News from July 2018
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Despite continuing challenges, Croatia accepts foreign investment. The government is willing to meet at senior levels with interested investors and to assist in resolving problems. Strengths in the Croatian economy include low inflation, a stable exchange rate, developed infrastructure, and membership in the European Union (EU). Historically, the most promising sectors for investment in Croatia have been tourism, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, and banking.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A Newport News man was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for his role in a 2009 murder in Newport News.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Armenia is an increasingly welcoming place for U.S. and foreign investment, scoring well on international indices. In 2015, Contour Global acquired the Vorotan Hydroelectric Cascade, a major U.S. investment in Armenia’s energy generation sector. In 2016, Lydian International benefited from the largest ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that STEFEN DAIGLE, age 31, of New Orleans pled guilty today to one count of conspiring to traffic 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine in the Eastern District of Louisiana. DAIGLE faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison, a maximum life sentence, a fine of up to $10,000,000 and at least 5 years of supervised release.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced bipartisan legislation with Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) to ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: BATTLE MOUNTAIN, Nev. - The Bureau of Land Management, Mount Lewis Field Office, has completed its analysis of U.S. Gold Corporation’s (U.S. Gold) Keystone Exploration Project and has provided the Environmental Assessment for a 30-day public comment period.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Separate reports on the investment climates for Greenland and for the Faroe Islands can be found at the end of this report.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Foreign investors largely postponed or cancelled potential new foreign direct investment (FDI) throughout 2017 due to political uncertainty. Macedonia formed a new, reform-oriented government on May 31, 2017, that publicly committed to putting the country back on the path to EU and NATO integration.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: BOSTON - A Heath Street gang member was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing drugs in and around the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is open to foreign investment, but investors must overcome endemic corruption, complex legal and regulatory frameworks and government structures, non-transparent business procedures, insufficient protection of property rights, and a weak judicial system to succeed. Economic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: WILLIAMSPORT - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Tony A. Vonneida, age 63, of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment and 20 years of supervised release by United States District Court Judge Brann for sexual exploitation of a minor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: BOISE - A federal grand jury indicted thirteen members and associates of the Aryan Knights and Severely Violent Criminals gangs for crimes including drug distribution, conspiracy, and unlawful possession of firearms, U.S. Attorney Bart M. Davis announced. The charges stem from an investigation by the Treasure Valley Metro Violent Crimes Task Force.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Barry Romero, 38, of Belen, N.M, was sentenced today in Albuquerque, N.M., to eight years in federal prison for his conviction on unlawfully possessing body armor and oxycodone trafficking charges. Romero will be on supervised release for three years after completing his prison sentence.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LUIS J. COTTO, age 31, a resident of New York, pleaded guilty today to charges stemming from a heroin and cocaine trafficking conspiracy before U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
Release: Ukraine four years after the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, continues to pursue the vision of a modern, thriving, European economy. It also continues to struggle with years of corruption and government mismanagement, and impulses to preserve the privilege and income of oligarchs and rent-seekers. Hard-won reforms since 2014 have brought macro-economic stability, and the government still professes a commitment to reform.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Vice Ranking Member Kathy Castor (D-FL) sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma today demanding answers after the Administration slashed funding for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Navigators program.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that a federal grand jury in Bridgeport returned an indictment on July 2, 2018, charging BRANDEN HUERTAS, 36, formerly of Norwalk, with escape from the custody of the Bureau of Prisons.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: ALBANY, NEW YORK - Adrian Morris, age 61, a Clifton Park, New York, psychiatrist specializing in addiction recovery, was arrested today and charged with distributing controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Dear Acting Administrator Wheeler: Congratulations on your appointment as Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We look forward to working with you to return EPA to its missions of protecting human health and the environment. Since its beginning, this administration...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2018
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) delivered the following opening remarks today at a Subcommittee on Health hearing on “21st Century Cures Implementation: Examining Mental Health Initiatives:"