News from July 2021
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Serbia’s investment climate has modestly improved in recent years, driven by macroeconomic reforms, greater financial stability, fiscal discipline, and a European Union (EU) accession process that encourages legal changes that improve the business climate. The government successfully completed a 30-month ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Jacksonville, Florida - United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Sanjay Lama (32, Jacksonville) to 10 years in federal prison for using the internet to attempt to entice a 12-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. Lama was also ordered to serve a 10-year term of supervised...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced that additional disaster assistance is available to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska by authorizing an increase in the level of funding for Public Assistance projects as a result of the severe storms and flooding during the period of March 13-April 1, 2019.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Luxembourg, the only Grand Duchy in the world, is a landlocked country in northwestern Europe surrounded by Belgium, France, and Germany. Despite its small landmass and small population (634,700), Luxembourg is the second-wealthiest country in the world when measured on a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Linda Grubb, age 74, of Hesston, Pennsylvania, pled guilty on July 21, 2021, to wire fraud for her role in a pandemic relief funds fraud scheme.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry Chair Abigail Spanberger delivered the following statement at today's hearing titled “The U.S. Wood Products Industry: Facilitating the Post COVID-19 Recovery.".
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Lithuania is strategically situated at the crossroads of Europe and Eurasia. It offers investors a diversified economy, EU rules and norms, a well-educated multilingual workforce, advanced IT infrastructure, low inflation, and a stable democratic government. The Lithuanian economy has been growing steadily ...
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Since regaining its independence in 2006, Montenegro has adopted a legal framework that encourages privatization, employment, and exports. Implementation, however, lags well behind the legal structure, and the Montenegrin economy continues to flounder on a very narrow tax base and a band of three developing ...
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted almost 30 years of economic expansion in Poland. In 2020, Poland experienced a recession, although one of the least severe in the European Union, as policy actions including broad fiscal measures and unprecedented monetary support cushioned the socio-economic ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Baltimore, Maryland - Javaughn Berry, age 26, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty yesterday to interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act Robbery).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: MACON, Ga. - Two Valdosta residents were sentenced to federal prison today for producing child pornography.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today named Daniel Whitley the new Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service. Whitley has served as the agency’s Acting Administrator since December 2020.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: PHOENIX, Ariz. - Kelly Pichardo, 31, of Bronx, New York, appeared virtually today in federal court on charges that she interfered with a flight crew member and committed simple assault. Leeza S. Rodriguez, 30, also of Bronx, New York is scheduled to appear next week on the same charges. Pichardo and Rodriguez were previously indicted by a grand jury on three counts related to events that took place in February 2021.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Clarissa Mosley, of Chicago, Illinois, and Asante James, of Freeport, Illinois, were indicted today on counterfeit charges, Acting United States Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - On Thursday, July 15, a grand jury returned an indictment against three defendants for a scheme to submit over $1.4 million in fraudulent unemployment insurance claims in other inmates’ identities to the California Employment Development Department (EDD), Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: Acting United States Attorney Jan Sharp announced that Carlos Jesus Lorenzana, 35, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to 17 ½ years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine...
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is open to foreign investment, but to succeed, investors must overcome endemic corruption, complex legal/regulatory frameworks and government structures, non-transparent business procedures, insufficient protection of property rights, and a weak judicial system. Economic ...
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: The COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the Belgian economy in 2020 and its effects will continue into 2021. According to the National Bank of Belgium, real GDP contracted by 6.2% in 2020, and the impact on public finances led to a deficit of 10.1% of GDP and a national debt level of 115% of GDP. Early ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
News Release: CINCINNATI - A federal grand jury has charged a local, self-identified “Incel" with attempting to conduct a mass shooting of women and with illegally possessing a machine gun.
By State Newswire | Jul 21, 2021
Release: Italy, the first western country struck by the pandemic, saw its economy shrink by 8.9% in 2020, the sharpest contraction since World War II. As of May 5, 2021, Italy has reported over 122,000 COVID-19 deaths, the six-highest tally in the world. The government has spent more than €130 billion on stimulus ...
