Posts Tagged ‘Citizens’

Israel will ‘never apologise’ for flotilla raid

    

“When you want want an apology, you don’t use threats or ultimatums,”
said Yigal Palmor, foreign ministry spokesman.

“Everything leads us to believe that Turkey has another agenda in mind,”
he said, without giving further details.

“Israel
will never apologise for defending its citizens,” he said.

Mr Davutoglu said that “relations will be broken” unless Israel
apologises for the May 31 attack [...]

Iceland close to opening EU membership negotiations

    

Brussels deemed that Iceland “ already a member of Nato “ met the overall
political and economic criteria for membership, raising hopes in Reykjavik
that the island nation could join the bloc in 2012, subject to a referendum.

Iceland is already part of the Schengen treaty that allows unfettered travel
between most European nations “ and as a part [...]

Osborne outlines 20% cuts for a parliament

George Osborne braced the country for cuts in government spending of up to 20
per cent as he laid the ground for an austerity programme to last the whole
parliament.

The Chancellor announced an unprecedented four-year spending review in which
every Cabinet minister will have to justify in front of a panel of
colleagues every pound they spend.

Mr Osborne said [...]