He head of the Russian Republic of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, signed a decree on Thursday dismissing the regional government, the republic’s website reported.

The remainder of debt-ridden Greece’s caretaker government was sworn in on Thursday.

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s move to expand his coalition to include Kadima with 28 Knesset members provides him with a majority of 94 out of 120 parliamentarians and represents nothing short of an ingenious political coup or an insidious political scheme, depending on what he does with his historic mandate. Reaching a peace agreement with the Palestinians and bridging the social gap must be first and foremost on his national agenda. Should he succeed, Netanyahu will be hailed as the leader who delivered his people from the bondage of occupation to the home of true liberty, independence and peace. Should he squander this momentous opportunity, however, he will be remembered as the most devious prime minister in Israel’s history, one whose blind personal ambitions and distorted vision brought his people to the brink of utter disaster.

It has been a year since the U.S. Navy SEAL’s (unit Seal Team Six) raid killed Osama bin Laden in his house where he reportedly lived at least for six years. U.S. forces has given information regarding the night and reported that Bin Laden was killed in a siege at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on 2 May 2011, right after 1 a.m. local time. U.S. officials stated that there was no evidence that the high-ranking Pakistani officials were aware of Bin Laden’s location before the attack even though the compound was located just half a mile (less than a kilometer) far from one of Pakistan’s most important army training military academies.

I took part in many academic research projects during my studies, and participated in many scientific seminars, conferences and events such as workshops. In the field of "Environment" unfortunately all developments in the academic environment remain limited and I observed that a research scholar offered developments to another scholar.

As the carnage in Syria continues, the powers that are capable of taking serious measures to stop it are busy finding excuses to explain their collective ineptitude. Meanwhile, the Syrian people are paying with their blood day in and day out while the international community is shamelessly hiding behind UN envoy Kofi Annan’s plan that was doomed from day one. Since the Syrian government “accepted” the plan a month ago, at least 1,000 Syrians have been killed and thousands more have been displaced. The Arab League (AL), the United States, the European Union and Turkey, who in particular can collectively stop Assad’s killing machine, still pin down their hopes on a plan that Assad has, with impunity, already turned into yet another mockery of the international community.

Greece has undergone a deep economic crisis since 2009. Bartering and the remigration from cities to rural begin to sweep. Unemployment rate has reached at 22 percent. One–third of the Greece’s population lives below poverty line. The EU and IMF mandated–bailouts out packages offered to Greece in return for austerity measures are having a serious impact on every segments of Greek society. Thus, by early elections Greek people gave a clear message to the traditional political parties. In elections held on Sunday, May 6, the two leading parties of the previous term suffered a defeat. New Democracy has received 18.9 % and PASOK has received 13.2 % of the total votes.

Eastern Partnership (EaP) is an initiative among the European Union, the Eastern Europe countries: Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus, and South Caucasus countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. EaP has been founded on 7 may 2009 during Czech Republic presidency to European Union with support of 27 member countries and 6 partner countries. Aims of Eastern Partnership are to strength political relations between EU and EaP countries, and integrate EaP countries’ economy to EU. EaP doesn’t promise these countries to be member of EU or not to be.

I have never developed a habit of accepting role models, but one lady from the recent history of the Caucasus certainly has made a mark on  how I define  my own identity as an Azerbaijani woman.

In the recent period, the politics in Iraq has centered on a new polarization. Even though its lines are not quite clear, the struggle between the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his opponents/rivals seems to come to light. Especially the meeting held in Arbil, on 29^th April can be considered as one of the most important indicators of this.