News: France to ban smacking for good despite claims of 'interference' in child education

July 02, 2019

Russia News: France to ban smacking for good despite claims of 'interference' in child education Europe: EU watchdog warns banks face large ‘Basel IV’ capital shortfall Voice of America - English: South Carolina Democrat Posts $1.5M in Challenge to Graham Window on Eurasia -- New Series: In Baltic Resistance to Soviet Occupation, ‘There Were Forest Sisters Too,’ New Vilnius Exhibit Shows Window on Eurasia -- New Series: ‘Moscow Becoming a Very Uncomfortable City for Those Over 45,’ Pryanikov Says News: France to ban smacking for good despite claims of 'interference' in child education 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) A year later, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child urged France to "explicitly prohibit" all forms of corporal punishment of children.  Speaking to MPs during the parliamentary debate, health minister Agnès Buzyn argued that “one doesn’t educate through fear” and that such “supposedly educational” violence in fact had “disastrous consequences on a child’s development”. Read More Europe: EU watchdog warns banks face large ‘Basel IV’ capital shortfall 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) EBA says institutions will have to hold €135bn more to comply with post-crisis rules Europe Read More Voice of America - English: South Carolina Democrat Posts $1.5M in Challenge to Graham 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) A top Democratic National Committee official has raised $1.5 million in his challenge to U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Campaign officials tell The Associated Press that Jaime Harrison raised the money in the second quarter, which ended Sunday. Read More Window on Eurasia -- New Series: In Baltic Resistance to Soviet Occupation, ‘There Were Forest Sisters Too,’ New Vilnius Exhibit Shows 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Paul Goble Staunton, June 30 – Participants in the popular resistance movement to Soviet occupation during and after World War II have generally been called “The Forest Brothers,” and they have been the subject of numerous histories and films both produced in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and in the West. Read More Window on Eurasia -- New Series: ‘Moscow Becoming a Very Uncomfortable City for Those Over 45,’ Pryanikov Says 1. Russia from Michael_Novakhov (116 sites) Paul Goble Staunton, June 30 – In an attempt to compensate for falling incomes, Muscovites of middle age and above are increasingly renting out their own apartments and living full time in their dachas outside of the city, Pavel Pryanikov says. Read More

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