TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Pakistan agreed on Wednesday to boost cooperation in power sector and expedite implementation of existing projects, a joint statement signed by Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Abbas Aliababi and adviser to Pakistan’s Water and Power Ministry said. In the statement which was released at the end …
Read More »Iranian Energy Minister Hails Progress in Pakistan Dam Construction
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Fattah said Mangla dam raising project is technically an excellent precedent in the history of dam construction. He stated this during a visit to the project accompanied by a 10-member technical delegation. Pakistan Electric Power Company Managing Director Fazal Ahmad Khan and senior officers …
Read More »(INTERVIU – Sursa: www.stelapopa.unimedia.md) Vasile Botnaru despre politică, jurnalism şi alegeri în R. Moldova
Sursa: www.stelapopa.unimedia.md Am dorit de multă vreme să realizez un interviu cu Vasile Botnaru, şeful biroului Radio Europa Libera de la Chişinău şi unul dintre cei mai cunoscuţi ziarişti din R. Moldova. Nu am avut norocul să îl am pe Vasile Botnaru ca profesor, în schimb a avut o contribuţie …
Read More »Turkey To Back Kosovo In International Arena
urkey will support Kosovo within the United Nations when it becomes a temporary member of the Security Council in January 2009, a senior Turkish official said. “From the beginning of 2009, Turkey will be a temporary member of the UN Security Council … and wishes that Kosovo become a member …
Read More »US Convicts Brothers Of Foiled Attack Plot
A United States court found the three brothers Dritan, Shain and Elvir Duka, ethnic Albanians born in western Macedonia, guilty of a conspiracy to kill U.S. soldiers at the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey last year, local media said on Tuesday. A Jordanian-born and a Turkish-born U.S. citizen …
Read More »Czechs Might Pull Troops From Kosovo
The Czech Republic is considering withdrawing its troops from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, due to opposition objections in Prague over the country’s presence in military missions abroad. The some 400 Czech soldiers serving in Kosovo play a major role in KFOR operations as they operate along the border …
Read More »Cause of Fire in Bosnia Mosque Disputed
n independent expert has disputed the conclusion of the official investigation, saying the mosque in the village of Fazlagica Kula was not razed by accident but in “professionally planed and executed” arson attack. “Our suspicions have been confirmed because the findings of this expert are completely different from the findings …
Read More »Serb Politicians Flaunt Presence in Kosovo
Two Serbian ministers cut the ribbon in a post office in the Kosovo town of Gracanica on Monday, a move meant to showcase Belgrade’s hold on Serb areas of its former province. Serbia’s Minister for Kosovo, Goran Bogdanovic, and minister for Local Government Milan Markovic, did not inform Kosovo’s Albanian …
Read More »Russia demands changed mandate for OSCE in Georgia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe can only patrol in Georgia next year if their mandate is changed to take account of Moscow’s concerns, Russia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. The OSCE said on Monday it would start shutting down its mission in …
Read More »India wants Pakistan action, not “war hysteria”
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India asked Pakistan on Tuesday to avoid “war hysteria” and simply act to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure operating in its country. “The issue is not war, the issue is terror and territory in Pakistan being used to promote, aid and abet this terror,” Prime Minister Manmohan …
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