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Posts Tagged ‘EU’

Islamophobia Sweeps Europe

Islamophobia Sweeps Europe

Pravda.ru | By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey | 18 July 2010 The continent which produced imperialism, slavery and Hitler now produces Geert Wilders. Belgium and France ban the burqah, a British MP has stated he will refuse to speak to constituents who refuse to reveal their face and Dutch Party for Freedom leader Geert Wilders declares his aim [...]

Afghanistan is just a chessboard to politicians

Afghanistan is just a chessboard to politicians

Rossiyskaya Gazeta | By Vladimir Snegiryov | 2 March 2010 Vladimir Snegiryov believes that all Afghan troubles stem from the fact that many top politicians continue to regard Afghanistan merely as an arena of geopolitical competition. In December 2009, the world was close to seeing a political sensation. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary [...]

Russia and Afghanistan: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Russia and Afghanistan: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

Russia BTH | By Vladimir Snegiryov | 24 February 2010 No way to Afghanistan In December 2009, the world was close to seeing a political sensation. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, secretary general of Nato, came to Russia to ask for an increased contribution to the Afghan problem. He was welcomed by the president and the prime minister. They listened and [...]

A Serbian View of Kosovo

A Serbian View of Kosovo

Antiwar | By Nebojsa Malic | 20 February 2010 The State That’s Still A Lie: 'Independent' Kosovo Turns 2 Two years have passed since the Albanian provisional government in the occupied Serbian province of Kosovo declared independence, and was quickly recognized by the Empire and its clients. The powers that have invoked the specter of [...]

Niger coup denounced by International bodies

Niger coup denounced by International bodies

Islâmi Davet | 20 February 2010 The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) deplores the military intervention in the landlocked west African nation of Niger. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu stated on Friday that he has been closely following the political crisis in Niger to which the OIC has contributid a peaceful, [...]

Will Turkey Vote for Sanctions on Iran?

Will Turkey Vote for Sanctions on Iran?

Reuters (India) | By Ibon Villelabeitia | 5 February 2010 Turkey's balancing act may soon face test on Iran ISTANBUL Reuters) - Even for a country that boasts about being a bridge between East and West, the Middle East and Europe, Turkey's diplomacy this week must have seemed a bit of a perilous balancing act. Underlying unique [...]

Anti-Muslim Racist-Nationalist Parties Gain in Europe

Anti-Muslim Racist-Nationalist Parties Gain in Europe

Anti-Muslim Racist-Nationalist (euphemistically called "right-wing," "right-leaning," or "neo-conservative") parties have made spectacular gains in most European countries, at the expense of socialist and other "left wing" parties, in one of the lowest turnout at the polls. As Belgian News reported: "Families who have lost jobs and homes became [...]

Dutch Racist-Nationalist Party “Gains” in EU Polls

Dutch Racist-Nationalist Party “Gains” in EU Polls

According to BBC, infamous Islamophobe, Geert Wilders' Freedom party will win four of the 25 Dutch seats in the parliament, just one behind the country's Christian Democrats. "We dare to talk about sensitive subjects like Islamisation and we use plain and simple words that the voter can understand," Mr Wilders has said. Mr Wilders was refused [...]