An Australian company is suing the Delhi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee over unpaid bills, said an official who has given his lawyers the names of other businesses that may want to join the legal action. ABC.net.au reported that the Australian company that was behind the opening and closing ceremonies is now taking legal action against [...]
Posts Tagged ‘committee’
“EP debate on Marty’s report postponed”
January 17th, 2011 |
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The European Parliament (EP) Committee on Foreign Affairs “will not hold the announced debate” on the Marty report, writes a PriÅ¡tina daily. Albanian language newspaper Koha Ditore says Special Rapporteur of the Council of Europe (CoE) Dick Marty “decided not to appear before the committee”.
Kalmadi aide Darbari gets bail in CWG scam case
January 14th, 2011 |
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The Delhi High Court Friday granted bail to former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee official T.S. Darbari, who was arrested for alleged involvement in the Queen’s Baton Relay scam. Darbari, a former aide of organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, was arrested Nov 15 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Russian committee on Polish president’s plane crash
January 12th, 2011 |
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The presence of the Polish Air Force Chief in the cockpit of the presidential plane that crashed in Russia in April made the crew take “unjustified risk”.
This was stated by the Interstate Aviation Committee (MAK), RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday.
German lawyer resigns from FIFA post
January 10th, 2011 |
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A German lawyer has stepped down from FIFA’s ethics committee claiming that it is not making an effort to investigate alleged corruption within its ranks.
Guenter Hirsch, the former president of Germany’s Federal Court of Justice, resigned with immediate effect in a letter to committee chairman Claudio Sulser.
Military security chief briefs committee
December 28th, 2010 |
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Director of the Military Security Agency (VBA) Svetko KovaÄ stated on Tuesday that the agency is collecting information regarding the Kosovo organ trafficking.
At the session of the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Security, KovaÄ stressed that the VBA is collecting the information, and that the prosecutor will decide on their relevance as evidence.
Committee adopts Kosovo organ trafficking report
December 16th, 2010 |
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Council of Europe (CoE) Rapporteur Dick Marty today in Paris officially presented his report on human organ trafficking in Kosovo and northern Albania. The draft report, detailing locations where members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) took kidnapped civilians to have their vital organs removed and later sold, was adopted by the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee.
PACE set to discuss Marty document
December 15th, 2010 |
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The Human Rights and Legal Affairs Committee with the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) will meet on Thursday in Paris for a closed session.
The committee should adopt the report by CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty, in which the current Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is qualified as the leader of a drug, arms and human organs trafficking group.
Political Action Committee (PAC) Name Generator
December 3rd, 2010 |
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Good afternoon Washington’s Blog,I thought you folks would be interested in this funny little widget the Sunlight Foundation launched that generates PAC names. Some possibilities seem very realistic ‘Americans for America PAC’…or a tad on the ridi…
Interior Ministry briefs committee on Kosovo
November 30th, 2010 |
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The Serbian Interior Ministry (MUP) is endeavoring to improve the security of the Serb community in northern Kosovo through cooperation with EULEX This is according to Deputy Director of Serbian Police Branislav Mitrović, who on Monday reported to the Serbian Parliament Committee for Kosovo-Metohija.
Stuxnet Requires Better Critical Infrastructure Security Approach
November 17th, 2010 |
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In a Senate committee hearing, cyber-security and critical infrastructure experts discussed the implications of the Stuxnet worm on the country’s industrial plants. – The Stuxnet worm was a “game-changer”, and the country must develop better approaches to address todays cyber-threats.
Those were two of the sentiments that came out of a hearing today by
the U.S. Senate committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.
First detected in June and publicized …
Kosovo committee meets in Belgrade
October 26th, 2010 |
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The Serbian Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo met on Monday in Belgrade. The committee asked the Serbian government to state its stand on the elections scheduled by Priština interim authorities.
Belgrade to bid for European Capital of Culture
October 15th, 2010 |
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A committee set up to organize Belgrade’s candidacy for European Capital of Culture in 2020 will officially submit the bid to the EC in early December. This was announced at the promotion of this project at the Belgrade City Assembly on Thursday evening.
Suntec Real Estate Inv Trust – Corporate moves
October 8th, 2010 |
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Chen Wei Ching Vincent has been appointed independent director/audit committee member wef Oct 1
Work experience: Non-executive independent director/chairman, audit committee/chairman, nominating committee, Transpac Industrial Holdings Ltd
Breadtalk Group – Corporate moves
October 6th, 2010 |
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Dr Tan Khee Giap has been appointed independent director/audit committee member wef Oct 1
Work experience: Associate professor of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; chairman, Singapore National Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation
EP backs visa liberalization with Bosnia
September 7th, 2010 |
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The European Parliament (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee has confirmed a positive proposal on visa liberalization with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania. It was stated that the Committee backs the proposal of EP rapporteur and member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) Sarah Ludford for the abolishment of visas needed for Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania citizens to travel in the Schengen zone.
Serbian candidate joins UN committee
September 2nd, 2010 |
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Serbia’s Damjan Tatić was elected Wednesday to the UN expert body monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. At a meeting of the Convention contracting states, which are 89 at present, Tatić was elected to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with another 11 experts, as one of 23 candidates.
Parliamentary committee backs gay parade
July 22nd, 2010 |
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Members of the Serbian parliament Committee for Defense and Security expressed on Wednesday their support for holding of the Pride Parade in Belgrade.
A statement from the committee session said that state authorities will do everything in their power to ensure the safety of the event’s participants.
“Changes in Sandžak policies neededâ€
July 17th, 2010 |
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The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia stated that Belgrade needs to implement constructive policies toward the Sandžak region. Committee President Sonja Biserko said that the Islamic community and Bosniaks in Serbia are waiting for Belgrade to begin with constructive policies toward this minority.