News from April 2018
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Ukraine is a republic with a semipresidential political system composed of three branches of government: a unicameral legislature (Verkhovna Rada), an executive led by a directly elected president and a prime minister chosen through a legislative majority, and a judiciary. The country held presidential and legislative elections in 2014; international and domestic observers considered both elections free and fair.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Price, Utah-The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Price Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing a proposed wild horse gather, removal and fertility treatment in the Muddy Creek Herd Management Area (HMA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Noreen Jacobs Presented with the 2017 FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Mali is a constitutional democracy. In 2013 President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita won the presidential election, deemed free and fair by international observers. The inauguration of President Keita and the subsequent establishment of a new National Assembly through free and fair elections ended a 16-month...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: HAMMOND - Daniel Murchek, 57, of Schererville, Indiana was indicted for making false statements to federal authorities, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Departamento de Justicia. U.S. Attorney’s Office. Western District of Texas. PARA DIVULGACION INMEDIATA. Viernes, 20 de abril de 2018. Hoy en San Antonio, el Mayor Juez David A. Ezra condenó al conductor del camion de carga James Matthew Bradley, Jr., 61 años de Louisville, Kentucky, a la pena de cadena...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is a parliamentary democracy governed by a prime minister and a bicameral legislature. The island of Tobago’s House of Assembly has some administrative autonomy over local matters. In elections in2015, which observers considered generally free and fair, the opposition People’s National Movement, led by Keith Rowley, defeated the ruling People’s Partnership, led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and the political transition was smooth.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: SAN ANTONIO - The defendant charged with an illegal alien smuggling operation that resulted in 10 deaths was sentenced to life in prison Friday.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the UK) is a constitutional monarchy with a multiparty, parliamentary form of government. Citizens elect representatives to the House of Commons, the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament. They last did so in free and fair elections in June ...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Hungary is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. The unicameral National Assembly (parliament) exercises legislative authority. It elects the president (the head of state) every five years. The president appoints a prime minister from the majority party or coalition in parliament following national elections...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Ethiopia is a federal republic. The ruling Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of four ethnically based parties, controls the government. In the 2015 general elections the EPRDF and affiliated parties won all 547 House of People’s Representatives (parliament) seats...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: OAKLAND - Dinesh Shankar was arrested today on mail fraud charges stemming from an alleged embezzlement scheme, announced Acting United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
Release: The Republic of Latvia is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. A unicameral parliament (Saeima) exercises legislative authority. Observers considered elections in 2014 for the 100-seat parliament to be free and fair.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an authoritarian state ruled by a single party, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), and led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President Tran Dai Quang, and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. The most recent National Assembly elections, held in May 2016, were neither free nor fair, despite limited competition among CPV-vetted candidates.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: SALMON, Idaho- The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $500 reward for information leading to the prosecution of the individual(s) who illegally removed several tires from a government facility.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: FORT SUMNER, NM - Water levels on the Pecos River will rise in the coming days as the Bureau of Reclamation moves water downstream for the Carlsbad Irrigation District.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA - A resident of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania was sentenced on April 19, 2018 to 33½ months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervision by the United States Probation Office, for drug dealing and illegal gun possession charges, United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Pakistan is a federal republic. In May 2013 the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections, and Nawaz Sharif became prime minister for the third time. While judged to be mostly free and fair, some independent observers and political parties raised concerns...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: The Kingdom of Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with democratic, parliamentary rule. Queen Margrethe II is head of state. A prime minister, usually the leader of the largest party of a multiparty coalition, is head of government and presides over the cabinet, which is accountable to a unicameral...
By State Newswire | Apr 20, 2018
News Release: Samoa is a constitutional parliamentary democracy that incorporates traditional practices into its governmental system. In 2016 voters elected a new parliament, confirming Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi in office. Although the unicameral parliament is elected by universal suffrage, members...
