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WEEKLY SELECTION-SPAIN: Government Violates Arms Trading Standards
The government of Spain has failed to respect international standards governing trade in weapons, selling them to countries with poor human rights records, according to a new report by the Unesco chair at the Autonomous University of the city of Barcelona.RIGHTS-KOSOVO: Refugees Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Blace, an improvised encampment on the Macedonian-Yugoslav border was emptied overnight, leaving little trace of where its 30,000 occupants might be, the UN High Commision for Refugees (UNHCR) said Wednesday.YUGOSLAVIA: Ecologists in Spain Protest Radioactive Weapons
A Spanish umbrella group of environmentalist organisations protested Friday the use of radioactive weapons in the war in Yugoslavia.RIGHTS-KOSOVO: Refugees Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Blace, an improvised encampment on the Macedonian-Yugoslav border was emptied overnight, leaving little trace of where its 30,000 occupants might be, the UN High Commision for Refugees (UNHCR) said Wednesday.CULTURE-YUGOSLAVIA: Belgrade Defies Fear with Songs and Art
Every morning, for the last ten days, Bojana - a teenager - wears her best clothes and a neat makeup to join the thousands who regularly attend rock concerts in Belgrade's central Republic Square.CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Stalemate and Truce May Prompt Talks – Russia
In the apparent belief that a military stalemate is developing in Yugoslavia, Russia is pushing ahead with a "comprehensive plan of action" to stop the NATO attacks and settle the Kosovo crisis, president Boris Yeltsin said here Tuesday.RIGHTS-SPAIN: Government Violates Arms Trading Standards
The government of Spain has failed to respect international standards governing trade in weapons, selling them to countries with poor human rights records, according to a new report by the Unesco chair at the Autonomous University of the city of Barcelona.CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Germany’s Political Metamorphosis
Former social democratic chancellor Helmut Schmidt's critical remarks on the NATO raids on Yugoslavia, with Bonn going the whole hog, have highlighted the political metamorphosis Germany has undergone in the past about two decades.WEEKLY SELECTION-YUGOSLAVIA: The Dubious Relevance Of Air Strikes
As NATO warplanes streaked across Europe on yet another bombing raid against Yugoslavia this week, many Russian military veterans had good reason to believe that air attacks alone would not be enough for the alliance to achieve its ultimate goals.WEEKLY SELECTION-YUGOSLAVIA: NATO Attacks Achieve Unity Among Serbs
Apart from the material damage, the most visible results of a week of NATO air raids against Yugoslavia are the growing unity of Serbs, a massive refugee crisis in Kosovo and the destabilisation of the Balkans, Yugoslav observers say.RELIGION-YUGOSLAVIA: Death and Resurrection in Wartime
Pope John Paul II tried, without success, to forge a space for a truce and negotiations on Yugoslavia during Holy Week, taking advantage of the differences between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox calendars.RIGHTS-KOSOVO: UN to Investigate Reports of Atrocities
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson plans to send a mission to verify reports of a "vicious and systematic ethnic cleansing" campaign in Kosovo carried out by Serb military and paramilitary forces.//CORRECTION//CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Peace Initiatives Corner NATO
With a surprise meeting between Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, Belgrade joined the initiatives launched Thursday by Russia and the Vatican to stop the war.CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Peace Initiatives Corner NATO
With a surprise meeting between Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, Belgrade joined the initiatives launched Thursday by Russia and the Vatican to stop the war.BOOKS-REVIEW: Voices from Vietnam
To most citizens of the United States the word "Vietnam" brings to mind, not a country, but a war, a years long saga of futility and loss.YUGOSLAVIA: Looking for Someone to Blame for the Refugee Crisis
Whoever is ultimately to blame for the Kosovo crisis, European and U.S. observers agree that the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) air strikes against Yugoslavia have only aggravated the situation of the region's ethnic Albanians.CONFLICT-EUROPE: Balkans Humanitarian Crisis Spreads Fast
Humanitarian relief agencies have raised warning signals that they are being swamped by the tens of thousands of refugees pouring out of the strife-torn Yugoslav province of Kosovo.ECONOMY-RUSSIA: IMF Promises New Loans for Russia
Russian Premier Yevgeny Primakov flew to Belgrade Tuesday to try and halt the hostilities in Yugoslavia, less than 24 hours after a personal triumph in winning 4.8 billion dollars in loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).DEVELOPMENT-GERMANY: Aid Focus on Energy Efficiency
Germany plans to increasingly focus on efficient energy utilisation in the next decade as an essential component of cooperation for sustainable development.CONFLICT-EUROPE: German Involvement in Yogoslavia Criticised
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder triumphantly told a summit meeting of the European Union Friday that "Europe speaks with one voice on the Kosovo conflict".DEVELOPMENT-GERMANY: Aid Focus on Energy Efficiency
Germany plans to increasingly focus on efficient energy utilisation in the next decade as an essential component of cooperation for sustainable development.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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