The Paris prosecutor has cleared Israeli pharmaceutical giant TEVA’s French division of any operational failures after the death of a 92-year-old man last month. The Paris prosecutor has cleared Israeli pharmaceutical giant TEVA’s French division of any operational failures after the death of a 92-year-old man last month.
MEPs were due to vote on a crucial resolution on the escalating Egyptian crisis Thursday, at a sitting of the parliamentary plenary in Strasbourg, as they considered the “significant implications” for the Middle East region of mass demonstrations in the country, which led to the army ousting under-fire President Mohamed Morsi from power Wednesday.
Several Jewish groups slammed Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Beşir Atalay for blaming the ‘’Jewish Diaspora’’ for the protests that started in Istanbul in May and spread throughout the country.
Lithuania assumed its six-month presidency of the EU Monday to succeed Ireland as Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite paid tribute to Europe’s support of Lithuania’s post-communist moves towards independence in a speech to the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg Wednesday, concluding: “It was here, in the European Parliament, more than two decades ago, that the Lithuanian cry for freedom was first heard, and, with your ringing endorsement, transmitted to the world.”
The Palestinian Fatah movement has renewed its warning to Hamas not to interfere in the internal affairs of Egypt or any other Arab country, especially in light of the developments in Egypt.