Cremia was formally annexed by Russia after an overwhelmingly majority of 95% Cremians voted in favour of joining Russia. The US government, however, rejected this referendum maintaining that it was a violation of Ukrainian sovereignty.
Nepal’s Arjun Bahadur Thapa has been elected the SAARC’s new General Secretary.
In spite of the recent attack by the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) on Pakistani soldiers, the government-appointed committee and the TTP nominee met at Akora Khattak, near Peshawar, to take the peace dialogue between the Pakistani government and the Taliban outfit forward.
Presidential Elections were held in El Salvador with a voter turnout of 60.64%. Salvador Sanchez Ceren of Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) defeated Norman Quijano of Nationalist Republican Alliance.
Former Businessman and philanthropist Andrej Kiska, was elected the President of Slovakia after securing 59.4% of the total votes, in the recent Slovakian Presidential elections. Kiska defeated Prime Minister Robert Fico by a large margin.
Salvador Sánchez Ceren of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) secured 50.11 % of the total votes cast and defeated Norman Quijano of the right-wing National Republican Alliance (Arena) by a very narrow margin.
Former President Pervez Musharraf was formally accused of the Treason by Pakistani court.
Israel – Palestine peace talks revive after Israel presented Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas with a draft agreement to re-launch talks. The talks had come to a standstill after Israel refused to free Palestinian prisoners.
Afghanistan’s President's brother, Qayyum Karzai, backed out from contesting in the upcoming Presidential elections in Afghanistan, in support of former foreign minister Zalmay Rassoul . Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani are the other two key candidates in these elections, apart from Rassoul.
Fourteen political parties will compete in the early parliamentary elections to be held in Macedonia in April. The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity (VMRO-DPMNE), currently in power, and the opposition coalition led by Macedonian Social Democratic League (LSDM) have emerged as the two favorites in the upcoming elections.
Michele Bachelet was formally sworn in as Chile’s President, three months after she won with a huge majority.
