POLITICS-BALKANS: Kosovo PM Faces War Crimes Charges

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj (37) resigned Tuesday after he was told he faces charges for war crimes before The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

INT’L WOMEN’S DAY: It Means Little to a Sex Slave

Among the millions who travel to Europe every year are a few hundred thousand who will end up as sex slaves. To them International Women's Day means little.

INT’L WOMEN’S DAY-SPAIN: Celebrating Many Strides Forward

Women beekeepers from Jaén, a province in southern Spain, will celebrate International Women's Day this year, which falls on Tuesday, with a honey-tasting exhibit to underline their support for sustainable development and demand gender equality.

INT’L WOMEN’S DAY: From Russia with Domestic Violence

More than 50,000 Russian women are beaten by their husbands or partners every hour, a group of women's non-governmental organisations says.

BALKANS: One Language Finds Many Names

The Bosnian Muslim minority in the southern Serbian area of Sandzak claim to have won the right to education in Bosnian language last month after a long battle with Serbian authorities.

DEVELOPMENT: EU Citizens Asked the Way

Question: Should poverty reduction be at the heart of the European Union's development policy?

BALKANS: Breakaway of Kosovo Put on Hold

Kosovo's claims to independence from Serbia have been turned down, for now. That means also that a difficult situation in this southern province of Serbia will continue.

RIGHTS-RUSSIA: Media Feeding New Xenophobia

'Gypsy mafia stripped Muscovites of apartments' says a headline in a leading Russian newspaper. 'Ukrainian woman came to Moscow to sell child' says another.

RENEWABLES: New Dispute Blows Through Wind Energy

A new controversy is blowing through generation of wind energy after a German study declared it an expensive option.

DEVELOPMENT: Europeans Unaware of Millennium Goals

European citizens expect the European Union to play a central role in development cooperation, but most are unaware what it is doing for development, according to a survey released Friday.

ENVIRONMENT: New Powers to Europeans, If Only They Knew

Britain joined a group of European countries last week in ratifying an agreement that gives citizens an extraordinary say in environmental matters. But in Britain, as elsewhere, few people know of these rights.

RIGHTS-BRITAIN: This Makes Guantanamo Look Liberal

New anti-terror legislation proposed in Britain makes U.S. rights to the Guantanamo Bay camp appear liberal in some respects.

RIGHTS: New Plea for Russian Minority

The Mari minority in Russia are facing a steady erosion of their cultural rights, a group of human rights campaigners have said in a protest statement.

FOOTBALL-SPAIN: United Against Racism

The Spanish government, professional associations and civil society organisations resolved on Tuesday to join forces to fight racism in football, in view of the harm it causes and the way it reflects on society.

/ARTS WEEKLY/: Berlin Film Festival Produces Surprises

In a major surprise, the South African-made movie 'U-Carmen eKhayelitsha' hoisted the top Golden Bear award at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival last week.

EUROPEAN UNION: Iberia’s Socialists Tilt Political Balance Back Towards the Middle

The socialists' landslide victory in Portugal's legislative elections and the substantial increase in the support garnered by the rest of the left indicate that the political balance in the European Union (EU) may be starting to tilt back towards equilibrium and away from conservative domination.

RIGHTS: Homeless Among the Rich

The group of homeless families put on blue UN style helmets inside an empty hotel to greet the arrival of the United Nations Advisory Group on Forced Evictions (AGFE) in Rome last week.

BALKANS: How Much Is That Submarine

"Three transport planes AN-26, eight transport helicopters MI-8, 200 tanks, and five submarines for sale" said the ads in Serbian media last week.

BALKANS: How Much Is That Submarine

"Three transport planes AN-26, eight transport helicopters MI-8, 200 tanks, and five submarines for sale" said the ads in Serbian media last week.

SLOVAKIA: Tiny Stage to Command a Global Audience

Slovak businessmen and politicians are hoping a summit between U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin will help put this relatively unknown country on the world's economic and political map.

DEVELOPMENT: EU Debate Adds Fuel to Aid

French and German proposals to tax airline fuel for development funding may face tough opposition at a meeting of European Union ministers later this week.