CHISINAU, April 6 – About 3,000 young people have gathered on a central square in Moldova’s capital Chisinau to protest against the newly elected government, police said. Some of the protesters are demanding Moldova’s reunification with Romania, while others are chanting “Down with the Communists!” Traffic along the city’s thoroughfare …
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Communists Easily Win Moldova Vote
CHISINAU, Moldova — Moldova’s ruling Communists easily won weekend parliamentary elections, preliminary results showed Monday, but it was uncertain if they had secured enough seats for their candidate to replace President Vladimir Voronin. The Communists won about 49.9 percent of the vote, according to the Central Election Committee. The party …
Read More »Russia-US to Start Nuclear Talks in April
Russia and the United States will start talks on a new deal to cut nuclear warheads before the end of the month, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Saturday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to pursue a new arms deal …
Read More »Albanians See No Macedonian Will To Solve Name Row
Macedonia’s lack of willingness to reach a deal with Greece over its name will not only keep it away from NATO and the EU, but also increase its isolation and poverty, ethnic Albanian leaders said. European Union and NATO member Greece imposed a veto on Macedonia’s NATO entry a year …
Read More »Turkish Kurds to Ask Obama to Help End PKK War
Turkey’s only legal Kurdish party will call on U.S. President Barack Obama during a rare meeting next week to help end a 25-year separatist conflict, signalling the expanded role Kurds play in Turkish politics. Obama will make his first visit as a president to a Muslim country next week, seeking …
Read More »Greek Parliament to Investigate Ex-Ministster
Greek lawmakers will vote on Monday on whether to investigate a former minister’s possible connection to a shipping scandal, in a move that could threaten the government’s one-seat majority. A Greek shipowner has accused an aide of former Aegean Minister Aristotle Pavlides of seeking bribes in exchange for subsidised ferry …
Read More »Tens of Thousands at Ukraine Protests
Up to 20,000 protesters gathered in the Ukrainian capital on Friday to hear the opposition leader demand the resignations of the ex-Soviet state’s leaders for failing to tackle the economic crisis. President Viktor Yushchenko said he was prepared to consider early elections for both president and parliament, two days after …
Read More »Albania, Croatia officially join NATO
STRASBOURG, France – Albania and Croatia officially became members of NATO at the Alliance’s summit in Strasbourg on Saturday (April 4th), after US President Barack Obama handed leaders of the two countries copies of the Washington Agreement that established the organisation. It was signed exactly 60 years ago, on April …
Read More »Turkey agrees to Rasmussen’s appointment as new NATO secretary-general
ANKARA, Turkey – Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Saturday (April 4th) that Turkey approved the appointment of Anders Fogh Rasmussen as NATO’s new secretary-general after US President Barack Obama addressed Ankara’s concerns.
Read More »Two dead in clashes between Kurds, police in southeast Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey – Two people died and nine were injured in clashes between Kurdish protestors and police in southeast Turkey on Saturday (April 4th). It happened during a rally organised to mark terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan’s 60th birthday. Demonstrators threw stones at police who tried to …
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