November 27, 2013
Protests Continue in Ukraine Against Refusal to Sign EU Deal
Protesters gathered Wednesday outside a government building in Kyiv objecting to Ukraine's decision not to sign a landmark trade deal with the EU in favor of increasing ties with Russia. Three opposition leaders participating in the protests were…
November 27, 2013
Karzai Says Will Not Sign US Security Pact Now
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is continuing to say that he will wait until his country's presidential election in April before signing a security pact with the United States. In an interview with U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty that…
November 27, 2013
Rouhani: Iran Will Never Stop Enrichment
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country will not stop its nuclear enrichment activity, while pledging to have "constructive interaction" with the international community. Mr. Rouhani said in an interview on IRIB television that Iran has a…
November 27, 2013
Syrian Government to Attend Peace Talks
The Syrian government announced on Wednesday that it will participate in peace talks the United Nations has scheduled for January in Geneva. The foreign ministry said the Syrian government will send a delegation, but stressed that President Bashar…
November 27, 2013
Progress made on the commitments in the 2012 Joint Ministerial Council communiqué Turks and Caicos Islands
The Turks and Caicos Islands Government (TCIG) Department of Strategic Policy and Planning (SPPU) is forecasting a 3.4 percent growth for the TCI economy in 2013. This growth is underpinned by a recovery in the tourism and construction sectors with…
November 27, 2013
21-year-old charged in Handling Stolen Goods investigation
After through investigations, the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force have laid the charge of Handling Stolen Goods against 21-year-old Anthony Clarke of Grand Turk. The charge stems from a report made on Wednesday November 06, 2013. Clarke…
November 27, 2013
TCIG Partners with ECLAC to Promote Campaign To Eliminate Violence Against Women
The Department of Social Development and Gender Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Home Affairs has embarked on a campaign to bring awareness to violence against women and the Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Violence against Women…
November 27, 2013
Ministry Resumes Production of Passports
The Ministry of Border Control and Labour would like to advise the public that the technical difficulties experienced with the passport server last week had been resolved. The system is now fully functional and passports are being produced as…
November 25, 2013
Hunger Games devours US box office
The Hunger Games sequel has stormed to the top of the US box office chart with takings of $161m (£99.2m). But Catching Fire narrowly failed to become the biggest opener of the year, falling short of Iron Man 3's debut of $174m (£107m). The movie,…
November 25, 2013
Oil prices fall after Iran agrees nuclear deal
Oil prices have fallen after Iran agreed a deal to curb some of its nuclear activities in return for an easing of international sanctions. Iran holds the world's fourth-largest oil reserves, but its exports have been hurt by the tough sanctions…