http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged prime minister en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 20:39:20 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/drinks-bet-lands-ukraine-pm-in-trouble/ It seemed a light-hearted gesture of soccer goodwill at the time, but a drinks bet Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov had with a Swedish fan at Euro 2012 has brought the wrath of the opposition down on him. Azarov bet Swedish fan Ola Sjostedt a beer that Ukraine would beat Sweden in their opening Group D match in the tournament last Monday. When the home team beat the Swedes 2-1, Azarov duly invited Sjostedt to sup a beer with him at government offices in Kiev. ]]> Sat, 16 Jun 2012 08:55:44 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/drinks-bet-lands-ukraine-pm-in-trouble/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/picasso-painting-stolen-from-former-ukrainian-prime-ministers-mansion-after-100-teenagers-break-in-and-throw-party/ A Pablo Picasso lithograph has been stolen from a California mansion owned by a now-imprisoned former Ukranian prime minister after more than 100 teenagers threw a party there. Pavlo Lazarenko's nine-bedroom property has become a headache for local officials trying to collect $2.1 million in back taxes and fines while fending off vandals, according to the Marin Independent Journal. The 19,500-square-foot home in Marin County has been vandalized by partying teenagers... ]]> Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:28:51 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/picasso-painting-stolen-from-former-ukrainian-prime-ministers-mansion-after-100-teenagers-break-in-and-throw-party/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/lol-a-quick-guide-to-text-speak-for-david-cameron/ It seems the PM (prime minister!) is a little off-message when it comes to using the right txt msg acronyms Rebekah Brooks has revealed that David Cameron signs off some of his texts with LOL, in the belief the acronym means "Lots Of Love". ]]> Sun, 13 May 2012 09:36:29 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/lol-a-quick-guide-to-text-speak-for-david-cameron/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/turkish-pm-cites-french-genocide-in-algeria/ Turkey's leader accused France of "genocide" last century during the war in Algeria, a ratcheting up of rhetoric over controversial French legislation that would criminalize any public denial of what the bill calls the Armenian genocide last century in Ottoman Turkey. "In Algeria, an estimated 15 percent of the population had been subjected to the massacre of French from 1945 on. This is genocide," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a conference in Istanbu... ]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:44:40 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/turkish-pm-cites-french-genocide-in-algeria/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/former-hungarian-pm-detained-at-demo/ A former Hungarian prime minister was briefly detained Friday during a demonstration outside the Parliament building, police said. Ferenc Gyurcsany, now a member of parliament, was protesting the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whose center-right party, Fidesz, is dominant in Parliament. ]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:42:40 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/former-hungarian-pm-detained-at-demo/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/italys-berlusconi-to-resign-as-prime-minister/ Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday that he would resign after Parliament approves a new budget that includes austerity measures sought by international lenders. "After the approval of this finance law, which has amendments for everything which Europe has asked of us and which the Eurogroup has requested, I will resign, to allow the head of state to open consultations," he told Canale 5 television, which he owns. ]]> Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:15:21 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/italys-berlusconi-to-resign-as-prime-minister/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/libyas-prime-minister-confirms-presence-of-chemical-weapons/ Libya's interim prime minister has confirmed the presence of chemical weapons in Libya and says foreign inspectors would arrive later this week to deal with the issue. Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said Sunday that Libya has no interest in keeping such weapons. ]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:56:12 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/libyas-prime-minister-confirms-presence-of-chemical-weapons/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/british-pm-proposes-social-media-ban-for-rioters/ British Prime Minister David Cameron thinks he's found some culprits to blame in the recent riots that have rocked London and other cities -- Facebook and Twitter. Saying the "free flow of information" can sometimes be a problem, Cameron's government has summoned those two social-networking sites, as well as Research In Motion, makers of the BlackBerry, for a meeting to discuss their roles during the violent outbreaks. ]]> Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:06:09 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/british-pm-proposes-social-media-ban-for-rioters/ http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/vladimir-putin-calls-us-a-parasite-on-world-economy/ SELIGER, Russia -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday accused the United States of acting as a "parasite" on the world economy by accumulating massive debts that threaten the global financial system. "The country is living in debt. It is not living within its means, shifting the weight of responsibility on other countries and in a way acting as a parasite," Putin told a group of pro-Kremlin youth in central Russia. ]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:21:17 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/world-news/vladimir-putin-calls-us-a-parasite-on-world-economy/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/pms-son-named-new-zealands-top-planker/ New Zealand prime minister John Key's son has been named the country's top planker after a photo appeared online apparently showing him performing the internet craze as his father looked on. The New Zealand Herald said the grainy picture of Max Key planking on the back of a couch in the prime ministerial residence appeared on the 'Planking New Zealand' Facebook page this week, causing a stir among internet users. ]]> Tue, 31 May 2011 07:32:13 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/pms-son-named-new-zealands-top-planker/