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EUROPE: Croatia on Uncertain Course for EU Membership BRUSSELS, Jul 3 (IPS) - The Swedish government, which now holds the
rotating presidency of the
European Union for the second half of
this year, says plans to bring Croatia into
the EU have not been
derailed despite recent political events in the country.
Croatia
is officially set to join the Union as its 28th member in 2011.
RUSSIA: Hoping for Much, Expecting Little MOSCOW, Jul 3 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Russia
next week is expected to bring
significant but limited
improvement in troubled relations between the two
giants.
RUSSIA: Chechen Civilians Face Collective Punishment WASHINGTON, Jul 2 (IPS) - Russian federal and Chechen authorities should
immediately put a stop to home burnings and other collective
punishment practices against families of alleged insurgents in
Chechnya, said a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) released
Thursday.
AUSTRIA: Racism on a Sharp Rise VIENNA, Jul 1 (IPS) - Mainstream political parties in Austria must change
their approach if a growing
anti-immigrant sentiment stoked by
far-right politicians is to be curbed, racism
watchdogs and
political analysts say.
DEVELOPMENT: Investment in Agriculture Falls Alarmingly LONDON, Jun 30 (IPS) - The G8 leaders meeting early July must address a
crisis resulting from a sharp
decline in investment in
agriculture, Oxfam demands in a new study.
ENVIRONMENT: 'Slow Down Living' PISTOIA, Italy, Jun 30 (IPS) - A group of Christian environmentalists met in
Pistoia in central Italy over the
weekend to call for an end to
mass consumption and a return to family values.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Europe Feels the U.S. Sneeze LONDON, Jun 30 (IPS) - Governments and interest groups around the world
followed the U.S. House of
Representatives' vote Friday on
the first U.S. policy to limit the country's
greenhouse gas
emissions. They were especially interested in Europe, where a
system similar to the bill's cap-and-trade scheme already
exists and where EU
countries agreed last December to tough
emissions targets.
MIDEAST: Not Correct Soccer, But Better SAKHNIN, Israel, Jun 30 (IPS) - In this Arab town in northern Israel, Michael
Zantovsky, the Czech Republic
ambassador, is throwing an
end-of-term party, an event markedly different
from customary
diplomatic bashes.
BALKANS: Church Hands Out Shock Treatment BELGRADE, Jun 30 (IPS) - The torture of drug addicts who had turned to the
Serbian Orthodox Church for
help has sent shock waves across the
country.
FRANCE: Ambiguous on Nuclear Disarmament PARIS, Jun 30 (IPS) - As the international war of words over nuclear
programmes heats up, with
North Korea threatening to strengthen
its "nuclear deterrence" against the
United States,
countries such as France are taking a position that some
analysts describe as ambiguous and hypocritical.
CLIMATE CHANGE: 2020 Deadline Is the Crucial "Litmus Test" VIENNA, Jun 29 (IPS) - "So who here thinks there will be a meaningful
deal in Copenhagen?" Few of the more than 600 energy
ministers, officials and experts from 80 countries attending the
Vienna Energy Conference raised their hands in response to the
conference moderator's question about the final round of
climate negotiations this December in Copenhagen.
TRADE: ECOWAS Delay on EPA Allows Ghana to Re-Think ACCRA, Jun 29 (IPS) - There are conflicting signals about whether west
African countries will sign an economic partnership agreement
(EPA) with the European Union, as the original deadline of Jun 30
has been postponed and stakeholders hold different views on the
new deadline of end Oct. This may still allow Ghana to re-think
its interim EPA.
TURKEY: Military Ghost Rises Again ANKARA, Jun 29 (IPS) - Less than two years after its discreet sealing, the
truce between ruling Justice
and Development (AK) Party and the
Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) seems to have
ended.
WOMEN: Dubai, New Destination on Trafficking Map BUCHAREST, Jun 29 (IPS) - On May 26, the U.S.-based Center for Investigative
Reporting published ‘The Price of Sex’, a vast multi-media
project by photojournalist Mimi Chakarova who spent nearly seven
years doggedly unraveling the web of sex trafficking.
GERMANY: Have no Nuclear Weapons, Just Share Them BERLIN, Jun 27 (IPS) - Most Germans support nuclear abolition, but the
country may still not give up its
policy of nuclear sharing.
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