News archive of February 2018

Russia has said the IOC has reinstated the country to the Olympic movement despite two failed doping tests by its athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

North Korea sent items used in ballistic missile and chemical weapons programs to Syria along with missile technicians in violation of U.N. sanctions - and banned ballistic missiles systems to Myanmar, U.N. experts have said.

Egypt's public prosecutor has told state prosecutors to take legal action against media outlets found to be publishing "false news, statements and rumors," he said in a statement on Feb. 28.

The European Union could maintain much of its sway in Northern Ireland after Brexit under a draft treaty published yesterday that caused anger in London and Belfast as the EU warned time was running out for a deal.

For most of the country, code yellow for hazardous weather is in effect on 28th of February. Snowfalls will gradually stop. Snowing will last end in the Northeastern regions of Bulgaria.

Trakia Motorway

''I would call a Consultative Council on National Security on the general subject of energy, Belene NPP and CEZ are particular cases'', President Rumen Radev told reporters regarding the deal for the sale of CEZ's business in Bulgaria, FOCUS News Agency reports.

The European Commission president, who earlier received answers to the European Commission's Questionnaire, said that the European Union is based on a society of equal values.

Indonesia’s anti-terrorism agency held on Feb. 28 a controversial meeting of 124 former militants and 51 survivors of a string of attacks in the country, including the deadly Bali bombings.

Over 100 actresses and film professionals in France, including Vanessa Paradis and Diane Kruger, launched their own movement yesterday against sexual violence, and said they would sport white ribbons at a French awards event this week.

Communication blackouts and blocked roads hampered rescue efforts yesterday as Papua New Guinea struggled to assess the damage from a massive earthquake which has forced oil and gas fields to close in a blow to the economy.