The trends in the construction sector remain similar in May as in the previous month. 77% of the leaders of construction companies stated that the number of orders went down, 2% said that it went up (80% and 1% in April respectively), according to the survey conducted by the Department of Statistics. Even 95% of all respondents noted the weak construction demand.
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In the wake of international criticism of its nuclear tests, North Korea is now openly threatening military action. The country considers the planned participation of South Korea in a US-led initiative against weapons of mass destruction as a "declaration of war", the regime in Pyongyang said on Wednesday.
After North Korea's war threats the daily Diário de Notícias (Portugal) calls for the UN to take measures:
"The threats of North Korea are usually just empty rhetoric to get concessions from the international community. The communist regime has thus induced the US to send the country crude oil and South Korea to send it food. This is Kim Jong-il's way of feeding the people and preserving the dynasty founded by his father Kim il-Sung. But as well as its aggressive statements North Korea possesses a powerful military machinery - encompassing not only conventional weapons but also nuclear weapons, as the tests this week have proven. Therefore North Korea's threats must be viewed with caution. A rash reaction could lead to a war or the fall of the regime, which would have dramatic consequences for the whole region. But the international community cannot remain silent, and North Korea continues to insist on defying everyone and everything. The US must state its position clearly - with the support of Russia and China."
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Today this city is not called Konigsberg any more, it is Kaliningrad now, the most westernmost city of Russia and the things so are already for 60 years.
The victory of Dalia Grybauskaitė in Lithuania's presidential elections means that that Baltic state is orienting itself on the West …
People all over Europe avidly watched the Eurovision Song Contest last Saturday. But the European press writes that the competition in Moscow was about more than music.
The presidential election in Lithuania (17.05.2009) Sunday is devoted to economic decline.Lithuania heads into Sunday's election with its economy in shambles, having crashed amid the global financial turmoil along with neighbors Latvia and Estonia after years of steady growth that followed EU membership in 2004.
Among other qualifiers from the second group of semi-finalists are Albania, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Moldova, Norway and Ukraine.
Under Eurovision rules, votes were only accepted Thursday from the 19 countries whose entries performed at the Olimpisky arena in Moscow. Votes received by each of the songs are withheld.
Nine finalists were determined by votes, with the tenth picked by a special jury.
The European Commission (EC) was approving of the Vilnius-Moscow agreement on a facilitated visa regime for inhabitants living on the Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad enclave frontier. more --->
Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was a wonderful gesture on Eminem’s part to try to put a smile on the face of Detroit where the jobless rate is reportedly almost three times than the national average.
Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, quoted ancient Hindu scripture Taittiriya Upanishad, which says: “Give with faith. Give with love. Give with joy,” and adds, “Wisdom means a life of selfless service.”
Rajan Zed urged other entertainment celebrities like George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Beyonce Knowles, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, Will Smith, etc., to bring cheer to the struggling communities affected by economic downturn nationwide through gestures like Eminem’s.
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Thousands of members of Latvia's Russian minority congregated in the capital Riga Saturday to commemorate the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in WWII.
Urban Symphony will now represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow … continue reading --->
