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Posted in Immigration on Feb 27th, 2008
Greece recently suffered a major blow with the news that Norway has suspended the return of asylum seekers to the country on grounds that their rights may be violated.
Norway’s unprecedented decision was recently announced by Terge Sjeggestad, the director of the Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board (UNE) a quasi-judicial body under Norway’s ministry of local government [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2008
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the European Union’s police and justice mission to Kosovo is illegal. Responding to this is the European Union’s spokesperson for Janvier Solana the European Unions High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Christina Gallach.
Russia says that the unilateral decision of independence for Kosovo is in breach of the highest [...]
Posted in Africa on Feb 20th, 2008
The war in Sudanhas been ongoing for several decades now and its continuation has dwelt a severe blow to the region and to the continent. It’s cost to the continent cannot be quantified. At independence, this was an economy at par to that of South Korea. Today, the disparity is very clear. The violence has [...]
Just five weeks ahead of the lighting ceremonyfor the Beijing Games, a race is on in Ancient Olympia to replant large parts of the forest destroyed by the summer’s wildfires.
The Greek Olympic Committee warned that this year’s ceremony which will be broadcast worldwide could be an international disgrace for the country’s image if it ends [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 15th, 2008
The U.N Security Council agreed to Serbia’s request for an urgent meeting yesterday to discuss the expected declaration of independence by Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian leaders.
According to reports there seems to have been no breakthrough at yesterdays meeting. United Nations Security Council president Panamanian ambassador Ricardo Alberto Arias spoke on what was achieved at the meeting.
I [...]
Posted in Events on Feb 14th, 2008
Its Valentine’s day and here in Athens, Greece there are many night and day-life options for having fun and meeting people. It is a place of the “parea”- where people circulate mainly in groups or pairs and the feeling of a person sipping a cocktail alone in a bar or watching a film alone at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2008
The only EU memeber that opposes the recognition of Kosovo is Cyprus . The country fears the recognition of Kosovo would be seen as a precedent that could lead to acceptance of the Turkish occupied northern part of the island.
Thanos Dokos from the think-tank Eliamep spoke on how the recognition of Kosovo could affect the [...]
Posted in Africa on Feb 8th, 2008
The Africa Cup of Nations is drawing to a close and pressure is on the defending champion Egypt as they against Cameroon on Sunday.
The tournament has witnessed a lot of surprises and to tell us more on what to expect i spoke with Freelance sports journalist Eric Asoumougha.
WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON THE AFRICAN NATIONS CUP?We are [...]
Posted in Africa on Feb 7th, 2008
The west Africa Power tool (WAPP), a specialised institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is turning to China towards developing a reliable electricity infrstructure for West Africa.
A memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) with Sinohydro, a chinese company, for collaboration as strategic partners in developing West Africa’s electricity infrastructure.
The aim of the [...]
Posted in Africa on Feb 6th, 2008
South Africa has the largest number or people living with HIV/AIDS globally. The problem is such a huge one that health experts can’t actually put a finger as to what
South Africa is doing wrong or not doing. At the beginning of the epidemic there were two countries with a high prevalence, Uganda and [...]
