31.01.2010 - News
Government to weigh mandatory swine flu vaccinations for state workers
The Czech government on Monday is to review a proposal by the country’s chief hygiene officer to instate mandatory swine flu vaccinations for 200,000 individuals, Health Minister Dana Jurásková told Czech Television on Sunday. The measure is intended for persons responsible for the running of the state, namely policemen, firemen and healthcare workers and was approved by the National Security Council on Friday...
31.01.2010 - UN chief Ban Ki-moon arrives in Cyprus to help bridge divide
Hoping to lend some energy to 16 months of peace talks between the
sides, Ban landed in Larnaca on Sunday.
Ban's visit to the island comes after a week of United Nations-led
negotiations between Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and
Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talet...
31.01.2010 - Germany opposes bank rescue fund at close of Davos summit
"We don't want a situation where banks get a risk-free assurance
from nation states," the minister, Rainer Bruederle, said.
Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann had previously proposed the fund
as a way to help solve what he called the "too-big-to-fail problem"
of a destabilized German and European banking sector...
31.01.2010 - Senior Russian opposition leaders arrested at demonstrations
Rallies defending the right to free assembly in several Russian
cities were broken up by police on Sunday, and several leading
human rights figures were arrested.
Several hundred people had gathered in Moscow's Triumfalnaya Square
to protest the policies of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and
his predecessor and current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin...
31.01.2010 - UN's Ban Ki-moon arrives in Cyprus for peace negotiations
Hoping to lend some energy to 16 months of peace talks between the
sides, Ban landed in Cyprus' capital of Larnaca on Sunday.
Ban's visit to the island comes after a week of United Nations-led
negotiations between Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and
Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talet...
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31.01.2010 - EU politician tapped for UN post against sexual violence
31.01.2010 - Concorde trial set to begin ten years after fatal crash
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31.01.2010 - Germany opposes bank rescue fund as Davos draws to a close
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