From banned Basque political party Batasuna, received via e-mail, June 3: Faced with the events which occurred in Tibet, Batasuna firstly wants to express its solidarity with the Tibetan people and begs to stop the repression against the protests made… Read moreBasque solidarity with Tibet
A masked group of some 20 men armed with sticks went on the rampage in Rome’s multi-ethnic Pigneto district May 24, smashing the windows of shops owned by Indian and Bangladeshi immigrants while hurling verbal abuse. The mob disappeared before… Read moreRacist attacks shake Italy
A Czech activist, Jan Bednar, has been on hunger strike for two weeks to protest the “military occupation of the Czech Republic by the United States”—by which he means the plans to build a radar base for the new “missile… Read moreCzech hunger strike against US radar base
ETA commander Francisco Javier LĂłpez Peña AKA “Thierry”—on the run since 1983 and held responsible for ending the last ceasefire—was arrested late May 20 in Bordeaux in a joint operation involving the French Gendarmerie and Spanish Guardia Civil. Arrested with… Read moreETA leader arrested in France
Spanish ministers and royalty attended the funeral of a Civil Guard killed in a May 14 car bombing blamed on ETA at a barracks in Legutiano, near the Basque city of Vitoria. Four officers were hurt. (BBC, May 15) Meanwhile,… Read moreNew ETA blast —as UN reviews Spanish “anti-terror” measures
In a massive sweep of shantytowns in urban areas across the country, Italian police arrested nearly 400 undocumented immigrants in Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi‘s first week back in power. 118 were immediately expelled, and many others held to face immigration,… Read moreBerlusconi back: no immigrants, yes nukes
A fence designed to separate the Roma from the majority community in HavlĂÄŤkĹŻv Brod, Czech Republic, has received approval from the local planning office. The remaining obstacle seems to be who will pay for the construction. People from the housing… Read moreAnti-Roma separation wall moves ahead in Czech Republic
On April 20 a bomb exploded outside the offices of Spain’s ruling Socialist party in the Basque town of Elgoibar (GuipĂşzcoa province), causing considerable damage but no injuries. Police said the blast followed a telephone warning in the name of… Read moreNew ETA blast —as Basque free speech trial opens
Judges at the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague April 3 found two former commanders of the Kosova Liberation Army (KLA), Kosova’s ex-prime minister Ramush Haradinaj and Idriz Balaj, not guilty on all charges. A third ex-KLA defendant, Lahi… Read moreAccused KLA war criminal Ramush Haradinaj acquitted
Some 40 activists marched against the NATO summit in Bucharest April 3, beating on drums and chanting “Stop the war, stop NATO” and “NATO out of Bucharest.” In a pre-emptive strike before the march, Romanian security forces broke into a… Read moreProtesters attacked at Bucharest NATO summit
Our March issue featured the story “Phantom Republics: Kosovo’s Independence Reverberates Across Eurasia,” by Rene Wadlow, a reprint from Toward Freedom. Wrote Wadlow: “The self-proclamation of independence by Kosovo may be the last act in the division of former Yugoslavia,… Read moreOur readers write: whither Kosova?
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
