Real Madrid’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for five games after being sent off the football pitch in Real Madrid’s 3-1 win against Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup first leg on Sunday.
The football icon was initially given a one-match ban for being shown two yellow cards and further attracted four for pushing the referee in the back after he had been sent off.
The bookings at the Nou Camp were for taking off his shirt to celebrate his goal to make it 2-1 and for a dive.
Consequentially, Ronaldo will miss Wednesday’s second leg of Spanish Super Cup and La Liga on the 20 of August. Other games are Valencia (h) – La Liga on August 27, Levante (h) – La Liga on September 9 and Real Sociedad (a) La Liga on September 17.
The 32year old player has only 10 days to appeal the decision against him.
However, the Portugal international will be able to play in the Champions League but will not return to domestic action until 20 September against Real Betis.
Reacting to Ronaldo’s second yellow card shown for diving eight minutes from time when he went down inside the area under pressure from Samuel Umtiti, Madrid boss, Zinedine Zidane after the game said: “Ronaldo’s sending-off annoys me because even if it is not a penalty, the card is harsh,” adding that the club would see what it could do so that he is available on Wednesday.
It would be recalled that this marks Ronaldo’s 10th red card of his career and the two yellow cards on Sunday came within two minutes.
In his post-match report, the referee Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea wrote: “Once shown the red card, Ronaldo pushed me lightly as a sign of his disapproval.”
The largest gathering of young global innovators, UNLEASHLAB2017, kick started on Sunday with 1000 professionals from 129 countries who have proved a passion for positive change to address 7 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals?
On the innovation lab day one, the individual professionals were paired in various small groups of four to address certain case challenge bothering on Education & ICT, Energy, Sustainable consumption & production, Urban Sustainability, Food, Health and Water.
According to Flemming Besenbacher, Chairman UNLEASH, in his welcome address, he stated that the innovation lab was created “because we need to rethink how we live and create a more sustainable world”.
“We are so excited to welcome our 1,000 global top talents from 129 countries. We have tech-entrepreneurs, leading academics, young professionals, and development program officers. All talents have proved a passion for positive change.
We have gathered an incredibly diverse group of young and dedicated talents, and we cannot wait to kick start the co-creation of innovative solutions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Speaking on anew venture fund for social entrepreneurs, the Professor at Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, noted that to support the solutions after UNLEASH, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, Dalberg and the UNLEASH team are currently structuring a venture fund for social entrepreneurs and talents working with the SDG-agenda.
Flemming Besenbacher, Chairman-UNLEASH
“After UNLEASH, the talents can apply for capital to support the implementation of their solutions by submitting detailed funding applications. They will also become part of a global eco-system for social entrepreneurship that can support the solutions as they scale through technical assistance, match-making with external funders and a potential enrollment in other programs such as the Big Bet Initiative and FT/IFC Transformational Business Awards.
IFC and Dalberg are currently working on the structure of the fund and capitalization strategy to ensure its long-term viability.
“All in all, we are so excited to be able to welcome so many amazing people in Denmark shortly and allow you to become immersed in a truly global initiative dedicated to solving some of the world’s most pressing sustainability challenges,” he said.
He challenged the youths to make the best out of the time while forming formidable teams that will help proffer scalable solutions to the challenges facing planet currently.
A lot of interesting and engaging programmes have been lined up to make the talents remain efficient for the 11-day event. Among these is the colour fireworks to welcome them to the healthy city of Copenhagen.
According to the organisers, UNLEASH is a vision to build the world’s leading lab and platform for innovative, implementable and scalable solutions to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “using the innovative mindset of young people and partner talents with leading companies, research institutions, foundations, non-profits, and investors, we aspire to provide next generation solutions for the SDGs.
“Our mission is to accelerate disruptive ideas by engaging top talents in problem-solving and co-creation activities and by providing the support needed to bring the best ideas to life.
Below are some thoughts and pictures from participants captured in social media posts using the hashtag unleashlab2017:
Among the dignitaries expected at the event include the Danish Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, who will give a speech during the UNLEASH Awards Show.
Danish Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen
As Prime Minister, Mr. Rasmussen in December 2009 chaired the COP15 Climate Change Conference, where the Copenhagen Accord was adopted.
In 2011, he launched the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF), a global public-private initiative to promote the green transition. And in September 2015, Rasmussen co-chaired the UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York where the post-2015 development agenda was adopted.
Also expected at the event is actor, philanthropist, entrepreneur, investor and producer, Ashton Kutcher. Kutcher has been named one of TIME magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” as well as being honored by Vanity Fair ‘s New Establishment List, which identifies the top 50.
Similarly, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark will attend the event at Aarhus to celebrate the SDG Talents.
Her Royal Highness is a passionate advocate for health, gender equality, and the empowerment of women and girls. She is committed to creating awareness, respect and acceptance of women and girls’ sexual and reproductive health.
Another dignitary to be present on the final day of UNLEASH is Dee Poon who will speak on sustainable production and comsumption at Musikhuset, Aarhus.
Poon is the Managing Director of Brands and Distribution of Esquel Group, a global leading textile and apparel manufacturer with operations located worldwide.
The Ag President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday appointed a 7-man Judicial Commission to review compliance of the Nigeria Armed Forces, human rights obligations and the rules of engagement.
This was made known in a statement by the Presidency, noting that the Commission is empowered to review extant rules of engagement applicable in the Nigerian Armed Forces and the extent of compliance thereto.
“It is also empowered to investigate alleged violation of humanitarian and human rights principles under the Constitution and other relevant laws,” the Presidency said.
In addition, the commission has the mandates to investigate factors that might be militating against speedy resolution of local conflicts/insurgencies.
It is also saddle with the responsibility to advise on means of preventing violations of International ‘humanitarian and human rights law in conflict situations.
The full list of members of the Judicial Commission is as follows:
(i) Hon. Justice Biobele A. Georgewill – Chairman;
(ii) Major-General Patrick Akem – member;
(iii) Mr. Wale Fapohunda – member
(iv) Mrs. Hauwa Ibrahim – member
(v) Mr. Jibrin Ibrahim – member
(vi) Mrs. Ifeoma Nwakama – member
(vii) Representative of Office of the National Security Adviser – member
The Commission is expected to commence work immediately and submit its report within 90 days.
The Federal Ministry of Health, along with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and RTI International co-convened a nutrition data stakeholders workshop last week in Abuja. Government and other stakeholders are now aligned to conduct a national food consumption and nutrition survey and address a number of other related food security, health and nutrition related data issues. David Lawal reports
Ms. Mary Arimond, Senior Technical Advisor, Center for Dietary Intake Assessment at the Washington, DC office of FHI 360, looked at her audience comprising of nutrition experts from various federal ministries, agencies and the academia and asked what seemed a random question.
“What did I eat yesterday, how much of each food and drink, how much milk was in my tea? How about the snacks, what was in that street food?”
It was more than a random question, but one which is usually taken for granted by many Nigerians. According to Ms. Arimond, lack of information on diets means that information for food and nutrition policy is lacking. “An individual dietary intake survey is important because Nigeria currently has a triple burden of malnutrition,” she said.
The scientist had more worrisome data, “Nigeria is facing malnutrition problems at both ends of the spectrum. You still struggle with undernutrition and children who are not growing well. One in three children is stunted, which means they have grown very poorly and they are affected in other ways. This is something that comes at great cost not only to the child and their family but also to your country.
Ms. Mary Arimond, Senior Technical Advisor, Center for Dietary Intake Assessment
“At the other end of the spectrum, one in three adults is overweight or obese in Nigeria, which brings with it the risk of chronic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. These are already growing in Nigeria and if it follows the pathway of many countries, these problems will grow rapidly and become a great cost to your health system and to your country,” she added.
A grim statistic
Just about a week before the conference on Nutrition Data organized by the Federal Ministry of Health in conjunction with the BMGF, a major partner in nutrition, the Minister of Health, Professor. Isaac Adewole had given a startling and worrisome outlook of Nigeria’s position on nutrition.
At the high level consultative meeting with states on accelerating nutrition results in states (ARIN), the minister shared one of his worries and presented plans to address it. The nutrition problem in Nigeria he said has improved in the last 10 years, but the current indices “remains one of the worst in the world.”
“With a stunting rate of 31.5% in 2015, which translates to about 11 million children, Nigeria has the highest number of stunted children under age five in sub-Saharan Africa, and the second highest in the world. Similarly, about 7.2% are wasted, that is acutely malnourished and 18.6% are underweight.
“It is also a well-established fact that, as an underlying cause of death, malnutrition accounts for more than 50% of under 5 mortality in Nigeria.
“Every single day, Nigeria loses about 2,300 children under-five year of age and malnutrition accounts for more than half of these deaths. It is therefore obvious that we cannot seriously think about reducing under five mortalities without addressing malnutrition.”
But the death and destruction of children associated with nutrition problems are not the only issues the Nigerian government has to worry about, there are severe economic consequences too.
“There are massive economic and social consequences to the high rates of undernutrition in Nigeria. Billions in GDP are lost each year due to the pernicious cycle of undernutrition. Annually, Nigeria loses over US$1.5 billion in GDP to vitamin and mineral deficiencies.
“Analysis by the Micronutrient Initiative shows that unless we take effective action to prevent and control Vitamin A Deficiency, over 80,000 Nigerian children will die annually,” Adewole said.
Finding nutrition data
The Nigeria nutrition data landscape has been a motely of activities and policy formulations which impacts or attempts to have direct bearings on health and nutrition in the country. Some of these policies include: National Health Act of 2014, National Strategic Health Development Plan 2010–2015, National Health Policy 2016, National Policy on Food and Nutrition in Nigeria 2016, National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition 2014–2019.
Others include: National Policy on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Nigeria 2010, National Health Information and Communication Technology Strategic Framework 2015–2020, National Agriculture and Food Security Strategy 2010–2020, The Agriculture Promotion Policy 2016–2020, Agricultural Sector Food Security and Nutrition Strategy 2016–2025 and Monitoring and Evaluation Plan for the Orphans and Vulnerable Children Response in Nigeria.
Many of these policies describe the describe the need for a better functioning health information system because the government relies on this system together with national surveys for tracking the implementation of nutrition-related programs and making decisions about programming.
Nigeria’s many policies on health and nutrition like the National Health Policy 2016, noted gaps in capacity for nutrition data collection, analysis, and interpretation; use of data for decision-making; coordination among government ministries and between government and Nigeria Nutrition Data Landscaping.
The policies acknowledged that there are parallel data systems and a lack of standard data collection tools. They described the need for a nutrition information system which is yet to be implemented.
A survey conducted by the US based Research Triangle Institute(RTI), which was released in July 2017 revealed the several gaps in the national nutrition survey and underscores the need for a government led leadership in nutrition data collection. The report also discovered that bilateral and multilateral donors like the United States Aid (USAID), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), World Bank (WB) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) are the funders for nutrition and agriculture related surveys in Nigeria.
However, these organizations do not share monthly monitoring data with government even though they hold dissemination meetings to keep government informed of their activities.
The RTI report also recommended the need for Nigeria’s nutrition data to be put together in one place which will enable easy access for those in need of it for policies and programming.
RTI: “Through our review of Nigeria’s nutrition data landscape, we identified gaps that affect the components of the nutrition data value chain and the chain overall. Some state-level and nongovernmental stakeholders described a lack of state- and country-led governance and ownership of nutrition data. To date, funding for nutrition activities and data in the country has come almost exclusively from donors and development partners.
“Inadequate financing from the government for nutrition and health information systems and ineffective coordination mechanisms at the federal, state, and community levels are hampering progress toward achieving a more robust and cohesive nutrition data landscape.
“Limited in-country capacity for data collection, management, analysis, and use is also a contributing factor. Although technologies show promise for improving the nutrition data landscape in Nigeria, challenges related to training people on how to use the technologies and interoperability of systems remain. Quality assurance of data and feedback loops appear to be missing links in the country’s data value chain,” the report said.
A nutrition data workshop
To address the imbalances and chart a way forward, the Federal Ministry of Health(FMoH) organized a two-day Nigeria Nutrition Data Stakeholders Workshop in Abuja bringing together all the major stakeholders, technical partners both in country and foreign experts for a major brainstorming.
According to Dr. Chris Isokpunwu, head of Nutrition at the FMoH the meeting “was to analyze the data situation in Nigeria and access the data landscape.”
He said: “There was an exercise that was conducted by RTI and they have presented to us their findings, moving forward what are the data needs, we need urgently the National Food Consumption and Nutrition Survey and we also need to have the Nutrition Surveillance System that will give us real time data on nutrition.
Dr. Chris Isokpunwu, head of Nutrition at the FMoH
“Data is necessary in any program, it helps in advocacy, it informs programming, it helps you design how you want the program to be done and also access the progress of your program. Data also gives and overview of what the problem is and be able to plan how to address it.”
The workshop interrogated various views on nutrition data gathering and examined current policies regarding nutrition in Nigeria, the gaps and how to fill it. Arimond said dietary survey is important in Nigeria and the consequences of neglects on future generations are grave, she also emphasized the that the quality and quantity of food matters.
“We are looking at the quality of the food consumed and when the quality is good, it tends to be too much in quantity,” she said.
Perhaps one of the revelations of the workshop was the fact that nothing much has been done after the first National Food Consumption and Nutrition Survey in 2001. In her presentation, Dr. Busie Maziya-Dixon a senior scientist at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan who led the exercise said the survey was data base and it tested 422 Nigerian recipes.
However, even though the data from the survey has been computed, it is yet to be published, this situation also underscores the need for the Nigerian government to take ownership of nutrition data generation.
Dr. Emmanuel Meribole , head Monitoring & Evaluation, Department of Planning, Research and Statistics at the FMoH promised that the ministry is putting its house in order.
“In terms of data quality, we are revamping the system, we are reviewing the register, we want to train the frontline workers who are responsible for data collection, the data check system is being put in place to ensure quality data, we are strengthening the system.
“We are building a website to accommodate all the data that have been collected, we are training people even up to the local government on how to analyze the data,” he assured.
For Dr. Isokpunwu, there is urgent need to set the process in motion to begin the implementation of the recommendations. “I can tell you we are making progress, although it is small but it is an improvement. In 2013, the stunting rate was 33 percent, we want to see what it is now. The last micronutrient survey was done in 2003, a lot of intervention like, Vitamin A supplementation, mandatory food fortification, iron and folic acid supplementation, deworming programme but today where are we?
“When we conduct the National Food and Nutrition Survey we will be able to answer that question, besides that, this survey will help us understand, who is eating what, where is the food, are we eating enough calories, we will be able to identify the eating pattern of our people with a view to intervening in the situation,” he said.
The workshop has set in motion the process for the conduct of the survey, a technical and steering committee have been set up with the mandate to liaise with every stakeholder and facilitate the conduct of the survey.
A profitable return
Everyone agreed on the importance of nutrition data and its enormous health benefits, but Minister of Health Prof. Adewole is seeing the economic benefits as well. “Evidence is there to show that investing in nutrition yields high returns. One dollar invested in interventions targeting stunting would bring about 10 dollars in economic benefits; one dollar invested in anemia prevention can yield up to 12 dollars, and one dollar invested in improving exclusive breastfeeding can yield as much as 35 dollars.
“These global estimates are confirmed by recent country-specific analyses conducted by the World Bank for the Government of Nigeria which show that scaling up the package of high-impact nutrition interventions in Nigeria would generate about US$ 2.6 billion in economic benefits,” he said.
Organisaers of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) have announced a large number of entries for the 2017 edition of the award.
At the close of the two-month entry submission process on Monday, July 17 which raked in close to 5,000 from African music artistes and music professionals, organisers noted that this edition is on its way to becoming an epoch-making awards event.
“The African Union and the International Committee of AFRIMA had opened the 2017 AFRIMA Call for Entries on May 8 giving the opportunity to African music artistes, record producers, songwriters, video directors and music journalists to enter their qualified works on the AFRIMA website www.afrima.org and the awards social media platforms.
“The overwhelming response to this call putting the total number of entries received for 2017 at 4,816 is an astronomical increase from the 2,714 number of entries received in 2016 which amounts to a whopping 77.25% increase compared to last year. The analysis reveals the regions with the highest entries as Eastern Africa, with 47% of the total entries and Western Africa, with 30%. This immense progress is a positive marker and has elicited satisfaction from the African Union, the International Committee of AFRIMA, the Regional and Country Directors of AFRIMA, the statement reads.
Expressing excitement at the high number of entries in 2017, the AFRIMA International Advisor and member of the International Committee, Mr. Rikki Stein stated: “This is tremendous news, indicative of an increasingly healthy music industry across Africa, particularly from a creative perspective.
Rikki Stein, former friend and Manager to African music legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti.
“AFRIMA is plugged in to the aspirations of the African continent, providing a platform for excellence in the field of music and a source of inspiration and encouragement for its associated fields of endeavour; songwriters, producers, sound engineers, distributors, publicists, marketers, photographers, videographers, stylists, journalists, bloggers, DJs and on and on.”
The former friend and Manager to African music legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti also added that,
“As one by one, African artists are making their mark in the wider world, acting as ambassadors of their countries and their culture, the eyes and ears of that wider world are opening and turning towards Africa as the source of much more than entertainment. In its finest form, as will be evident amongst AFRIMA nominees and eventual winners, they provide an antidote to negativity and cynicism, offering a healing form for ailments of heart and spirit; what Fela used to call ‘The Underground Spiritual Game’.
To follow the close of entry submission is the screening and adjudication processes from July 18 to July 28 and August 2 to August 8 respectively. The 13-man AFRIMA Jury will review the 4,816 entries to determine the works of African talents that are adjudged on merit to be on the AFRIMA 2017 Nominees List.
In partnership with the African Union, AFRIMA is centred on the promotion and marketing of African music and is by far the largest gathering of such magnitude of stakeholders in Africa. The biggest awards event on the continent packs exciting activities into its annual events calendar including the AFRIMA Music Village, the Africa Music Business Roundtable and the AFRIMA Host City Tour.
The event is scheduled to hold from November 9 to12 with a live broadcast to 84 countries across the world.
Popular American singer, songwriter and global Evangelist, Don Moen has debunked the rumours that went viral of his death on Social media on Wednesday.
The American worship leader who dispelled the death rumour in a tweet had posted a family photo self, his father, his own son and two of his grandchildren reportedly taken today.
Though the Evangelist was briefly ill, there is not an iota of truth in the Wednesday reports that he had died after a short battle with stomach pain.
Celebrating 4 generations in Minnesota today! Here's a photo of my Dad, son John holding Bennett and me holding Luke. Love my family!!! pic.twitter.com/DBTKwXfMKs
An American singer-songwriter, pastor evangelist, Don Moen has died after short battle with stomach pain. His family confirmed that he died early this morning at General Acute Care (GAC) Hospital in California shortly after being rushed to the hospital.
The cause of his death is not immediately known as the body is deposited at the morgue for autopsy.
President Donald also has expressed his tributes, saying Don Moen was “one of the best gospel artists that the country has ever produced”.
According to record, the multiple award-winning star brought gospel to both old and younger generation through his unique style and drew thousands of people closer to the music genre.
Popular Bishop T.D Jakes, who had visited the musician in hospital earlier also described to local newspaper how shocked he was when he heard the news. “It was a massive shock to me. I could not believe it at first but I was grateful that I could pray for him and bring him closer to the Lord.”-T.D. Jakes said.
A family statement, released today, said that Don Moen has passed away this morning. Donald James “Don” Moen, 66, was an American singer-songwriter, pastor, and producer of Christian worship music.
Before Moen was hired to work for Integrity Music, he attended Oral Roberts University and became a Living Sound musician for Terry Law Ministries and traveled with Terry Law for ten years.
He produced 11 volumes for the Hosanna! Music series of worship albums.
His first album under his own name, Worship with Don Moen, was released in 1992.
His music had total global sales of over five million units.
Moen worked for Integrity Media for over 20 years, serving as creative director and president of Integrity Music, president of Integrity Label Group, and an executive producer of Integrity Music albums.
He left Integrity Media in December 2007 to start a new initiative, The Don Moen Company.
The Don Moen Company acquired MediaComplete, the church software company that created MediaShout. Moen became a radio host for Don Moen & Friends in 2009.
Moen received a Dove Award for his work on the musical God with Us in addition to amassing nine nominations for his songs.
Moen was a prolific songwriter, having worked with Claire Cloninger, Paul Overstreet, Martin J. Nystrom, Randy Rothwell, Ron Kenoly, Bob Fitts, Debbye Graafsma, Paul Baloche, Tom Brooks, among many others: worked with talented musicians, Justo Almario, Carl Albrecht, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuna, Paul Jackson, Jr., Lenny LeBlanc and Chris Graham.
He was a major catalyst in launching the careers of Paul Baloche, Darlene Zschech, Israel Houghton, and Hillsong United.
No matter expensive education seems in your country or unattractive as it could seem, university/college education is almost free and is free in some countries.
Yes, we all have the dreams to have free colleges anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, that’s not the case everywhere. There are however certain countries in the world where the taxpayer pays the bill for all students looking to get a college degree.
The countries in this list are mainly in Europe and have cultures that “take care of each other”. These socialist countries usually have higher income tax rates, but it’s well worth it if you’d like to have health care and college tuition all paid and taken care of.Ask yourself this question before moving to one of these countries, is free college important to you? If it is, then this list starting below is all for you:
Ask yourself this question before moving to one of these countries, is free college important to you? If it is, then this list starting below is all for you:
1) Estonia
According to the 2015 OECD report, Estonia is one of 8 countries with free college university systems
Public Universities In Estonia
Tallinn University
Not ranked
Tallinn University of Technology
Not ranked
University of Tartu
Not ranked
2) Denmark
According to the 2015 OECD report, Denmark is one of 8 countries with some free college university programs
Top Colleges & Universities In Denmark
University of Copenhagen
Times Higher Education World Ranking #82
Aurhus University
Time Higher Education World Ranking #106
Technical University of Denmark
Time Higher Education World Ranking #167
Aalborg University
Time Higher Education World Ranking #201-250
Copenhagen Business School
Time Higher Education World Ranking #201-250
University of Southern Denmark
Time Higher Education World Ranking #301-350
3) Finland
According to the 2015 OECD report, Finland is one of 8 countries with free college university systems
Top 10 Public Universities in Finland
University of Helsinki
Administrative Staff – 8000 Employees
Abo Academy University
Administrative Staff – 1300 Employees
University of Turku
Administrative Staff – 3319 Employees
University of Tampere
Administrative Staff – 1982 Employees
University of Jyvaskyla
Administrative Staff – 2583 Employees
University of Oulu
Administrative Staff – 2852 Employees
University of Vaasa
Administrative Staff – 498 Employees
University of Lapland
Administrative Staff – 633 Employees
University of Eastern Finland
Administrative Staff – 2800 Employees
Aalto Universirty
Administrative Staff – 4424 Employees
4) Norway
According to the 2015 OECD report, Denmark is one of 8 countries with free college university systems
Most Popular Universities In Norway
University of Oslo
Number of Full Time Students – 27,628
University of Bergen
Number of Full Time Students – 17,000
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Number of Full Time Students – 16,000
University of Tromso
Number of Full Time Students – 9500
University of Stavanger
Number of Full Time Students – 9000
5) Slovak Republic (Slovakia)
According to the 2015 OECD report, Slovakia is one of 8 countries with free college university systems
Top Colleges In The Capital – Bratislava
University of Economics In Bratislava
Popular Study Program – Business Management
University of Technology In Bratislava
Popular Study Program – Civil Engineering
Comenius University In Bratislava
Popular Study Program – Mathematics and Physics
University of Performing Arts In Bratislava
Popular Study Program – Music and Dance
Academy of Fine Arts and Design In Bratislava
Popular Study Program – Architecture
6) Slovenia
According to the 2015 OECD report, Slovenia is one of 8 countries with free college university systems
Top College In Slovenia
University of Ljubljana
Established in 1919
8) Turkey
According to the 2015 OECD report, Turkey is one of 8 countries with free college university systems
Turkey has over 178 different universities to choose coursework from:
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump on Tuesday took to the social media during a Twitter spat with CNN to lambast popular media houses in the country of publishing fake News.
Trump attacked the CNN first for its recently retracted story about a congressional Russia investigation, which led to three editorial resignations.
The President said: “Fake News CNN is looking at big management changes now that they got caught falsely pushing their phony Russian stories. Ratings way down!” Trump tweeted, following a series of retweets for “Fox & Friends” on the rival Fox News network.
Fake News CNN is looking at big management changes now that they got caught falsely pushing their phony Russian stories. Ratings way down!
In its reply, the CNN Communications account tweeted to Trump “CNN just posted it’s most-watched second quarter in history. Those are the facts”.
The latest squabble is centred on a CNN story from last week that said the Senate Intelligence Committee was investigating Trump campaign adviser Anthony Scaramucci for allegedly meeting with a Russian investor days before Trump’s inauguration.
CNN published the story, which was attributed to one anonymous source, on Thursday and took it down a day later, saying it did not meet editorial standards. Reporter Thomas Frank, editor Eric Lichtblau and investigative head Lex Haris resigned.
President Donald Trump also accused the BBC, New York Times, NBC, CBS and ABC of being fake news media houses.
So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC? What about the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost? They are all Fake News!
The latest dispute is centred on a CNN story from last week that said the Senate Intelligence Committee was investigating Trump campaign adviser Anthony Scaramucci for allegedly meeting with a Russian investor days before Trump’s inauguration.
The Landrush Phase has launched a new domain called .africa. The new domain for .africa domain name system offers companies, organizations and individuals to apply for domain names containing keywords valuable enough to pay a premium for. Domain names with single words that attract heavy everyday use are very typical during this Phase.
.africa is the top-level domain name system for the continent of Africa. It is open to all individuals and entities in Africa or ones that identify with Africa, globally. .africa domains are available in Landrush Phase from Web4Africa, an accredited .africa domain name registrar, said Managing Director, Web4Africa, Mr. Oluniyi Ajao.
This Landrush Phase is not exclusive to the .africa top-level domain but is normal with all newly-launched domain name extensions. All things being equal, there is a much better chance that the domain can be obtained during this Phase.
Speaking on the Landrush Phase which ends this week, Mr. Oluniyi Ajao, reiterated certain names that have got prior rights associated with them will not go through unless the applicant has already specifically validated rights in the Mark Validation System (MVS) or Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) database. When processing a Landrush Application, Web4Africa will receive a Claims Notice if the string is registered in the MVS or TMCH.
At the end of the Landrush phase, he reemphasized, all uncontested domain applications will be delegated while all contested domain applications will proceed to an Auction Phase. Applicants will be notified by the .africa registry on the Auction process should this occur.
Domain auctions will last a minimum of 3 days. Any bids within the final 12 hours will extend any auction by an additional 24 hours.
.africa has already demonstrated serious interests from global brands and entities within Africa who are trademark owners as about 1,000 domains were successfully secured during the Sunrise Phase, making it one of the top ten largest number of domain name reservations during the sunrise phase of the new geographic Top Level Domain (gTLD) ‘s launch process.
The General Availability phase would follow, from 4th July 2017. The domains would then be available on a first-come-first-served basis.
“We are in Africa, and Africa is in us. We believe in the future of Africa and that .africa would offer Africans a strong identity on the World Wide Web”, Mr. Ajao said.
Established in 2002, Web4Africa is an ICANN Accredited Domain Name Registrar offering popular top-level domains (like .com, .net, .xyz, .africa) and country-code domains (like .ng, .za, .uk) to clients worldwide. Based in Johannesburg South Africa, Web4Africa offers Web Hosting, Virtual Private Servers, Dedicated Servers and related solutions from 4 data centres across Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa.
What makes an Embassy or Consulate reject providing you with a Schengen Visa?
This is the question many people ask anytime they are about to apply for such a visa. The fact is that whenever a Schengen visa or any visa gets rejected, there is something UNSATISFACTORY as regards of that visa application.
Many visa applicants get confused and unable to exactly understand the reason for their visa refusal. That is why the article will focus on presenting the commonly known reasons for such refusal.
A visa application might be considered unsuccessful if the consular officer fails to get from the candidate all the needed information about him/her. Lacking to possess such information, the consular officer will be incapable of deciding if the candidate qualifies to be given a visa.
On the other hand, sometimes the consular might get information from the applicant that is unacceptable or beyond the fixed procedures. Sometimes the candidate is prone of illegitimate and/or dishonest activities. In all of the aforementioned cases, the officer is led to DENY offering a visa to the applicant.
LEARN which are the Most Common Reasons For Failed Schengen Visa Applications, in order to avoid being amongst those who perform them:
1. Past or Current Criminal Actions
The past and current circumstances and actions of the applicant matter a lot in the decision of the consular officer in issuing a Schengen visa. In such cases, the refusal might occur because the applicant is considered a threat to the public policy, internal security or public wealth of Schengen Area (i.e. terrorism, drug abuse, child abuse, addiction, other serious crimes).
2. False Travel Document
There is a common destiny for all the individuals (applicants) who attempt to present false travel documents to the embassy or consulate, trying to misrepresent their identity, using fake identity – and that is an absolute visa denial and other accompanying unfavourable consequences.
3. Insufficient Explanation For The Purpose And Circumstances Of The Planned Stay
Another motive to lead the consular office to deny your Schengen Visa is failing to have the needed justification for your purpose and conditions of the planned travel and stay. Such are the cases of:
Failing to present an employment and professional qualification that matches with the presented financial situation
Incapacity to provide documents that support the purpose of travel and stay in the Schengen Area
Missing to apply for a visa period in conformity with the presented travel itinerary and holiday right or revenue situation
The inability to offer unchanging declarations about the purpose of travel and stay
4. Damaged Passport
A reason for a visa refusal could be presenting a passport that is not kept in a good condition. Such case can be when passport pages are detaching or missing when the cover of the passport is damaged and so on.
5. Passport Invalidity
The alternative motive to lead the consular officer denying your visa application is presenting a passport that is not acceptable for the Embassy or Consulate. Such cases are classified the following:
Presenting a passport that does not have a valid period less than three (3) remaining months after the return from the visit in the Schengen Area
Presenting a passport that does not possess two different blank visa pages
Presenting a Travel Document Booklet instead of a valid passport
Presenting a valid passport that is older than ten (10) years
6. Lack To Proof The Travel Itinerary
An additional reason for Schengen Visa application fail, is lacking to present the proper plan of your travel within the Schengen Area. Such cases include:
Applying at the wrong Embassy of the Schengen Area (not being able to determine the main destination of your visit to the Schengen Area)
Not being able to prove to have a booked accommodation for each destination and each night to spend in the Schengen Area
Not being able to provide booked flight ticket for each applicant (when a group of travellers)
Not being able to provide travel tickets for each destination to be toured in the Schengen Area.
7. Invalid Letter of Reference
Further evidenced reason for a failed Schengen Visa application is providing a formal letter of reference that is not authenticated by the author. Such cases involve:
Lacking to offer a formal letter that has an original letterhead with the address and contact details of the company or the author issuing it
Lacking to present a formal letter issued not later than three (3) last months from the application date
Missing to have the stamp and signature of the author on the formal letter
Other
8. Insufficient Means Of Subsistence
One of the reasons the embassy or consulate of the Schengen country might refuse to give you a visa is lacking or insufficient proof of means of existence for the duration of stay in Schengen Area, nor for the return to home country. Such cases might involve:
Failing to offer financial statements not older than one (1) month from the application date
Lacking to enjoy a current account statement (presenting credit card statements in its place)
Missing to possess enough funds in financial statements presented.
Presenting a traveller’s cheque that does not have the candidate’s name.
9. Unacceptable Birth Or Marriage Certificate
An additional cause for a failed Schengen Visa application is not being able to offer birth or marriage certificates that are accepted (not authenticated) by the embassy or consulate. Such cases include:
Failing to offer a certificate endorsed by official authorities, i.e. Ministry Interior
Failing to offer a certificate in non-English language translated by the authorised translator
Lacking to prove a civil certificate (offering a religious document instead)
Not being able to offer a certificate showing both parents of the child
Not being able to offer certificate that matches with the names of the parties presented on the submitted passports
Not being able to offer a document of the legal sole custody order for the child (if a single parent)
Not being able to offer the legal adoption documents for the adoptive child (for EU Spouse application)
10. Invalid Travel Insurance
The other reason that might lead to a Schengen Visa application fail, is the inability to present the appropriate travel insurance coverage for the duration of stay in the Schengen Area. Such cases might involve:
Failing to provide a travel insurance cover in the anticipated amount
Lacking to provide a travel insurance that does not cover the return of the candidate in home country
The inability to provide a travel insurance whose policy is valid all over the Schengen Area
The incapacity to show a travel insurance that covers the entire days of the trip in the Schengen Area
11. Lacking to present a Proof of Accommodation
An additional factor that might lead for your visa to be refused is not being able to properly demonstrate you have a place to stay during your travel abroad. Such cases include:
Not being able to present an evidence of a hotel reservation,
Lacking to provide the invitation from the host (proof of sponsorship),
Failing to present an evidence of a pre-paid tour.
12. Unfavourable Schengen Visa Situation
What else could destroy one’s Schengen Visa application is earlier history with the Schengen Visa. Such cases include:
Failing to previously respect Schengen Visa limitations (i.e. Overstay in the Schengen Area, failing to follow the presented travel itinerary – by skipping to stay mostly in the main country of destination in the Schengen Area, and so on).
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