decision to recognize Kosovo. Indeed, after the recognizing occurred in 2013, Egyptian authorities have not established diplomatic or economic relations with Kosovo yet. It seems that Serbian authorities will also examine the list of all the countries that recognized Kosovo to seek for those who could reexamine the decision, and then start a diplomatic campaign.
Last measures introduced by Salman promote equality before the law among Saudi citizens, forcing Saudi princes to face new and unexpected difficulties. Indeed, prince Salman enacted a royal decree on the suspension of the payments of electricity and water bills by the royals. Eleven Saudi princes, who gathered at the Government Palace to ask for a step back by Salman on this decision, contested this decree on Saturday. Warned for the wrong approach, they refused to leave the site. Thus, a royal directive was issued to arrest them, which will wait in prison their trial. Prince Salman, willing to make real the project known as Saudi Vision 2030, made it
Russia’s competent authorities are not considering plans of leaving the World Trade Organization amid a dispute on limiting pork imports from the European Union, the Economic Development Ministry’s press service said on Monday. “Given that Russia’s membership in the WTO provides a predictable and transparent legal framework at external markets, in the context of diversifying Russia’s exports the issue of Russia’s withdrawal from the WTO is not currently being considered by the Russian competent bodies”, the ministry said. The ministry noted that the EU’s call for compensation in the amount of 1.39 bln euros per year over Russia’s ban on pork imports is groundless as Russia has met the WTO’s demands and lifted the veterinarian ban imposed over the outbreaks of African swine fever. Moscow will also initiate arbitral proceedings aimed at confirming that Russia has fulfilled all points of the decision by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body, it said.
A possible way to settle the conflict in Donbass could be through filling the Minsk agreements with a new content, Ukraine’s first President Leonid Kravchuk said on Sunday. “How can we stop the war (the armed conflict in Donbass)? There are several ways… We can change or fill the Minsk format with other content,” he said in an interview with the 112.Ukrainia television channel. Apart from that, according to Kravchuk, a meeting between Ukraine’s and Russia’s leaders could be a major step towards the conflict settlement. He said that such meeting could tackle all aspects of the settlement but for Ukraine’s territorial integrity, a subject the sides “will never be able to speak about”. The Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine comprising senior representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the European security watchdog OSCE on February 12, 2015, signed a 13-point Package of Measures to fulfill the September 2014 Minsk agreements. The package was agreed with the leaders of the Normandy Four, namely Russia, Germany, France, and Ukraine.
North and South Korea will meet on Tuesday for a high-level talks primarily to discuss the North’s participation in the upcoming winter Olympics, but also “to discuss about the issue of war-torn families and to look for ways to reduce heightened tensions over Pyongyang’s growing nuclear threat” the South Korea’s unification minister, Cho Myoung-Gyon, said. In fact in his New Year’s Day speech, Kim Jong Un agreed to discuss sending a delegation to the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. It will be the highest-level summit between the countries in two years.
Usama Juwaili, the commander of the western military zone, on Friday attacked the village of Abu Khamash and took over control of the Ras Jedir border. The official statement of the Presidential Council said that the aim of the military operation was to bring security and stability in the area and to improve the livelihood of Libians. Juwaili visited Zuara to meet tribal figures from the town, which have an important role in the negotiations between the commander and local forces and also in the integration of various armed groups.
The Military Court sentenced jihadist militant Ahmed Ammoun to life in prison with hard labor. The militant was convicted of a host of charges including rigging cars with explosives and blowing them up in several Lebanese areas among them Beirut’s southern suburbs; participating in attacks on army posts in Arsal in 2014; killing citizens and army and Internal Security Forces personnel; and plotting to send bomb-laden cars into Lebanon. In the wake of the Syrian uprising, the mountainous outskirts of Arsal had served as a safe haven for Syrian rebels and jihadists from the Islamic State and al-Nusra Front groups.