December, 2008

• 8 December

  Foes in Romanian Governing Coalition Talks

  Romania’s leftist Social Democratic Party, PSD, decided on Monday to start negotiations with its arch-foes, the centre-right Democratic Party, PLD, in order to form a new government. “We were facing a difficult moment, as we decided to start discussions with our main political contenders. But it is in Romania’s interest …

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• 8 December

  Serb Officials Quiet on Mladic Home Raid

  Given the lack of reactions in Belgrade, it is said that Thursday’s raid on the home of war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic’s son, was not as successful as expected. The Belgrade home was entered by special units of the Serbian police in the morning, which searched the home for eight …

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• 8 December

  Greeks riot for 3rd day amid anti-government furor

  ATHENS (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters clashed with police for a third day in several Greek cities in riots fueled by growing economic hardship and triggered by the shooting of a teenager on Saturday night. Police chased rioters with tear gas in Thessaloniki and clashes were reported in Crete, Corfu …

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• 8 December

  Strike to halt all Greece flights on Wednesday

  ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek flights will be grounded on Wednesday as air traffic controllers walk out for one day to join a general strike over labor reforms and the government’s economic policies, union officials said. “All flights from and to Greek airports will be halted and only emergency flights will …

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• 8 December

  Israel postpones release of Palestinian prisoners

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel postponed the release of 230 Palestinian prisoners until December 15, nearly a week later than planned, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Monday. The prisoners make up only a fraction of the 11,000 Palestinians held by Israel. The release, described by Israel as a goodwill gesture to …

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• 8 December

  Iraq security contractors face end to immunity

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Private security guards in Iraq, whose armored convoys once barreled through the streets with impunity, could face being thrown into crowded and violent Iraqi jails once their era of legal immunity ends on January 1. Under a security pact signed with the United States, foreign contractors, including …

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• 8 December

  Students clash with police in Greece: reports

  ATHENS (Reuters) – Hundreds of students clashed with police in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Monday in a third day of rioting since police shot dead a teenage boy in Athens at the weekend, state television reported. Thousands clashed with police and rampaged through Athens and other cities …

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• 8 December

  Macedonia sees no quick end to NATO row with Greece

  BERLIN (Reuters) – Macedonia expects the International Court of Justice to take at least three years to rule on its dispute with Greece over its membership of NATO, Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki told Reuters Sunday. Macedonia filed a lawsuit against Greece last month at the Court in the Hague accusing …

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• 8 December

  Iran Condemns EU Court Ruling on Terrorist Group

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran Monday condemned a European Union court ruling that said the EU was wrong to freeze the funds of the anti-Iran terrorist group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO). “What we have seen is a completely political ruling which lacks any legal basis,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi told …

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• 8 December

  Iranian Delegation to Visit Turkey Next Week

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A delegation from the Iranian Parliament will visit Turkey next week, an Iranian official said. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, Chairman of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, said that a delegation from his committee would hold talks in Turkey upon an invitation by Turkish Parliamentary Committee for Foreign …

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