EU ends visas for three Balkan states
EuropeanVoice.com November 30, 2009 Citizens of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia will be able to travel throughout the Schengen zone without visas from 19 December, EU interior ministers decided today. more
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Britain Presses Pakistan and Afghanistan on Militants
The New York Times November 29, 2009 LONDON — Highlighting themes likely to be taken up by President Obama in his military policy speech on Tuesday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain has demanded that Afghanistan and Pakistan match plans for increased allied troop levels in Afghanistan by taking tough actions of their own, including, […]
Enlarging NATO, Expanding Confusion
The New York Times November 29, 2009 TWENTY years ago, dictatorships across Central and Eastern Europe toppled. During this season of remembering, the focus has rightly been on celebration of the new freedoms gained by the inhabitants of those countries: to speak freely, to travel, to vote and to choose their own national futures and […]
French and Germans face Afghan pressure
The Financial Times November 29, 2009 France and Germany are poised to come under intense pressure from other Nato nations to step up troop deployments in Afghanistan after Barack Obama’s announcement on Tuesday of a US troop increase. more
Swiss referendum ‘reflects unease with Islam’
BBC November 29, 2009 As a Swiss referendum backs a ban on the building of minarets, the BBC’s Islamic affairs analyst Roger Hardy looks at the often uneasy relationship between Islam and Europe. more