Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra will face a criminal trial in connection with her government's program to aid rice farmers, raising the possibility that she could be jailed. The S ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
... d, citing Prime Minister Habib Essid. The rare attack cast a pall over one of the Arab Spring’s few success stories, the Wall Street Journal said. The small North African nation, which relies heavily ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under fire from the United States for abandoning his commitment to the Middle East peace process. Washington fired the salvo shortly after Netanyahu declar ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
... austerity Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is hoping for a breakthrough in talks about his reforms. Wednesday's first package of social measures put forward by Tsipras' radical left-wing government drew ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-19
The health of Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of modern Singapore, has deteriorated further and he remains critically ill in intensive care, the prime minister's office said on Wednesday. Singapore' ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu appears set for a fourth term as prime minister after his right-wing Likud party swept past its main rival, the center-left Zionist Union, in what has been a hard-fou ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wants to meet top European leaders at this week's European Union summit, a Greek official said. Meanwhile, Athens insisted it would not be "blackmailed" over its de ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-18
Israelis trooped to the polls on Tuesday in what has turned out to a close fight between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and the center-left Zionist Union led by Yitzhak Herzog. The Zi ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
The health condition of Singapore's first prime minister Lee Kuan Yew has worsened due to an infection. Lee, 91, is on antibiotics, and the doctors are closely monitoring his condition, the office of ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said this month Japan was an important partner which shared the principle of free democracy and market economy. "Now it's time for Japan to courageously and sincer ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... esman for Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain wanted to be a founding member so as to help shape governance of the new institution. Moreover, he said, the country reserves the right to pull out ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-17
... t and the prime minister. But in China, the Communist Party has mixed up the concept of patriotism with loyalty to the ruling regime, a thing most people in Hong Kong won't accept. Tycoons and some po ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
India’s parliament approved a bill Thursday to open the insurance business to more foreign investment, The Wall Street Journal reported. The easing of the rules is a key part of Prime Minister Narendr ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
... essure in prime locations. Rentals accounted for 30 percent of revenue, compared with the group’s average rental ratio of 22 percent. As a result, Giordano will close yet another store in Causeway Bay ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
... growth in prime locations such as Causeway bay, deputy chairman and chief executive Lau Siu-chuen was quoted as saying. The overall sales revenue generated at Hysan's retail premises was up 22 percent ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
... ntegrity. Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said the IMF program's impact should be felt quickly. The program "will enable us to stabilize the economy and the financial sector. It will be used to stabil ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
... ocated in prime spots such as Central and Causeway Bay and operated by foreigners. They mainly serve foreign entrepreneurs involved in start-ups. Given the prime locations, the rental cost in these co ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... deadlock. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also signaled the referendum option is being considered. “If we were to hold a referendum tomorrow with the question, ‘do you want your dignity or a continuatio ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, meanwhile, said on Sunday that the government remained committed to the search for the missing jetliner. "The disappearance of MH370 is without precedent, and so ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... re's then prime minister Goh Chok Tong complained that the water neighboring Malaysia supplied was way too expensive. His Malaysian counterpart, Mahathir Mohamad, retorted that the unit price China ch ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-06
