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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said today that the recent downing of a passengers plane in eastern Ukraine, with its 298 occupants dead, can be considered a war crime. “This violation of international law, given the prevailing circumstances, may...

The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) will hold a workshop and the collection of reforms to the Code of Democracy, which will be subsequently proposed by the National Assembly. This proposal aims to cover some legal gaps, so that a commission in charge of...

The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ordered Russia to pay 50,000 million dollars of compensation to former shareholders of the Yukos oil company for having expropriated them, have announced this Monday their lawyers in London. The Court ruled on July 18 that Russia...

Last Sunday the terrorist group Boko Haram conducted an attack on the residence of the Deputy Prime Minister of Cameroon Amadou Ali, in the city of Kolofata (north, near the border with Nigeria) and kidnapped his wife, according to sources of the Cameroonian Government. The...

From this Monday the Council on Regulation and Development of Information and Communication (Cordicom for its Spanish acronym) initiates the certification process for job skills to those working in the media. According to the minister Paulina Mogrovejo, the first certifications...

This week begins the second stage of the competition for the renewal of one third of the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym). On Saturday would initiate the public hearings to determine the profile of candidates for judges. The Plenary is scheduled to meet...

At least five men were killed in an artillery attack in Lugansk, reported the city administration, after new fighting in eastern Ukraine. Near the Luhansk International Airport, which is closed, the pro-Russian separatists attacked government units with Grad rockets, while in the...

Through a statement, the Bank of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (Biess for its Spanish acronym) announced this week that it will open a new Operations Centre in the largest headquarters in Guayaquil. According to the company, the opening of new facilities corresponds...

The Superintendency of Banking and Insurance (SBS for its Spanish acronym), diffuses four ways of fraud: phaming, malware, skimming and pyramidal scam. Furthermore, It suggests not to do transactions from public computers. The SBS detailed that in the pharming, the user is...

The change of gas stoves by electric will start this August 1st nationwide. The Government encourages the replacement of three million stoves, because it seeks to save $800 million per year spent on the gas subsidy. In Ecuadorian households 92% of liquefied petroleum gas is...