February, 2009

• 12 February

  Lajcak Calls for New EU Approach to Bosnia

  Bosnia’s outgoing top envoy, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak, called for the closure of his former office and for a new western approach to Bosnia in his first press conference as new Slovak Foreign Minister on Tuesday. Lajcak still officially holds dual post of the head of the Office of the …

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• 12 February

  Macedonia Candidate Slammed For Homophobia

  A comment by Macedonia presidential frontrunner Georgi Ivanov that homosexuals were not discriminated against but just being paranoid has attracted harsh criticism from his opponents, political analysts and gay rights campaigners. “Our system discriminates against no one. The homosexuals stigmatize themselves and think they are being discriminated”, the candidate of …

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• 12 February

  Albania Opposition Ahead in Opinion Poll

  Albania’s opposition Socialist party is ahead of the ruling Democrats of Prime Minister Sali Berisha in voter preference four months before a general election, according to a poll conducted by Zogby International for broadcaster Top Channel TV. In the poll released on Tuesday, 37 percent of respondents said they would …

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• 12 February

  Kosovo Serbs Protest Against Security Force

  Several thousand Kosovo Serbs protested in the divided town of Mitrovica on Tuesday against the recently formed Kosovo Security Force, asking the international community to disband the fledgling armed force for “presenting a threat to the stability in the region”. Kosovo Serbs leaders called on all Serbs and other non-Albanians …

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• 11 February

  Iranians celebrate revolution in millions

  Iranians pour into the streets in millions to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in rallies across the country.

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• 11 February

  Islamic Revolution resolution for 2009

  Millions of Iranian on Tuesday took to the streets across the country in support of Iranian progress toward democracy as part of ceremonies marking the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

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• 11 February

  Islamic Revolution fulfilled peoples’ aspirations against oppressor

  Religious leaders and intellectuals of Pakistan have said that Iran’s Islamic Revolution is a great event of the history that had fulfilled the aspirations of the people against a mighty oppressor.

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• 11 February

  Ahmadinejad: Feb 10 rally in Iran another “birth” for the naiton

  Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appreciated Iranian nation’s massive turnout in the rallies on February 10 to mark the 30th victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in the country.

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• 10 February

  EU Peacekeepers, NATO Hunt Mladic in Bosnia

  Bosnia’s EU peacekeeping force, supported by NATO and local police, carried out two raids on Tuesday morning on homes belonging to relatives of Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic, the most high-profile war crimes suspect from the 1992-95 war still on the run. The operation was carried out in the …

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• 10 February

  Serbia, Kosovo Ignore UNMIK Talk Invite

  Both Serbia and Kosovo ignored an invitation by the United Nations mission in Kosovo to hold talks on the ‘technical issue’ of cultural heritage, with negotiations supposed to be held today in Pristina. Rasel Giki, UNMIK spokesperson confirmed that the UN mission invited both Belgrade and Pristina to the round …

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