The "inefficiency" of the Portuguese court, according to the association Transparency and Integrity

João Paulo Batalha, representative of Transparency and Integrity, a civic association monitoring of public institutions, reacts to the arrest of the former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates:

"(The arrest) is not surprising when you consider that there were suspicions for some time, and that an investigation was underway. There were many doubts about the lifestyle of José Socrates since leaving the government. "

"The Portuguese justice works like a funnel. The investigation of cases related to the economy, finance and corruption lead to few indictments, these warnings examinations lead to few convictions and sentences will lead to few sentences Prison. So there is a lack of efficiency of justice. "

Iran: J-2 in Vienna

Iran and the major powers, including Germany, are trying to reach an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.

No significant progress was made yesterday after days of hard negotiations. This is the moment of truth, "he told Saturday the head of the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arriving in Vienna, Austria.

"We have never been so close to an agreement, and the atmosphere in these negotiations is rather constructive. But that does not allow us to forget that there is always a lot of points on which there is a certain distance. So it depends now Iran, if he sees an opportunity to reach an agreement. "

Discussions are held under the aegis of the European negotiator Catherine Ashton, former High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs.

The international community wants Iran to reduce its nuclear capabilities in order to exclude any military opportunity.

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"7500 Russian soldiers are present in Ukraine"

The pro-Russian separatist rebels would be supported by 7,500 Russian soldiers in eastern Ukraine. A figure given Saturday by the Ukrainian defense minister. The Ukrainian military also reported the entry from Russia 20 new military equipment by a border crossing controlled by pro-Russian separatists.

These facilities have been en route to Lugansk regional capital and rebel stronghold.

Faced with this threat, Kiev intends to "increase the number of its armed forces."

The conflict has left more than 4,300 dead, including 1,000 since the truce in September.

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Bahrain: General elections contested by the Shiite opposition

They decided to boycott the general elections in Bahrain.

Supporters of the Shiite opposition, which describe the election as "a farce", so hear influence participation in this election - expected low, less than 30% accurate Sheikh Ali Salman, leader of the main opposition Wefaq movement.

Demonstrations took place Friday in several Shiite villages around the capital Manama.

We saw protesters including some replay a scene from voting, with the issue of a referendum on the choice of a political system in Bahrain.

The opposition denounced the "monopoly of power" exercised by the al-Khalifa dynasty but also repression and called for democratic reforms and a "real constitutional monarchy".

Saturday nearly 350,000 voters are asked to choose 40 deputies. These are the first general elections to be held in this small Gulf kingdom since the anti-regime protest in 2011, called "revolt of the pearl."

Kenya: 28 killed in attack

28 bus passengers were executed by Somali Islamist Shebab according to local police.

This occurred in north-eastern Kenya, about thirty kilometers from Mandera, near the border with Somalia.

This attack comes as the Kenyan police conducted raids Monday in four mosques in Mombasa, the second largest city of the country, places of worship believed to be passed under the control of radical preachers linked to Shebab.

USA: arrests Ferguson call for calm and Barack Obama

Two men suspected of having bought explosives and want to use them during demonstrations were arrested Friday at Ferguson.

Ferguson, this suburb of St. Louis where a young black man was killed by a white police officer last August, had a hectic week, pending a court decision on the case.

On Tuesday, the governor of the state of Missouri declared a state of emergency in the city, while the rumor was spreading a favorable decision to the police, Darren Wilson, who appeared before the grand jury self-defense.

In this climate of tension, Barack Obama called for calm:

"First and foremost, let events unfold peacefully, a This is a country that allows everyone to express their views, which allows to assemble peacefully to protest for things that people consider unjust, but use any event as a pretext for violence is contrary to the rule of law and contrary to what we are. "

If witnesses say that Michael Brown, the young black man had his hands in the air when he was killed, the police has a less angelic version of the victim, relying in particular on a video where he stole cigars in a grocery store and shoved an employee.

The decision on whether or not the police charge was scheduled for the end of the month, but according to county prosecutors in St. Louis, the procedure could be accelerated.

Pending the trial, a similar tragedy took place in New York on Friday, where a 28 year old man, unarmed, was killed by accident by a policeman in a public housing building.

Romania: the new president will fight against corruption, first arrest

In Romania, the Constitutional Court has officially confirmed the victory of Klaus Iohannis. The new president of the center-right won Sunday with more than 54% of the vote against a little over 45% for his opponent Victor Ponta. Klaus Iohannis had based his campaign on anti-corruption, and five days after the election, a first arrest: the head of the anti-mafia unit was placed in custody in a case of alleged corruption. Alina Bica is involved in a scandal that would have cost over 62 million euros to the Romanian state. The case dates back to 2011. Alina Bica occupied at the time another function within the framework of the National Authority for the restitution of property seized by the former Communist regime. Justice says Mrs. Bica, then a member of a commission to determine the compensation in the NMRA, and two of his colleagues have turned a blind eye on a strong overvaluation of land which was the subject of a record of compensation. The person who did the evaluation and the other two members of the commission also continued in this case and were remanded in custody. Since joining the EU in 2007, the fight against corruption is an objective of Romania, which is subject to close supervision by Brussels.