North Korea

The atmosphere was tense when Greek lawmakers met to discuss the new media licensing law on Friday morning. Discussion on the modifications submitted by the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government on Thursday evening met with disagreement over the way in which the number of channels will be defined.

Japan has put its military on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch after indications it is preparing for a test firing, while the United States has seen increased activity around a North Korean missile site, suggesting preparations for a possible space launch in the near future. 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed on Jan. 27 on the need for a significant new U.N. Security resolution targeting North Korea after its Jan. 6 nuclear test, though there were few signs of concrete progress.

Bulgaria ranks 69th in the latest Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International released on Wednesday.

Bulgaria retained its ranking from 2014, but its score slightly declined from 43 to 41.

Sharing the 69th position with Jamaica, Bulgaria is the most corrupt country among the member states of the EU.

A week ago world community was shocked when North Korea had claimed that it had successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test.

But, Americans did not seem to worry about that! Instead they congratulated North Korea for managing to fulfill its dream!

Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover two dozen countries, including China and South Africa, the government said on Jan. 10.

Baghdad last month restricted poultry imports from France, where an outbreak of avian flu has been reported. 

The United States deployed a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over its ally South Korea on Jan. 10, in a show of force following North Korea's nuclear test last week. 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un maintained that Jan. 6's test was of a hydrogen bomb and said it was a self-defensive step against a U.S. threat of nuclear war. 

North Korea released a video showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watching a missile eject from underwater, going up vertically into the air, just three days after the country stated that it conducted a hydrogen bomb test.

The video is not dated, but the reporter says the launch was conducted in December.

Greece’s foreign ministry has finally issued a statement over the nuclear test carried out by North Korea two days after the incident, expressing “extreme concern”.

Turkey's lira slipped to a new three-month low on Jan. 7, after North Korea made a nuclear test and Beijing guided the yuan lower, prompting concerns about the state of the Chinese economy and triggering an emerging market sell-off.