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Swedish lawyers of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange presented today before a court in Stockholm a petition to withdraw a detention order issued in absentia against his client in 2010 by four alleged sex crimes. Assange has spent two years living in Ecuador’s embassy in...

The Syrian chemical arsenal has finally left the country altogether. The last shipment of 100 tonnes of toxic chemicals (out of the 1,300 tonnes) held by the regime of Bashar al-Assad, has sailed from the Syrian port of Latakia on board of the Danish ship Ark Futura. Now the...

In the province of Santa Elena Authorities of the Emerging Operations Committee (COE in its Spanish acronym) initiated meetings to avoid possible consequences of El Niño current. The meeting served to structure seven technical working groups. Each has a specific purpose. The...

The Commission of Worker´s Rights of the National Assembly met yesterday with entrepreneurs and self-employed in Guayaquil, in the First National Meeting of Business and Human Resource Managers. Opinions and proposals were submitted for the draft Labour Code, that would be...

Today from 9:30 the Organic Law of Water Resources, Uses and Applications of Water will be considered in the National Assembly for a final vote. The General Secretary of the Assembly summoned the Plenary to continue the second debate of the project. But although the convening...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stopped his intention to militarily intervene this Tuesday in Ukraine when proposing to the Council of the Federation to annul the provision that allowed him to send troops to Ukraine. Prior to starting an official visit to Vienna, Putin sent...

Alianza PAIS continues discussing new reforms to the National Constitution. There are eight topics, in which the block did not get a total consensus, according to Gabriela Rivadeneira, President of the Legislature. It is expected that from Wednesday the internal debate is...

The Bank of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (BIESS for its Spanish acronym) recorded a balance of mortgage loans for housing that grew by $ 346 million from December 31, 2013 until May 31, 2014. In this period the number increased from $ 3,439.5 million to $ 3,785.5,...

This Wednesday will turn 5 years of the death of the King of Pop, for which his fans will gather to lay flowers on his grave. Death on June 25, 2009, Jackson was going through hard financial trouble, on the verge of bankruptcy, which was immersed in the preparation of a tour that...

The March for Water and Life, led by indigenous organizations, which started this Sunday continues its walks. Attendees crossed Loja, Saraguro and Nabón. They say that the vote by the plenary of National Assembly for the draft Water law does not alter the programmed route to the...