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POLITICS-RUSSIA: Kremlin Tries to Boost Image Over Kosovo
Talks on negotiating a peace agreement in the embattled Kosovo province of Yugoslavia simmered throughout Europe Tuesday and Moscow attempted to boost its image by continuing its own mediation efforts.DEVELOPMENT-GERMANY: Government Launches Debt Initiative
Germany's new 'red-green' coalition government, in a switch from the tough stand taken by previous administrations, Germany has launched a debt initiative to assist the world's poorest countries.DEVELOPMENT: Farmers’ Protest Plans in Doubt
The British government has indicated it will upset plans by third world farmers to march across Europe with other campaigners this summer to protest the operations of giant agri-business corporations, international financial institutions and Western governments.CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Change of Direction Makes Opening for Peace
Kosovan Albanian separatists were added to the list of targets for threatened Western attacks Friday, providing sufficient political leeway for real peace negotiations in Yugoslavia, agreed European analysts.CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: NATO Threatens to Attack Serbs and Albanians
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) took a new tone Thursday, threatening both Yugoslavia and the Albanian separatists with air strikes if negotiations are not set underway.BOSNIA-YUGOSLAVIA: Serbs Not Willing to Take all the Blame
To many in the West, the refusal by Yugoslav authorities last week to permit Louise Arbour, chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to investigate a massacre in Kosovo only higlights a policy of non-cooperation with the tribunal.WEEKLY SELECTION/Kosovo Massacre Resembles 1995 Attack in Sarajevo
The massacre of 45 ethnic Albanians in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo is similar to an incident in Sarajevo that ignited a decisive Western air attack in 1995.CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: Odd Analogies Between Baghdad and Belgrade
A leader abhorred by the West, the use and/or threat of military attacks, economic sanctions, millions of impoverished civilians and a controversial international mission all liken Yugoslavia to Iraq.RUSSIA: As Yeltsin Becomes Irrelevant, Post-Soviet Team Regroups
With the spectacular failure of the Russian road to capitalism and President Boris Yeltsin becoming irrelevant due to illness, a legion of 'Gorbachevites' and former Soviet state security officers is emerging to rule the country.CONFLICT-YUGOSLAVIA: The Art of Negotiating Garrote in Hand
While doubts grow over the January 15 massacre in Kosovo, the Western powers are dealing with Yugoslav president, Slobodan Milosevic, the same way he does with the Albanian minority: garotte in hand.DEVELOPMENT-ITALY: Overcoming Slump in Aid
After a long slump, Italy announced new development assistance funds for the South, in line with its aim of moving back up to the average level of aid provided by the world's industrialised countries.RIGHTS-YUGOSLAVIA: Massacre Resembles 1995 Attack in Sarajevo
The massacre of 45 ethnic Albanians in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo is similar to an incident in Sarajevo that ignited a decisive Western air attack in 1995.MEDIA-BRITAIN: McDonalds Libel Case Reopens Debate About Censorship
When two dogged penniless British campaigners this week took their case against the American food giant McDonald's to the Appeals Court, they reopened a debate on the increasing use of libel laws by transnational companies' armies of lawers, to silence their critics.EUROPE-POLITICS: EU Institutions In Crisis, But Unscathed
In spite of their own recent threats, the European Parliament (EP) decided this week not to provoke a cataclysm in the European Commission by dismissing it for alleged fraud.POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Bloodshed Avoided but Questions Remain
The release Wednesday of eight government soldiers avoided another bout of bloodshed in the southern Yugoslav province of Kosovo, but underlined the fragility of a cease-fire concluded in October.ENVIRONMENT: Plan to Dump Spent Nuclear Fuel in Russia Denounced
Swiss nuclear industries plan to send spent nuclear fuel containing uranium originally from the United States to Russia, according to a confidential document leaked to the environmental group Greenpeace International.YUGOSLAVIA: Ten Years of Milosevic Bring Transition to Dead End
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) is a country overshadowed for 10 years now by its controversial leader, president Slobodan Milosevic.ENERGY-SPAIN: More Power from the Wind
Spain's capacity to generate wind power has climbed to 930 megawatts, say Ecologistas en Acción (Ecologists in Action), an umbrella of non-governmental environmental organisations (NGOs).POLITICS-YUGOSLAVIA: Belgrade Stands Tough on Hostage Crisis
A growing number of Yugoslav infantry troops and tanks Monday surrounded the village of Stari Trg in the southern province of Kosovo, where eight army soldiers were held hostage, while negotiations for their release continued.EUROPE-OUTLOOK: Social Democrats Face Toughest Challenge Ever
Social Democrats govern in 13 of the European Union's 15 countries, but while no other ideology can match them, they must now tackle their historical promise of building a supportive, equitable and libertarian society.RIGHTS-GERMANY: Human Rights Take Centre Stage In Foreign Policy
With great fanfare Germany's new Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer baptised his new humanitarian foreign policy with a two-hour meeting in Bonn earlier this month with the exiled Chinese dissident Wei Jinsheng.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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