Full Coverage: Geopolitics

28.04.2006 A soldier was injured during heavy fighting between Kenyan and Ethiopian forces in Moyale District, northern Kenya, after about 60 Ethiopian soldiers crossed the border in pursuit of suspected Oromo Liberation Front rebels. Drought has made historic border tensions even worse, with constant cross-border raids and stock theft.

27.04.2006 In Nicaragua, the US government continues to flex its muscles to achieve an electoral defeat of Daniel Ortega in the November presidential elections. Ortega, president during the Sandinista revolution in the 1980s, is running for president for the fourth time since his first defeat in 1990.

26.04.2006 The European Movement in Serbia, in cooperation with other European Movements in the Western Balkans and the International European Movement, protested the announced rise in visa fees for the citizens of the Western Balkans, to be decided at the April 27 meeting of the European Council for Justice and Internal Affairs, in Luxemburg.

25.04.2006 Fadil Maloku, Executive Director of the Institute for Democracy and Ethnic Relations of Kosovo and Professor of Globalization and Civilizations at the UP Sociology Department, discusses the possible models for solution of the autonomy of ethnic minorities in Kosovo after the negotiations on the final status of the province are completed.

21.04.2006 The Citizens’ Pact for SEE and the EXIT Festival call for action against the rise of Schengen Visa Fees from 35 to 60 EUR. They call on all people of good will in the European Union to assist the campaign againt the announce price hike by recording the sentence “No to 60 Euro!” in their own language and send it to not60euros@citizenspact.org.yu.

21.04.2006 Time to start thinking outside the box about peacekeeping.

21.04.2006 Is the new zeal for conflict prevention work just a lot of “hot air”?

21.04.2006 Gov'ts have a lot of options at their disposal to stop mass atrocities, so why don't they always use them?

17.04.2006 O ciclo eleitoral latino-americano, iniciado com as eleições de Evo Morales na Bolívia, de René Preval no Haiti e de Michele Bachelet no Chile, concluirá com a eleição argentina de abril de 2007.

17.04.2006 China plans to open up a trade market on the Tibet-India border twice a week from June which will mark the first direct trade link in India's north eastern region since the Sino-Indian border war of 1962.

17.04.2006 The most vigorous and sustained phase of the "movement" against the direct rule of King Gyanendra continues in Nepal's capital of two million people. Professionals also have come out openly in the streets protesting against monarchy.

13.04.2006 A series of attacks on security forces, this week, has vitiated the atmosphere for a second round of parleys in Geneva between the Sri Lankan government and the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which were set for April 19-20, 2006.

12.04.2006 The Centre for Democracy Foundation, in cooperation with the Government Office for Accession to the EU, presented the publication European Strategies and Policies in the Local Community.

07.04.2006 The Citizens’ Pact for SEE starts a campaign against the announced raise in EU visa fees. The European Council for Justice and Home Affairs is expected to decide, at the end of April, on EU visa fees increase from EURO 35 to EURO 60 for citizens of third countries. According to announcements, the implementation of new fees will start on January 1, 2007.