February, 2009

• 16 February

  Albanian Lustration Law Under Fire By EU

  The European Union has asked the Albanian government to reconsider the legal and political ramifications of its recently adopted lustration law, a much-criticised and controverisal item of legislation both domestically and abroad. “The new Law on Lustration gives rise to concern with regards to certain aspects on both procedure and …

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• 16 February

  Congress Urges Obama to Re-Engage in Bosnia

  A new resolution at the United States Congress calls on President Barack Obama to urgently restore American efforts in Bosnia and Herzegovina, help it face challenges and avoid further a worsening of the situation, and “maybe a new conflict.” The new resolution focusing on the troubled country was proposed on …

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• 16 February

  Macedonia Policemen Jailed For Beating

  A Macedonian court has sentenced Besim Nesimi and Ramadan Imeri, former special unit policemen, to jail terms of 18 months and 12 months respectively for the brutal 2007 beating up of a cameraman of the local Alsat M TV. In September 2007, the two beat up the cameraman Igor Ljubovcevski …

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• 16 February

  Macedonians Pessimistic On Economy – Poll

  Macedonians are three times more concerned about the local economy in 2009 amid global crisis than in the same period last year, shows the latest opinion poll done by the International Republican Institute, IRI. There is a tendency of growing pessimism related to the economic developments, IRI Regional Director for …

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• 16 February

  Bosnian Serb Govt To Control Price of Staples

  The government of the Serb-dominated Bosnian entity of Republika Srpska will put the prices of all basic products and key services under its control, its Premier Milorad Dodik said at the weekend. During his visit to northeastern town of Bijeljina over the weekend, Milorad Dodik said that despite the general …

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• 16 February

  Regional Taliban commander killed in airstrike

  KABUL – Forces with the U.S.-backed coalition killed a regional Taliban commander and eight others in an airstrike in western Afghanistan, the U.S. said Monday. The Sunday night attack destroyed the building housing Ghulam Dastagir and eight other militants in the village of Darya-ye-Morghab, near the Turkmenistan border, the U.S. …

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• 16 February

  Afghanistan’s Karzai hits out at U.S. critics

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai lashed out at mounting U.S. criticism on Sunday, saying he expected “better judgment” from the Obama administration. In the latest show of strain between the allies in a seven-year war against Islamist militants, Karzai told CNN President Barack Obama‘s description of the Kabul …

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• 15 February

  Iran Is Helping Taliban in Afghanistan, Petraeus Says

  Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — Iran is helping Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, said General David Petraeus, who is in charge of U.S. forces in the Central Asian nation and Iraq. “There is a willingness to provide some degree of assistance to make the life of those who are trying to help …

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• 15 February

  Karzai:Afghanistan to take part in US review

  KABUL (AFP) – US President Barack Obama has accepted Kabul’s request to be part of a major review of US strategy in the “war on terror” in Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai and a US envoy said Sunday. Karzai said he asked Obama by letter for Afghanistan to have a role …

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• 14 February

  FEATURE-West risks repeating Soviet mistakes in Afghanistan

  ALI MARDAN, Afghanistan, Feb 14 (Reuters) – The foreign warplanes swooped in just as the Afghan village of Ali Mardan was celebrating a wedding. Bombs slammed into the crowded village square, killing 30 men, women and children. After the smoke cleared and the dead were buried, all the able-bodied men …

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