Full Coverage: Eastern Europe
April 2008
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04/28/2008
"After eight years of Putin, the country has a rubber-stamp parliament dominated by a single party, whose only stated policy is loyalty to the Kremlin," writes Fred Weir in Moscow.
Read moreFrom: In These Times Related: [Russian Federation] Image: Former Russian President Putin. © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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04/28/2008
The significant shifts driven by climate change in the polar regions present new opportunities and pressures for development. These are challenges which demand holistic, integrated responses (PDF briefing).
Read moreFrom: International Institute for Environment and Development Related: [Antarctica] [Canada] [Greenland] [Norway] [Russian Federation] [Energy] [Fisheries] [Climate Change] Image: Offshore oil and gas exploration are likely to increase © Global Witness
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04/28/2008
Tovarisch, I Am Not Dead is a son’s documentary about his dad. But what a dad!
Read moreRelated: [Russian Federation] [Ukraine] [Media] |
04/25/2008
Kiista palkoista Nestlén ja sen Permissä Uralilla toimivan makeistehtaan työntekijöiden välillä on kärjistynyt. Ay-johtaja on esittänyt, että Nestlén on lähdettävä Venäjältä, ellei se paranna suhtautumistaan työntekijöihinsä.
Read moreFrom: Trade Union News from Finland Related: [Russian Federation] [Labor] [Corporations] Image: © Geographical
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04/23/2008
Afgaanit ovat Pietarin alueen suurin pakolaisryhmä. He ovat usein entisessä Neuvostoliitossa opiskelleita ja korkeasti koulutettuja, jotka hallitsevat hyvin venäjän kielen. Afgaaninaisten tapaamispaikkana toimii Punaisen ristin ylläpitämä Naisten klubi.
Read moreFrom: Ulkoministeriö Related: [Afghanistan] [Russian Federation] [Refugees] Image: -
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04/18/2008
The UN needs to address women's reproductive rights as it conducts the first "peer reviews" of member countries' human rights records, says a coalition of 11 rights groups from around the world.
Read moreFrom: Center for Reproductive Rights Related: [Poland] [Philippines] [India] [Ecuador] [Brazil] [Argentina] Image: Brazil, one of the countries under review, has "serious violations of women’s sexual and reproductive rights." © International Women's Health Coalition
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04/17/2008
Mielivaltaiset pidätykset ja poliisin väkivalta ovat Venäjällä arkipäivää. Suomen Rauhanpuolustajat on saanut Moskovasta pyynnön järjestää solidaarisuustoimintaa väkivallan uhrien tueksi.
Read moreFrom: Suomen Rauhanpuolustajat Related: [Russian Federation] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
04/12/2008
For 50 years dangerous concentrations of radionuclides have been accumulating in earth, air and water from weapons testing and reactor incidents. Yet serious studies of the effects of radiation on health have been obscured – not least by the World Health Organisation, writes Alison Katz.
Read moreFrom: Le Monde diplomatique Related: [Ukraine] Image: Chernobyl 1986
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