By Klaudija Lutovska Macedonia has a budget for 2013, but its parliament is in turmoil after members of the opposition party scuffled with their pro-government colleagues and were expelled from the chamber, allowing the ruling party to pass a controversial budget nearly unanimously. “There is fault in both sides in opposition and in government,” Zhidas [...]
Macedonia: Budget Debate Not Over Yet
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Kosovo Institutions Address Status Of War Survivors Of Sexual Abuse
By Safet Kabashaj The status of sexual violence survivors in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH are part of the post-armed conflict challenges in both countries, the Pristina UN women’s office told SETimes. More than 10,000 women are estimated to have been raped in Kosovo between 1998 and 1999, and more than 20,000 in BiH [...]
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South Africa: A Country At Odds? – Analysis
By Thabani Mdlongwa, Azwifaneli Managa, Lwazi Apleni and Bertha Chiroro As the African National Congress (ANC) prepared for its 53rd elective conference at Mangaung starting this week, at which President Jacob Zuma won a second term as the country’s president amidst high levels of social discontent, a number of questions came to the fore. Whilst [...]
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India Gang-Rape Victim Commits Suicide
Amid widespread outrage over a gang rape in Delhi, another victim of sexual assault in India has committed suicide after police and suspects from an influential cast pressured her to drop the case. The teenage girl was found dead Wednesday night after swallowing poison. She was assaulted during the festival of Diwali on November 13 [...]
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Iran And Turkey In Post-Arab Spring Middle East: Peripheralism And Westernalism – OpEd
By Behzad Khoshandam Political developments in the Middle East have been approached from various viewpoints. The latest decision by Turkey for the deployment of the Patriot missile system along its borders with Syria in late 2012 and Iran’s opposition to that decision as well as differences between the two countries’ attitudes toward political developments in [...]
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US Government: ‘Deeply Regret’ Putin’s Signing Of Adoption Ban
Hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a controversial law banning the adoption of Russian children by American families, the US State Department on Friday called the measure “politically motivated.” “We deeply regret Russia’s passage of a law ending inter-country adoptions between the United States and Russia,” said State Department Spokesman Patrick Ventrell in a [...]
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Putin Bans Orphan Adoption By Americans – OpEd
Are American and Russian legislators competing to see who is the most foolish? It seems so. First the Americans passed the Magnitsky bill to punish Russia for alleged human rights abuses. Then the Russians enacted the Dima Yakovlev bill as retaliative punishment for the Americans. President Obama has signed the American bill into law. And [...]
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Obama ‘Modestly Optimistic’ About Fiscal Deal
By Kent Klein U.S. President Barack Obama says he is “modestly optimistic” that a deal can be reached to avert a fiscal crisis. The president spoke Friday after meeting with top lawmakers from both parties. Obama expressed his frustration with the partisan bickering which has persisted almost to the deadline. But he said his one-hour [...]
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Delhi Gang-Rape Victim Dies In Singapore Hospital
The female victim of a brutal gang-rape on a Delhi bus has died in a Singapore hospital. Her assault sparked massive demonstrations against sexual violence across India. The 23-year old student “died peacefully” early on Saturday, said a statement by Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth hospital, where she was treated for multiple internal injuries. “We are very [...]
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Under The Radar: The US Embassy In Benghazi Was Not An Embassy – OpEd
By John Robles The Benghazi “US Embassy” was not an embassy at all. Clinton continues to avoid testifying and Stevens was not a diplomat but a CIA agent. These are just some of the news items that are currently “Under the Radar”. Every week hundreds of important events occur that are important to all of [...]
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Burma Government To Allow Private Dailies To Hit Stands
Privately-owned daily newspapers will hit the streets of Burma from April 1, the government announced Friday as the country takes another step towards democracy after decades of harsh military rule. At present, all dailies are state-owned. The Information Ministry said on its website that applications to publish a daily newspaper can be submitted from February [...]
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FBI Ignored Deadly Threat To Occupiers – OpEd
New documents obtained from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security by the Partnership for Civil Justice and released this past week show that the FBI and other intelligence and law enforcement agencies began a campaign of monitoring, spying and disrupting the Occupy Movement at least two months before the first occupation actions began [...]
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Ralph Nader: It Is Easier Than You Think – OpEd
It’s easier than you think. That’s the way I start discussions and interviews about my new book titled, “Seventeen Solutions.” The “solutions” were selected for their long-overdue practicality, fairness, efficiency, safety, employment potential and respect for future generations. A majority of the people, sometimes a large majority, support such redirections. The effects of many of [...]
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A Person Called Nobody – OpEd
SUDDENLY, I realized that a new star had appeared on the political firmament of Israel. Until yesterday I did not even know of its existence. A respected public opinion poll posed a Nixonesque question: From which politician would you buy a used car? The answer was stunning: not a single politician reached the mark of [...]
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Cliff Hanger: Why Republicans Don’t Care What The Nation Thinks – OpEd
Are House Republicans – now summoned back to Washington by Speaker John Boehner — about to succumb to public pressure and save the nation from the fiscal cliff? Don’t bet on it. Even if Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell cooperates by not mounting a filibuster and allows the Senate to pass a bill extending the [...]
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Sticky Stagnation: Russia’s Economy In 2013 – OpEd
The following is an English translation of an article by economist Oleg Biklemishev published in Novaya Gazeta which outlines some of the main economic challenges Russia is facing headed into 2013. Sticky Stagnation 2012 The system is not ready for development Year 2012 is becoming economic history. After a month or two, the experts will [...]
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Georgia: Parliament Overturns Saakashvili’s Veto
(Civil.Ge) — The Georgian Dream-led Parliament voted 91-24 to overturn the presidential veto on amnesty bill authorizing release of more than 3,000 prisoners, as well as reduction of prison terms for thousands of others. At least 89 votes, or three-fifth majority of sitting lawmakers, were required to overturn the veto. Georgian Dream coalition has 83 [...]
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U.S. Families Hope For Miracle As Russia Bans Adoptions
By Richard Solash for RFE/RL Jan Wondra says she saw her adoptive daughter, and loved her, before she knew her. “I kept having a dream that kept waking me up at night,” she says. “There was always a little girl running toward me calling for Mama. [She had] a sad little face, her arms were [...]
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Libya Celebrates Independence Day
By Essam Mohamed and Asma Elourfi For the first time in more than four decades, Libyans were free to mark the country’s Independence Day on Monday (December 24th). Despite the insecurity that continues to cast a shadow on Benghazi, residents celebrated the 61st anniversary of their country with a gathering at al-Tahrir Square. In Tripoli, [...]
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Russia Builds Deep-Sea Research Submarine
Construction of a nuclear-powered deep-sea research submarine has started in Russia. The sub will also be used in search and rescue operations. A ceremony was held at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk in northwestern Russia on 20 December to mark the start of construction of the vessel. It was attended by the commander of the [...]
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