The sandwich that cost a Slovenian politician his job
A Slovenian MP stepped down on Thursday after revealing he did not pay for his sandwich in a shop in Ljubljana. “I made a mistake,” Darij Krajcic told Euronews, adding that he set very high standards of honesty for himself. The 54-year old MP was taking part in a parliamentary debate on the Poland meat […]
EU includes Ghana on 'dirty-money' blacklist
The European Commission added Saudi Arabia, Panama and other jurisdictions to a blacklist of nations that pose a threat to the bloc because of lax controls against terrorism financing and money laundering, the EU executive said on Wednesday. In total 23 jurisdictions are listed. They are Afghanistan, American Samoa, the Bahamas, Botswana, North Korea, Ethiopia, […]
Reebok Russia stirs controversy with 'face-sitting' slogan in feminist ad campaign
The provocative slogan could have come straight from a Femen protest but it was actually featured in an advert by sportswear company Reebok in Russia. It was posted on the company’s Instagram account on Thursday and deleted a few hours later in the wake of the controversy. Social media users expressed outrage at the slogan’s […]
Mobile phones can help poor women build new lives: Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said on Tuesday that mobile phones were most powerful in the hands of the world’s poorest women. “In rich countries, a mobile phone is just a tool to make it easier for people to do things, but for the world’s most marginalized women, a mobile […]
