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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Prosecutors on Tuesday (August 31st) pressed charges against the Kurdish-language station Roj-TV, which holds a Danish broadcasting license, for promoting the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Turkey has also accused the channel …
TIRANA, Albania — The government delivered a report outlining the country’s progress in meeting the criteria for visa liberalisation to the European Commission (EC). Sources within the foreign ministry confirmed on Tuesday (August 31st) that …
In the wake of a scathing assessment by Brussels, Romania’s parliament moved to lift a key agency out of constitutional limbo.
By Paul Ciocoiu for Southeast European Times in Bucharest – 01/09/10
Romania’s parliament moved last month …
MOGADISHU (Reuters)
A Somali rebel group has told the Horn of Africa nation’s embattled president to resign and said hardline Islamists had succeeded where the government had failed, in establishing order in areas they controlled.
Hizbul Islam, …
Basketball teams and fans flock to Turkey. Also in culture and sports news: Serbian frescoes are on display at the European Parliament, and a Bulgarian sets a new scuba diving record.
Turkey’s Semih Erden (right) gets …
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Zimbabwean schoolchildren now have more options
HARARE, 25 August 2010 (IRIN) – Falling pregnant used to mean the end of school – and of much more – for girls in Zimbabwe, so a new …
However Mariela Castro says transsexuals are still discriminated in Cuba
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Throughout the 1960s and ’70s, Cuba sent openly gay men to labor camps without charge …
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Only about half the people in need of ARVs are getting them
KAMPALA, 25 August 2010 (PlusNews) – More Ugandan HIV patients are set to receive life-prolonging medication after the United States President’s …
BELGRADE, Serbia — The government has reached an agreement with the IMF to unfreeze public wages and pensions, as of January. Public wages would be raised three times during 2011, Finance Minister Diana Dragutinovic confirmed …
CAIRO (Mustafa Suleiman)
Wife of controversial Egyptian rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim denied reports that her husband signed a document supporting the presidency of Gamal Mubarak, son of the incumbent Hosni Mubarak.
Dr. Barbara Ibrahim dismissed allegations …
BUCHAREST, Romania — Two people have died and at least five others have been infected with the West Nile virus, the health ministry confirmed late on Monday (August 30th). These were the first confirmed cases …
PRISTINA, Kosovo — German Major General Erhard Buhler takes over command of KFOR on Wednesday (September 1st), succeeding Lieutenant General Markus Bentler. The ceremony in Pristina is being attended by NATO’s Allied Joint Force Commander …
BAGHDAD/TEHRAN (Agencies)
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the U.S. combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.
“Operation …
PRISTINA, Kosovo — Authorities started excavating a suspected mass grave Tuesday (August 31st) believed to contain the bodies of Kosovo Serbs killed during the 1999 conflict. The Commission on Missing Persons did not comment on …
A televised train trip around the Balkan countries highlights Turkey’s growing use of civilian diplomacy to strengthen ties.
Around the Balkans in 50 Days By Alex Christie-Miller for Southeast European Times in Istanbul — 31/08/10
The …
Former advisor and retired naval officer Carlos Molina Tamayo
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Molina Tamayo, a retired rear admiral, who is exiled in Europe following a failed 2002 coup, …
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A camel seller at the Jijiga Livestock Market
JIJIGA, 2 September 2010 (IRIN) – Pastoralists’ disproportionate contribution to Ethiopia’s economy is belied by their marginalized status and by policy assumptions that they …
Colombian president Santos is on a two-day visit to Brazil, his first overseas trip since taking office
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“If Colombia at some point requests the presence …
SINGER Sami Yusuf has released a charity single for the victims of the Pakistan floods.
The single, ‘Hear Your Call’, is available for download from iTunes and the singer’s website with all proceeds going to Save …
Mexico’s transportation secretary said debt-ridden carrier Mexicana de Aviacion is halting all operations. Juan Francisco Molinar Horcasitas told reporters the struggling airline ceased all flights and other activity as of last Friday at midnight.
Mexicana filed …
Almost a million people headed to Belgrade to sample different brands of beer, rock out with their favourite bands and have a good time.
By Bojana Milovanovic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade — 02/09/10 …
BEIRUT (AFP)
Lebanon has asked Interpol to circulate an arrest warrant against a Lebanese ex-general suspecting of working for the Israeli spy agency Mossad, a judicial source said on Thursday.
“Prosecutor General Said Mirza sent an arrest …
