News for December 2009
Stevan Jovetic is named Montenegro’s top football player for 2009. Also in cultural news: an exhibition of artefacts excavated this year opens in Macedonia, and the 15th Biennial of Ceramics is held in Belgrade.
Montenegro’s Stevan …
BAGHDAD (Agencies)
Iran meanwhile denied a British media report that the abduction of a British computer expert in Iraq in 2007 had been masterminded by the elite Revolutionary Guards, television reported.
“These claims are baseless,” Iranian foreign …
TEHRAN (Agencies)
Iranian authorities accused opposition leaders on Thursday of links to “foreign enemies” and warned they would be shown no mercy unless they changed course.
“Again we are warning the opposition leaders to immediately separate their …
Photo: Glenna Gordon/IRIN
The government aims to test 80 percent of eligible Kenyans by 2010
NAIROBI, 30 December 2009 (PlusNews) – An international rights group has called on the Kenyan government to ensure that human rights …
Foreign ministryâs spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga yesterday reaffirmed the countryâs sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos.
All activities of other countries, including the promulgation of legal regulations relating to these …
At least 45 mourners were killed and 80 others wounded, some of them seriously when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the main Ashura procession on Monday afternoon at Light House traffic signal on …
By Jeff Franks
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) — Havana’s famed Tropicana nightclub turns 70 this week, its glamour days as an international celebrity haunt well behind it, but its future assured as a money-making hotspot for the cash-strapped …
GAZA/ CAIRO (Agencies)
Hundreds of people including international activists protested on both sides of a Gaza Strip border crossing on Thursday against Israeli closures imposed on the Hamas-ruled territory.
“It’s a non-violent, peaceful gathering and the aim …
PRISTINA, Kosovo — The newly established Serb-dominated Gracanica Municipal Assembly held its first session on Tuesday (December 29th), following the November local elections. Mayor Bojan Stojanovic said he is happy to take on the task …
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) — TIME Magazine, Tuesday, named ace Jamaican sprinter and world record holder for the 100 and 200 metres, Usain Bolt, among the four runners-up for its prestigious "Person of the Year" 2009.
Usain Bolt …
ATHENS, Greece — A second extremist group, the “Terrorist Guerrilla Group”, claimed responsibility Tuesday (December 29th) for a bombing Sunday near the National Bank of Greece and a big insurance company in Athens. The first …
By Mutryce A Williams
New Year’s Day is such an anticipatory time. On New Year’s Eve we just can’t wait for that clock to strike twelve. It is a time of hope. There is this precept …
Ramallah, WEST BANK (Agencies)
The secular Fatah movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday vowed to step up its struggle against the Israeli occupation with demonstrations and diplomacy.
“Our program emphasizes the importance of a …
ZAGREB, Croatia — The District Court in Split sentenced former military policeman Josip Bikic to four years in prison Tuesday (December 29th) for war crimes committed against Serb civilians at the Lora military prison in …
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Parliament adopted the 2010 budget Tuesday (December 29th). The measure was supported by 66 of the 120 lawmakers. Opposition members walked out, saying they did not have enough time to review some …
An organisation in Serbia is bringing out the best in the country’s disabled athletes.
By Nikola Barbutov for Southeast European Times in Belgrade — 29/12/09
Members of the Disabled Athletic Association of Serbia at the peak of …
