Portal:Current events/2015 February 28: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:03, 2 March 2015 editAndrewAllen (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users555 editsm spelling fix liquified --> liquefied← Previous edit		Revision as of 05:51, 3 November 2017 edit undoKolbertBot (talk \| contribs)Bots1,166,042 editsm Bot: HTTP→HTTPS (v475)Next edit →
Line 8:		Line 8:
	;International relations		;International relations
	*]:		*]:
	**] signs a trade agreement to buy ] from the ] in a move aimed at reducing the ] ]'s heavy dependence on ]n gas deliveries.		**] signs a trade agreement to buy ] from the ] in a move aimed at reducing the ] ]'s heavy dependence on ]n gas deliveries.

	;Law and crime		;Law and crime
	*The municipal intermediate people’s court for the eastern city of ] convicts ], former Vice-Governor of ] province in China, on charges of bribery and "amassing wealth of unclear origin", and sentences him to seventeen years in prison.		*The municipal intermediate people’s court for the eastern city of ] convicts ], former Vice-Governor of ] province in China, on charges of bribery and "amassing wealth of unclear origin", and sentences him to seventeen years in prison.
	*The ] removes disgraced senior official ] from the office of Vice-Chairman and also strips him of his ordinary delegate status.		*The ] removes disgraced senior official ] from the office of Vice-Chairman and also strips him of his ordinary delegate status.
	<!-- All news items above this line -->\|}		<!-- All news items above this line -->\|}

Revision as of 05:51, 3 November 2017

Current events of February 28, 2015 (2015-02-28) (Saturday)

Lithuania–United States relations:
- Lithuania signs a trade agreement to buy liquefied natural gas from the United States in a move aimed at reducing the EU Baltic state's heavy dependence on Russian gas deliveries. (Reuters)

The municipal intermediate people’s court for the eastern city of Dongying convicts Ni Fake, former Vice-Governor of Anhui province in China, on charges of bribery and "amassing wealth of unclear origin", and sentences him to seventeen years in prison. (The Guardian)
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference removes disgraced senior official Ling Jihua from the office of Vice-Chairman and also strips him of his ordinary delegate status. (Straits Times)