India will invite Western observers and diplomats to a major war games exercise next month, officials said on Thursday. The exercise involving land forces, armour and the air force will begin on March 19 at Pokhran in the western desert state of Rajasthan where India conducted a series of nuclear weapons tests in 1998 that […]
Dhaka, Bangladesh, on its way to clean water but with a long road to go
Water is flowing plentifully into Bangladesh, but all is not hydraulically well in the 8th largest country in the world. With nearly half of its population exposed to unsafe water and slow water-poisoning, Bangladesh is firmly tackling one of its most endemic problems. But it will be no easy task, and providing safe water to […]
Seeking Small-Cap Diversity? Look to These 5 Funds
The term “small-cap” is succinctly summarized by Investing Answers as “a company with a market capitalization (calculated by taking a firm’s current share price and multiplying that figure by the total number of shares outstanding) near the low end of the publicly traded spectrum.” Precise “small-cap” market capitalization ranges vary depending on who you’re asking, […]
“Democratic front” made a “final warning” to Djukanovic
The opposition declared a decisive boycott to the new Skupština calling it “a bunch” of farce and shame. The largest opposition alliance of the country -“Democratic Front” (DF)- was one of the first to ignore the meeting of the Parliament. Then they were by joined “The Social Democratic Party”, “Democracy” and “The Key” coalition. One […]
Montenegro: Djukanovich’s putsch to have been: a spy fiction with a bad plot
The recent parliamentary election in Montenegro has testified the most evident thing: Djukanovic and Co. have already crossed the line of permissiveness and are used to playing with loaded dice in power race. Observers fixed a record violation number: massive fraud, carousel voting, pre-marked ballots, vote buying and cemetery vote. However, the real apogee turned […]
“Democratic” silence of Europe
Djukanovic says the country needs Euro-Atlantic integration. Montenegro must comply with European standards, said the Prime minister. Perhaps its political processes are also required to meet democratic standards and rules adopted in Europe. However, the last parliamentary elections showed a clear discrepancy between changes desired by Djukanovic and the real situation. There were more than […]