TIRANA, Albania Parliament has decided to send a unit consisting of 63 commandos to join the UN peacekeeping mission in Chad, media reported on Thursday (April 9th). The defence ministry says the Albanian troops will be in charge of security at the UN headquarters in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena. The unit …

Tbilisi, Georgia – About 20,000 demonstrators Friday kept up the pressure on Georgia’s president to resign, with some pelting his residence with cabbages and carrots on a second day of protests. President Mikheil Saakashvili rejected their demands and called for talks. The crowd was smaller than on Thursday, a national …

CHISINAU, Moldova Moldova has “proof” of Romanian involvement in the riots this week against the Communist victory in legislative elections, President Vladimir Voronin said Friday. He said liberal opposition parties had held talks at the highest level with the Romanian embassy while Romanian “citizens and combat specialists” had taken part …