Serbia’s minister for Kosovo, Slobodan Samardzic, has proposed the ethnic division of Kosova to the UN mission in the disputed territory, a Belgrade newspaper reports. The key point of the accord offered to the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is… Read moreSerbia proposes division of Kosova
Newly pseudo-independent Kosova, it seems, is serving as a sort of political Rorschach test, with commentators’ views on its drive for self-determination shaped more by their views on other issues. Days after left-wing Israeli dissident Uri Avnery noted Israeli reluctance… Read moreMissing on Kosova: the sufi voice?
With a boycott of the March 9 election called by parties barred from participation because of their presumed links to the armed separatist group ETA, abstentionism in Spain’s Basque Country was at 35%—ten points higher than the national average. Elections… Read moreSpain: Socialists take Basque Country amid widespread abtentionism
The idiot left has lost no time in blasting Kosova’s declaration of independence. The latest spew from New York’s International Action Center screams “US Hands Off Serbia!” and cheers the Belgrade protests (where wanted war criminal Ratko Mladic was hailed… Read moreKosova: really “independent”?
Kosovo’s Independence Reverberates Across Eurasia by Rene Wadlow, Toward Freedom The self-proclamation of independence by Kosovo may be the last act in the division of former Yugoslavia, or it may be one step in a new chain of territorial adjustments…. Read morePHANTOM REPUBLICS
Continue ReadingPHANTOM REPUBLICSCzech Republic Intransigent on Honoring the Forgotten Holocaust by Gwendolyn Albert, WW4 Report PRAGUE — As has been amply documented over the 15 years of its existence, the Czech Republic has a poor record when it comes to protecting the… Read moreROMA DEMAND REMEMBRANCE
Continue ReadingROMA DEMAND REMEMBRANCEReading between the lines in the Kosova coverage can sure be depressing, especially for those of us who have been following the conflict there over the past 20 years. While 20 years ago, Albanian protesters were throwing rocks at Serbian… Read moreAlbanian authorities have power to brutalize Serbs —but not control Kosova’s borders
Kosova’s Parliament approved a declaration of independence Feb. 17. All 120 MPs were called for the extraordinary session, but only 109 were present—all the Serb MPs boycotting. Those present—all Albanian—voted unanimously for the declaration. The session was also attended by… Read moreViolence erupts as Kosova declares independence
Police arrested 24 in Spain’s Basque region Feb. 14 in a strike called by the outlawed Batasuna party to protest the banning of other parties supposedly linked to the armed group ETA. Strikers, mostly teachers and academics, held banners reading:… Read moreSpain: dozens arrested in Basque Country strike
Danish newspapers this week reprinted the notorious cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb for a turban, a day after three people were arrested for allegedly plotting to kill the artist who drew it, Kurt Westergaard, a 73-year-old illustrator… Read moreNew skirmish in cartoon jihad
Spanish police Feb. 11 arrested 14 prominent members of the outlawed Basque nationalist party Batasuna. Most of the arrests, ordered by leading anti-terrorist prosecutor Judge Baltasar Garzon, took place in towns around the northern Basque region and neighboring Navarra. One,… Read moreSpain arrests 14 Basque activists
A 37-year-old US businesswoman and married mother of three is seeking justice after she was thrown in jail by Saudi Arabia's religious police for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks coffee shop in Riyadh. Yara, who does not… Read moreAnother sharia outrage in Saudi Arabia —UK next?
