Atomic banknotes
Written on 12 March 2007 by webmasterFrom now the Iranians have an opportunity to join the national nuclear program. The Central Bank of Republic has entered into the reference a new banknote with a symbol of atomic engineering.
The symbol is placed on a denomination in fifty thousand rials - the largest one in Iran, though in recalculation it is only five and a half of US dollars. The Iranian official mass-media informs that the 50 thousand rials (nearby $5) denomination has the image of a card of Iran, which includes well-known planetary model of atom - a kernel around of which electrons move. Besides the bank note also contains prophet Mohammed’s saying, that the Iranians will reach scientific knowledge even if it is as far as the constellation of Galaxies is.
New the new issuing money in Iran has reached six millions, and the Central Bank promises to print as much again. However, the western analysts consider, that occurrence of a five-ten-thousand banknote does not need to be regarded as a patriotic step. It is most likely that the Iranian authorities try to cope with growing inflation.
Let’s remind that Iran refuses to execute the requirement of the international community about cessation of work on enrichment of uranium. In December 2006 the EU Security Council has approved the resolution which has entered sanctions concerning Teheran. Now the question on acceptance of new UN Security Council’s resolution on Iran can provide introduction of additional sanctions to force Teheran to stop the nuclear program.
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The illusory plan
Written on 10 March 2007 by webmasterNegotiations in the Vein on Kosovo have almost failed. Such announcement was made by the U.N. Secretary-General’s special envoy Martti Ahtisaari, whose plan of settle whose plan of settlement has been presented for Saturday discussion. It was last chance to come to the compromise, and now the destiny of edge will be solved by the U.N. Security Council.
Press conference of the Albanian party, perhaps, represents last sighs of negotiating process in the Vein. Negotiating process is not so that has absolutely failed, it just has, as the international intermediary, the U.N. Secretary-General’s special envoy Martti Ahtisaari said, has been settled out. The parties speak as if not hearing each other. Everyone states only his point of view. It is not possible to reach the compromise on the status of Kosovo. The compromise has not been found even in private, less important questions. The negotiating process was started only a year ago, and now it is clear, that arrogant Ahtisaari’s plan of rapprochement by fine steps, has appeared absolutely illusory by the end of the year.
Merkel calls to improve energy technologies
Written on 9 March 2007 by webmasterThe European Union should become the world leader in the field of the newest power technologies. Such announcement has been made today by German Chancellor Merkel, presiding on the summit of the European Union, which is being held in Bruxelles.
Work of the summit has renewed on Friday from persevering attempts of Germany to achieve compromise on key question of the agenda - acceptance by the EU countries of obligations to finish by 2020 a share of renewed energy sources in national power balance to 20 %.In Merkel’s opinion the European Union, having taken such measures, can not only reduce the dependence on import of oil and natural gas, but will also become the world leader in the newest power technologies. The
German Chancellor has declared that it is a question of that the European Union has headed the third technological revolution and became the leading exporter of high technologies in renewed energy sources. Last night the work the work, under Merkel’s direction above creation of the compromise plan, from which discussion today in the morning and work of the summit has renewed, has come to the end.
As it became known, a number of the countries are not ready yet to incur obligations which can to lead to actual change of all structure of national power manufacture. As it became known from a lobby meeting, it is, first of all, a question of Poland which today makes 90 percents of own energy from coal. Now the words of Polish President that “this plan is impracticable” are being widely quoted at the summit. The summit’s mass-media sources specify, that Poland, having adhered to exclusively radical position, has once again opposed to other EU Member States.
Japan and Korea have suddenly stopped negotiations
Written on 8 March 2007 by webmasterJapan and Korea have suddenly interrupted the second round of negotiations. The meeting of two states representatives of has lasted only for 45 minutes then the Northern-Korean party has interrupted negotiations. The firm position of the Japanese delegation which planned to discuss a problem of the stolen Japanese citizens in 1970 and 1980th years, has served as the reason. Tokyo demands granting the information about the kidnapped people, careful investigation of all cases of the lost Japanese citizens, their returning, or in case of destruction someone, who would proof of their death. However Pyongyang considers this question as closed one.
The destiny of the kidnapped Japanese people is one of the main questions at issue in relations between Japan and Northern Korea. Northern Korea has admitted the fact of abduction of 13 Japanese citizens which Pyongyang wished to use for training North-Korean scouts. Korea declares that 8 of 13 Japanese people have died. Tokyo demands more detailed information about eight victims and three more citizens, who are also considered as lost. In the middle of June, 2006 the parliament of Japan has adopted the law on introduction of sanctions against Northern Korea in case Pyongyang will not solve the problem, concerning abductions of Japanese people by North-Korean special services.
These are the first negotiations since February, 2006 about normalization of diplomatic relations between two countries which have not been established from the beginning of Northern Korea existence in 1948.
After realization of nuclear tests by Northern Korea in October, 2006 Japan has completely stopped import of the goods to the republic, and has also closed all the ports for Korean ships.
The UN former employee Vladimir Kuznetsov is guilty of money-laundering
Written on 7 March 2007 by webmasterThe jury of southern federal district of New York has recognized the former high-ranking United Nations’ employee Vladimir Kuznetsov guilty in arrangement to the purpose of money-laundering. The verdict has been announced after almost hour meeting of jurymen.
As the judge has informed the verdict about concrete prison term will be announced on June, 25th, 2007.
In January, 2003 the United Nations Council has elected him as chairman of UN Committee on administrative and budgetary questions. On September, 1st, 2005 Kuznetsov has been arrested in New York by FBI agents and he has been indicted in plot with the purpose of money-laundering.
The ex-UN General Secretary (Kofi Annan) has removed diplomatic immunity from the official under the request of US authorities.
The Russian has not recognized his fault and has been released info $1, 5 million security which was brought for him by the Russian Federation’s government. Now Kuznetsov is in New York under the house arrest. The constant round-the-clock supervision by means of the electronic gauge-bracelet fixed at it on a leg is conducted over him.
According to the investigation’s materials, Kuznetsov “during approximately since 2000 till June, 2005 inclusive laundered hundred thousand dollars received by other conspirator ( the arrested UN ex-employee of purchases department Alexander Yakovlev, who admitted that he illegally received compensations from the companies for assistance in a prize of competitions on deliveries within the limits of various UN programs)�.
New slaveholders are hunting on women
Written on 6 March 2007 by webmasterSlaveholder and slave trading are intensively prospering in the modern civilized world. According to the United Nations Organization’s data, every year about one million people, mainly women and children, become the victims of slave dealers.
These data have been promulgated at the international conference, the devoted to prevention in women trade. The conference is spent under the initiative of Belarus and Philippines within the limits of thematic informal debate of General Assembly on a problematic of gender equality and expansion of the rights of women.
As it has become known from the conference participants’ report the overwhelming majority of slaveholder victims are the women and the girls getting in sexual slavery. According to the UN experts, about 700 in the world thousand people are being exploited in this of transnational criminal business sphere.
The UN General Secretary First Assistant has declared that trade in people mentions concerns of us, whether we live in a country of origin, transit or final destination of victims. Such crimes prevention and struggle against them demand universal international efforts.
In 2000 the UN General Assembly has accepted the Report on prevention and suppression of trade by people, especially women and children, and punishment for it. By the current moment the Report is signed by 117 and ratified by 111 countries. The document contains definition of “trade in people” concept as crimes and legal tools of struggle against it.
Airbus has «clipped workers wings»
Written on 5 March 2007 by webmasterThe largest civil planes manufacturer in Europe Airbus has started procedure of re-structuring, having declared about dismissal of 10 thousand employees and having specified factories which will be closed or sold. In reply to Airbus factories in France and Germany, the not planned meetings are successively being held in these countries, and trade unions promise some national strikes.
Crisis in Airbus Company has begun because of failure of deliveries of plane A380. The company transferred the beginning of its manufacture three times that has displeased the air carriers which have in advance signed contracts with Airbus. The American operator of service express train-delivery FedEx has even been compelled to cancel the order for the European planes and to sign the contract on delivery of 15 cargos Boeing 777. The better situation for the American Airbus’ competitor couldn’t even be thought of.
As the result, Gustav Humbert and also executive director of the basic shareholder of the company of concern EADS Noel Forgeard had to leave Airbus. Humbert’ position then has been occupied by Christian Streiff, however has managed to work in Airbus only for three months. Streiff’s successor -Louis Gallois has introduced saving for the company and ruinous for many workers plan of re-structuring Airbus under the name “Power8″.
How much do 10 thousand workers cost?
Airbus managers explain Power8 occurrence by company’s necessity to lower costs. They say that it is impossible to compete with other world manufacturers in case of superfluous staff.
The plan of dismissals kept a secret up to the end of winter. The press knew, that by 2010 about 10 thousand employees, or nearly so the fifth part of all staff of the company will be fired.
According to the preliminary data, by 2010 Airbus will save up to 5 billion euro due to the reduction and re-structuring. But before the company should spend significant means for payment of indemnifications - only in first quarter of 2007 Airbus will spend almost 900 million dollars on dismissed workers.
Will a third of kinds of alive essences die out within a century?
Written on 4 March 2007 by webmasterGlobal warming can’t be stopped any more, therefore every year the heat will kill more and more people. Glaciers will thaw, coastal areas with millions inhabitants will be flooded. Third of kinds of alive essences will die out. Such forecast is given by authors of the new report of the United Nations Organization. Such forecast reminds war to the UNO General Secretary.
Change of a climate in global scales represents not smaller danger to mankind, than destructive wars do. Such information was declared by the UNO General Secretary of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon.
The Secretary General has complained that unfortunately the present generation did not give due attention to our unique planet.
In the second part of the new UN report the experts come to conclusion, that change of a climate cannot be already prevented, though it is possible to keep it in the certain frameworks. Financial Times Deutschland gives the details of the report even before its official representation.
On these data, by the end of present century the average temperature on the Earth will raise, at least, on 0,6 degrees. If the mankind will not change the attitude to the nature, it is necessary to expect sharper warming with catastrophic consequences.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts growth of number of fatal cases, traumas and diseases owing to heat, flooding, hurricanes, forest fires and droughts. The quantity of death from overheat will increase, first of all, in the Europe and in Asia.
Millions of coastal areas inhabitants should be ready for possible flooding as a result of rise of a sea level. More then one sixth part of the terrestrial population, according to IPCC, lives in areas where glaciers and snow provide necessary stocks of water - however volumes of these natural tanks are very highly probable to be decreased.
Besides, change of a climate will cause biological impoverishment of the planet. From 20 up to 30 percent of kinds of alive organisms are subjected to the risk of irreversible disappearance if the average temperature will rise on 1, 5-2, 5 degrees in comparison with 1990. It can already occur in second half of present century if it will not be possible to limit sharply emissions of hotbed gases in an atmosphere.
The automobile communication between Russia and Belgium becomes better
Written on 2 March 2007 by webmasterRussia and Belgium have entered into the intergovernmental agreement on the international automobile communication. As it became known, the document has been signed on Friday on results of negotiations of prime ministers of Russia and Belgium.
Making comments on the signed document, minister of transport of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin has explained journalists, that this agreement creates more favorable conditions for automobile carriers of both countries which are carrying out the international transportations and pawns a basis for the further growth of volumes of transportations of cargoes and passengers between Russia and Belgium.
Besides, the minister has noted that it simplifies procedure of entrance of the Russian and Belgian vehicles in territory of both states. Also, Levitin considers that this agreement will promote integration Russian auto carriers in the European transport market.
Levitin has informed that before this agreement the international transportations between Russia and Belgium were carried out on the basis of the intergovernmental agreement of 1973, in which the question of the third countries carriers work has not been settled. The minister has explained that this question is solved in the new agreement. Now these carriers should receive the sanction at Russia or Belgium.
Let’s remind that the volume of cargoes transportations between Russia and Belgium made 480 thousand tons in 2006.
Russia and ОPEC are introducing euro payments (Oil exporters reduce dollar accumulations)
Written on 1 March 2007 by webmasterOn Monday the IMF, which analyzes the information acting from central banks of the developed states of the world, has declared appreciable decrease in a share of dollar accumulation in reserves of the countries - oil exporters. The weakening dollar is being gradually replaced with euro, yen and pound sterling.
According to the latest data, volumes of dollar reserves of the OPEC countries, which provide up to 40 % of a world oil recovery, and also Russia in the second quarter 2006, have decreased with 67 up to 65 %. In the middle of the last year the share of the American currency made 70 %. Thus the share of euro has grown with 20 up to 22 %. Leaders of oil export understand, that the increase in volumes of the European currency in the state reserves will even more weaken dollar, therefore central banks avoid unduly advertising manipulations with currency accounts.
The experts consider, that the gradual transition to other currencies - the compelled measure as the lion’s share of all co-oil calculations and is made in becoming cheaper American currency. The purpose is to avoid depreciation of incomes of export of oil. Change in the structure of foreign financial actives is the rational answer of oil-producing countries to falling of cost of US dollar, especially if there is a sensation of that falling will proceed. When there is an uncertainty concerning the future dollar, these countries show the tendency to diversification foreign currency portfolio.
The central banks will adhere to the tendency on increase in euro and yens reserves, but the dollar for a long time will continue to remain the dominating reserve currency.
