December, 2008

• 23 December

  Iranian Embassy Firebomber Pleads Guilty

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A firebomber from West Ealing has pleaded guilty to attempting to burn down the Iranian Embassy. Unemployed Ali Mustafa Rahimi, of Hastings Road, threw an explosive at the building’s wooden doors on September 22. He pleaded guilty to the crime, at Southwark Crown Court on Friday. The blaze …

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• 23 December

  Russia Denies Delivering S-300 Missiles to Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia denied that it was delivering sophisticated S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran, following reports it was about to supply the weapons to the Islamic republic. “The information on the delivery of S-300 air-defense systems to Iran, which has appeared in certain media outlets, does not correspond to reality,” …

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• 23 December

  KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai attended a memorial ceremony Tuesday for three Afghans killed in an overnight raid by U.S. forces, an incident Karzai has asked America’s top military officer to investigate. The American military has said that its forces killed three people targeted as “known individuals with al-Qaida …

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• 17 December

  First Greece-Macedonia Court Hearing in Jan

  The first official meeting of Macedonian and Greek representatives at the World Court over Skopje’s suit against Athens is to be held on January 19, Macedonia’s Foreign Ministry says. The International Court of Justice has already notified both countries’ foreign ministries. The meeting will focus on procedural issues regarding the …

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• 17 December

  EULEX ‘Must Probe Ethnic Crimes in Kosovo’

  The EU’s law-and-order mission in Kosovo, EULEX should urgently probe cases of ethnically-motivated crimes and improve the justice system, argues Human Rights Watch. The letter by the New York-based organisation was sent to EULEX chief, Yves de Kermabon. “Progress on prosecutions linked to the March 2004 riots and prosecutions for …

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• 17 December

  Kosovo President: UN Plan Not Obligatory

  The UN’s Six-Point Plan for Kosovo is not obligatory since it does not outline what will happen if the plan is not implemented, Kosovo’s President Fatmir Sejdiu claims. Instead, Sejdiu advocates the superiority of the four-point plan proposed by the Kosovo government. “Pristina’s stance (the Four-point plan) is referred to …

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• 17 December

  UN: Serbian Trains ‘Should Not Enter Kosovo’

  Northern MitrovicaBelgrade had no permission from the UN to allow Serbian trains to enter Kosovo, says a UN mission spokesman after a train reportedly terminated in the town of Zvecan. “Concerning this issue, Belgrade did not discuss it with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, I’m sorry to say. We …

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• 17 December

  Hungary, Romania Ties ‘To Remain Strong’

  Hungary will enjoy good ties with Romania even though the ethnic Hungarian party, the UDMR, will not be part of Romania’s new government, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz says. “We are determined to maintain good relations with the Romanian government even if it does not have any Hungarian ministers or …

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• 17 December

  OSCE: Albania Lustration Law Unconstitutional

  The OSCE has slammed a law presented by Albania’s centre-right government of Prime Minister Sali Berisha, for the lustration of high administration figures as unconstitutional. “The law breaches several articles of the [Albanian] constitution and an all-inclusive debate it’s necessary before its passed,” said Organisation for Security and Cooperation in …

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• 17 December

  Kosovo ‘Lacks European Vision’

  Pristina – Everyone agrees that Kosovo should progress towards the EU but there is little talk on how to attain this goal, argues the head of the Club for Foreign Policy, Veton Surroi. “The first statement is that Kosovo doesn’t have a European policy. The good news is that everyone …

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