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Magyarország
2016. IX. 6. Útjára indult a Magyarország élelmiszer-gazdasági programja 2016-2050. Kitér a stratégiailag felvázolható célokra, elemzi az élelmiszer-gazdaság versenyképességében rejlő lehetőségeket, továbbá sorra veszi az élelmiszer-gazdaság szervezéséhez, fejlesztéséhez, a termeléshez és a termékpályákhoz kötődő kérdéseket is. A Földművelésügyi Minisztérium az elelmiszergazdasagiprogram@fm.gov.hu címen szeptember 12-től várja a szakmai hozzászólásokat. (Forrás: Kormány): http://tinyurl.com/ztly8zc
2016. IX. 5. Ötven fegyver, amely történelmet írt. (Forrás: LEmilBlog): http://tinyurl.com/htnhabw
2016. IX. 1. A Nemzeti Információs Infrastruktúra Fejlesztési Intézet (NIIFI) a 1312/2016. kormányhatározatban foglaltak szerint beolvadt a Kormányzati Informatikai Fejlesztési Ügynökségbe. A jövőben a KIFÜ feladata a NIIF Program összefogása, valamint a folyamatban lévő projektek megvalósítása. (Forrás: InfoTer): http://tinyurl.com/gq6kovg
2016. IX. 1. Identitárius Egyetemisták Szövetsége a Youtube-on toboroz tagokat (Forrás: Propeller): http://tinyurl.com/j5eqzpx video
2016. IX. 1. Tizenhatezer felé közeledik a Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtárban közzétett dokumentumok száma. Az ország legrégebbi digitális könyvtárának állománya havonta 150-170 tétellel gyarapodik. Magyar, illetve közép-európai vonatkozású, tudományos, oktatási vagy kulturális célokra használható, digitális formában létező dokumentumok kapnak helyet a Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtárban (MEK), amely kezdetben főleg szöveges műveket gyűjtött, de ma már van egy digitális képarchívuma (DKA) is, és külön részgyűjtemény foglalkozik az elektronikus folyóiratokkal és egyéb időszakosan megjelenő kiadványokkal (EPA). Már napi 30-35 ezer látogatással büszkélkedő a virtuális könyvtár. A legkülönösebb együttműködő a Győr-Moson-Sopron Megyei Büntetés-végrehajtási Intézet, ahol az intézeti könyvtárban fellelhető börtönügyi szakirodalmat szkennelik a fogvatartottak a helyi igazgató ötlete nyomán – ezek a könyvek, tanulmányok is a MEK-et gazdagítják. (Forrás: NOL)
Erdély
2016. IX. 10. "Édes Erdély, itt vagyunk"; 1940 szeptember első felében zajlott le az Észak-Erdélyi bevonulás. (Forrás: Horthy-korszakot Kutatók Társasága): http://tinyurl.com/hl574wl
Felvidék
2016. IX. 10 Elhunyt Tóth, aki 1996-ban alapítója és 2014-ig igazgatója volt a Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézetnek. A husák-i szocializmus rendszerét elutasítva még diákként bekapcsolódott a Csehszlovákiai Magyar Kisebbség Jogvédő Bizottságának munkájába. Egyik kezdeményezője volt a Csehszlovákiai Magyarok Memoranduma 1988 című dokumentumnak, amely amellett, hogy összefoglalta a magyar közösség problémáit, határozott állást foglalt a demokratikus európai értékrend mellett. 1989-ben az egyik alapítója volt az első, a pártállamtól független szlovákiai politikai mozgalomnak, a Független Magyar Kezdeményezésnek (FMK). Az FMK, majd a Magyar Polgári Párt elnökeként, pártigazgatójaként meghatározó szerepet játszott a szlovákiai magyar és az egész szlovákiai társadalom demokratikus átalakulásában. (Forrás: FelvidékMa)
Partium
2016. IX. 2. Száz éve született Jakó, magyar történész (Forrás: ItthonMa): http://tinyurl.com/gmjq4lv
France
9 Sep 2016 A cell of radicalised women aged 19, 23 and 39 guided by Islamic State commanders in Syria was behind a failed terrorist attack near Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral last weekend and planned another violent attack this week before they were intercepted by police. The group’s first attempted attack involved parking a Peugeot 607 car packed with gas cylinders - six of them full - near the cathedral in the heart of Paris. The perpetrators had clearly tried to blow the car up and if they had succeeded it would have led to the explosion of the whole vehicle. (Source: TheGuardian)
Germany Németország
September 10, 2016 Germany's interior minister de Maiziere has warned that the country is home to more than 500 Islamic militants who could be capable of carrying out assaults on their own or as members of "hit teams." He said another 360 "relevant" people were known to police because of their close proximity to the potential attackers. (Yahoo)
5 September 2016 Merkel's CDU suffers Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the former East Germany, poll blow. Her ruling CDU party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in the north-eastern German state. The German chancellor's CDU was backed by only 19% of voters, its worst ever result in the state. The Alternative fur Deutschland (AfD) party took just under 21% of the vote behind the centre-left SPD's 30%. The party, formed only three years ago, adopted an anti-Islam policy in May 2016 and is already represented in nine of Germany's 16 state parliaments. This is humiliating for Merkel - not least because this was on home turf. Mrs Merkel's constituency is in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. (Source: BBC). Bild predicts that temporarily pacified opposition to Mrs Merkel's line inside her conservative bloc could erupt with full force. (Source: BBC): http://tinyurl.com/gsvzj9z
2016. IX. 1. Kutatható a berlini Gragger-hagyaték. Gragger száz évvel ezelőtt, 1916-ban alapította a magyar szemináriumot a berlini Frigyes Vilmos Egyetemen. Jelenleg a berlini Magyar Irodalom és Kultúra Tanszék őrzi hagyatékát. Az archívumban megtalálhatók a tanszék-alapító magán- és hivatalos jellegű levelezése és irodalomtörténeti munkásságának teljes hagyatéka mellett az akkori német és magyar Kultuszminisztérium dokumentumai, valamint a hungarológiai intézményrendszer kiépítésével kapcsolatos iratok. A Gragger-hagyaték levéltári feldolgozását Dr. Brandt végezte el. Az anyag legérdekesebb és legfontosabb iratai mostantól a Berlini Gragger-Archívumban (Berliner Gragger Archiv) digitálisan is hozzáférhetők. A magyar nyelvű felhasználói felület még készülőben van, de a főoldal magyar verziója a menüben az Ungarisch-ra kattintva már most is megtekinthető. (Forrás: OSZK)
Az adatbázis címe: https://medien.hu-berlin.de/bga
Oroszország
2016. IX. 1. Putyin orosz elnök egy interjúban arról beszélt: ha valaki fel akarja vetni a második világháború után meghúzott határok kérdését, akkor többek között a magyar-román határ ügyére is ki kell térni. A vezető román médiumok zöme hüledezve számol be a Bloomberg hírügynökségnek adott interjúról. Bloomberg-interview with Putin (video): http://tinyurl.com/jsm4be9
Serbia
September 5, 2016 Flows of migrants seeking safety in Europe via the Balkans could swell to the levels seen last autumn, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said speaking after a meeting in Belgrade with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic, warning Brussels of conflicts to come if it sought to prevent Hungary from defending its borders. Orbán, Hungary's prime minister since 2010, has been at the forefront of opposition in Europe to the humanitarian position taken by Germany's chancellor Merkel, who has said Europe has an obligation to take in refugees. "We don't want to change the character of our country" - Orbán said. "We want to remain Hungarian, to keep our religious and ethnic composition. That view isn't popular in Europe nowadays, at least among politicians." A clear referendum result would help to convey that message to Brussels - he said. "They want to force rules on member states that are in conflict with their interests, including Hungary's. We are preparing for a conflict" - he added. Vucic welcomed offers of Hungarian support to police its borders. An earlier agreement to deploy Hungarian police officers to Serbia's border with Macedonia would be extended to the Bulgarian border. "Every help in terms of technical assets and manpower is welcome," Vucic said. (Source: Yahoo)
Equatorial Guinea
10 Sep 2016 Nguema, 74, the president of Equatorial Guinea may not be a household name - however those who have survived his brutal regime claim he is pure evil. He has ruled over the country since 1979. He 'eats his enemies' testicles.and brains to boost his sexual prowess' - Moto, a political rival of Nguema, said. (Mirror)
China
6 Sep 2016 'Mutant pig with human face and penis on forehead' caught on camera in China. In february, last year, a farmer claimed he was inundated with cash offers after photos of a similar mutant pig belonging to him went viral. Friends and neighbours of Tao Lu rushed to his property in Yanan township in the city of Nanning, China, after news of the deformed pig spread. (Source: Mirror): http://tinyurl.com/jgv9qoe (video)
Izrael
2016. IX. 8. Abbász, a Palesztin Hatóság elnöke a szovjet titkosszolgálat, a KGB ügynöke volt Szíria fővárosában, Damaszkuszban a nyolcvanas években - ehhez az állítólagos leleplezéshez a Szovjetunió közel-keleti és Izraellel kapcsolatos viszonyát kutató Ginor és Remez izraeli történész házaspár kutatása vezetett. Egy általuk megtalált, szovjet archívumból kicsempészett dokumentum azt bizonyítja: Abbász titkos ügynökként szerepelt a KGB nyilvántartásában 1983-ban, “Krotov” fedőnéven. A KGB-dokumentumokból álló archívumot Mitrohin, a KGB levéltárának egykori vezető munkatársa csempészte ki a Szovjetunióból, amikor 1992-ben – a Szovjetunió összeomlása után – Nyugatra szökött. A történészek előtt csak 2014-ben nyílt meg az azóta az angliai Cambridge Egyetemen őrzött irattár jelentős része. Ekkor a két történész megrendelte belőle a közel-keleti ügyeket tartalmazó, 24-es számú dossziét. Szerintük az abban megtalált dokumentum hiteles, még akkor is, ha csak az egykori KGB-ügynök által készített másolat. A történészek feltételezése szerint Abbászt szovjetunió-beli tanulmányai idején szervezhették be, miközben “A német nácik és a cionisták közötti titkos kapcsolatok” című doktori disszertációját írta egy moszkvai egyetemen. Bogdanov külügyminiszter-helyettes 1983-ban Damaszkuszban teljesített diplomáciai szolgálatot, éppen akkor, amikor a frissen megtalált dokumentummásolat szerint Abbász is ebben a városban volt a KGB ügynöke. (Forrás: MTI / IzraelInfo): http://tinyurl.com/gmom7a2
Philippines
9/5/16 The president of the Philippines, Duterte, called Obama a “son of a bitch” and warned the U.S. president not to question him about extrajudicial killings at a coming meeting. Duterte lashed out when it was suggested he would face questioning by the U.S. president about a war on drug crime in the Philippines that has claimed more than 2,400 lives in just over two months. Duterte was due to hold a bilateral meeting with Obama on the sidelines of a gathering of global leaders hosted by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Vientiane, Laos. Calling Duterte “a colorful guy,” Obama said he was asking his staff to find out whether a meeting would be useful. (Source: Politico)
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'A truly great diplomat. An example for all modern men to follow.'
September 2, 2016 The Philippines' new president is cozying up to Beijing and sending mixed messages on existing U.S. troop agreements. Duterte administration’s ‘shock and awe’ crackdown on the drug trade has drawn global condemnation for its alleged widespread use of extrajudicial killings yet enjoys significant domestic support. Earlier this year, before the presidential campaign formally kicked off, the Philippines was generally regarded as one of the stronger liberal democracies in Asia, as well as a vibrant emerging market and a staunch ally of the United States. The United States and the Philippines are treaty allies, but under the previous Aquino administration, Washington and Manila signed a new bilateral defense pact, and U.S. security assistance to the Philippines rose markedly. A new administration in Manila, however, is rapidly reshaping the country’s domestic politics, but its impact on foreign policy remains unclear. Shortly after his election victory, Duterte declared, “I will be charting a [new] course [for the Philippines] on its own and will not be dependent on the United States.” Since then, when it comes to relations with Washington, the new president has broken one diplomatic taboo after the other. Duterte has moved closer to China in recent months, extending an olive branch to China, despite the latter’s refusal to even acknowledge a United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) ruling at The Hague this summer, which debunked the bulk of Beijing’s claims over the South China Sea. In recent months, Beijing has generously offered large-scale investments in Philippine infrastructure, including in Mindanao, where Duterte served as mayor of Davao for decades. To ensure maximum diplomatic success, Duterte has appointed former President Ramos, who deftly managed South China Sea disputes in the mid-1990s and maintains friendly relations with Beijing leaders, as special envoy to China. After a five-day ‘ice breaker’ visit to Hong Kong, where he informally met a senior Chinese official, Ramos received an invitation for direct talks in Beijing. Duterte himself will likely meet Chinese Premier Li on the sidelines of the ASEAN in Laos. (Source: DefenseOne): http://tinyurl.com/hpmtjde
Törökország
2016. IX. 5. Egyre paranoidabb a török állam, nem látszik, hol a folyamat vége; de igaz, mégis csak egy puccs után vagyunk – mondja Egeresi, Törökország-szakértő. A kemalizmus örökségétől az iszlamizmuson és a kurd helyzeten át a Gülen-Erdogan párharcig és a közel-keleti forrongásig... (Forrás: Mandiner): http://tinyurl.com/hokwf5q
Dél-Amerika
2016. IX. 9. Elmulasztották modernizálni országaikat Latin-Amerika baloldali kormányzatai, akiket most a nyersanyagárak összecsuklása után sorra zavarnak el a választók. A térség új konzervatív kormányai közelebb húzódnak Washingtonhoz, miközben a Wall Street-hez közel álló pénzemberek is kulcspozíciókba kerülnek a politikában. Argentinában Macri kormánya tavaly december óta van hatalmon, kiemelten képviselve a nagypolgárság és a multinacionális vállalatok érdekeit. Külpolitikai vonalvezetésében az országot Washington érdekkörébe navigálta vissza. Hasonló pályán fut Peru új elnöke, Kuczynski is, aki csak tavaly ősszel mondott le amerikai állampolgárságáról és szorosan kötődik a Wall Street érdekköreihez. Ebben a cipőben jár részben az új brazil kormány is, ahol a pénzügyminiszter, Meirelles a brazil mellett amerikai állampolgár is és az USA nagybankjainak bizalmasa. Mindenesetre Temer, Brazília ügyvezető elnöke szeretné megtartani a geopolitikai egyensúlyt, ezért október közepén részt kíván venni a BRICS csúcstalálkozóján Indiában. A BRICS csoport Brazília mellett Oroszországot, Indiát, Kínát és Dél-Afrikát tömöríti. A csoport célja, hogy átalakítsa Eurázsia, Afrika és Latin Amerika gazdaságpolitikai koncepcióját és ellensúlyt nyújtson az amerikai hegemóniával szemben. (Forrás: PrivátBankár): http://tinyurl.com/hh5uk99
United States
September 5, 2016 Intelligence community investigating covert Russian influence operations in the United States. The aim is to understand the scope and intent of the Russian campaign, which incorporates cyber-tools to hack systems used in the political process, enhancing Russia’s ability to spread disinformation. The effort to better understand Russia’s covert influence operations is being spearheaded by Clapper Jr., the director of national intelligence. Officials are also examining potential disruptions to the election process, and the FBI has alerted state and local officials to potential cyberthreats. The Kremlin’s intent may not be to sway the election in one direction or another, but to cause chaos and provide propaganda fodder to attack U.S. democracy-building policies around the world, particularly in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The covert influence campaign here as “ambitious” is also designed to counter U.S. leadership and influence in international affairs. Tthe issue has “moved up as a priority” for the intelligence agencies, which include the FBI and Department of Homeland Security as well as the CIA and the National Security Agency. The Russian government hack of the Democratic National Committee, disclosed by the DNC in June but not yet officially ascribed by the U.S. government to Russia, and the subsequent release of 20,000 hacked DNC emails by WikiLeaks, shocked officials. Cyber-analysts traced its digital markings to known Russian government hacking groups. Russia has denied that it carried out any cyber-intrusions in the United States. Putin called the accusations against Russia by U.S. officials and politicians an attempt to “distract the public’s attention.” Many are particularly concerned about electronic balloting from overseas that travels on vulnerable networks before landing in the United States and efforts to use cyberattacks to disrupt vote tabulations being transmitted to state-level offices. Encryption, secured paper backups and secured backup computers are critical. Russia has been in the vanguard of a growing global movement to use propaganda on the Internet to influence people and political events, especially since the political revolt in Ukraine, the subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia, and the imposition of sanctions on Russia by the United States and the European Union. The Baltic states, Georgia and Ukraine have been subject to Russian cyberattacks and other hidden influence operations meant to disrupt those countries - officials said. “Our studies show that it is very likely that [the influence] operations are centrally run,” said Sarts, director of the NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence, a Riga, Latvia-based research organization. (Source: TheWashingtonPost): http://tinyurl.com/z7kpt9v
02 Sep 2016 Below is the list of things Mrs. Clinton could not recall in the FBI interview: When she received security clearance; Being briefed on how to handle classified material; How many times she used her authority to designate items classified; Any briefing on how to handle very top-secret "Special Access Program" material; How to select a target for a drone strike; How the data from her mobile devices was destroyed when she switched devices; The number of times her staff was given a secure phone; Why she didn’t get a secure Blackberry; Receiving any emails she thought should not be on the private system; Did not remember giving staff direction to create private email account; Getting guidance from state on email policy; Who had access to her Blackberry account; The process for deleting her emails; Ever getting a message that her storage was almost full; Anyone besides Abedin being offered an account on the private server; Being sent information on state government private emails being hacked; Receiving cable on State Dept personnel securing personal email accounts; Receiving cable on Pagliano upgrading her server; Using an iPad mini; An Oct. 13, 2012 email on Egypt with Clinton pal Blumenthal; Sullivan using personal email; State Department protocol for confirming classified information in media reports; Every briefing she received after suffering concussions; Being notified of a FOIA request on Dec. 11, 2012; Being read out of her clearance; Any further access to her private email account from her State Department tenure after switching to her HRCoffice.com account. "Mrs. Clinton is applying for a job that begins each day with a Top Secret intelligence briefing, and the notes from her FBI interview reinforce her tremendously bad judgment and dishonesty" - the Trump campaign said in a statement. "Clinton’s secret email server was an end-run around government transparency laws that wound up jeopardizing our national security and sensitive diplomatic efforts. On more than 2,000 occasions classified material was exposed on her private server, including highly sensitive Top Secret information and intelligence." (Source: LifeZette)
01 Sep 2016 To fund construction of a new U.S. border wall, Trump and senior advisers are considering various ideas, including the use of assets seized from drug cartels and others in the illicit drug trade. Sources close to both the Mexican government and the Trump campaign have confirmed that this proposal exists, but wish to remain anonymous given the preliminary nature of the discussions. According to the Justice Department’s annual audit of its existing seized assets forfeiture fund for fiscal year 2015, that fund totaled more than $8.7 billion. That figure does not include any assets seized from the cartels by the Mexican government. A detailed analysis of the cost of constructing the wall conducted by the Bernstein Group estimated the project would cost in the range of $15 billion to $25 billion, but Trump contends he could get the construction done for closer to $8 to $10 billion. A 2012 estimate compiled by the RAND Corporation at the request of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, found that Americans, on average, spend $100 billion annually on the four most widely trafficked illegal drugs: crack/cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine (meth). Much of that money crosses the border into Mexico, fueling the strength and violent potential of the cartels. A 2013 study published by the University of Pittsburg estimated the annual profits hauled in by the cartels in Mexico total $25 to $30 billion dollars. A combined, cooperative effort to boost border enforcement could bring significant economic, national security, and health and safety benefits to millions of citizens in both nations. "We need to have an overall focus on the border that deals with undocumented immigrants, the flow of drugs, weapons, and cash all at the same time" - Nieto said at the press conference following the meeting with Trump. Joint effort eyed to combat flow of drugs, guns and people would be a 'win-win' for both Mexico and U.S. (Source: LifeZette): http://tinyurl.com/jtjqu4c
01 September 2016 The “well-being of the American people” may be the yardstick by which U.S. policies will be measured in a Trump presidency. This is also applicable to Trump’s stand on trade and foreign policy. Do NAFTA, the WTO, MFN for China, the South Korea deal and TPP advance the “well-being of the American people”? Or do they serve more the interests of foreign regimes and corporate elites? Some $12 trillion in trade deficits since Bush gives you the answer. Which of the military interventions and foreign wars from Serbia to Afghanistan to Iraq to Libya to Yemen to Syria served the “well-being of the American people”? Are the American people well served by commitments in perpetuity to 60- and 65-year-old treaties to wage war on Russia and China on behalf of scores of nations across Eurasia, most of which have been free riders on U.S. defense for decades? Trump’s “core issue” might be called Americanism. And Clinton? Whatever her attributes, she is uncharismatic, unexciting, greedy, wonkish, scripted and devious, an individual you can neither fully believe nor fully trust. If Trump can continue to show America what he did in Mexico City, that he can be presidential, he may just become president. (Source: WND)
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