Archive for Novembre, 2007

Saakashvili: make or break

Novembre 17, 2007

As the Soviet Union approached breakdown, its borders became inflamed with former republics trying to find their place in the new political scenario, some struggling to escape from Russian surveillance-Baltic Republics-, others conspiring with it to seek greater independence-South Ossetia, Abkhazia-. This was particularly true for the Caucasus, a region of major strategic importance that [...]

PSC: aïllat sobre el tema equivocat

Novembre 17, 2007

El Parlament de Catalunya ha votat amb el suport del 72% dels diputats una resolució que demana al President Zapatero la dimissió de la ministra de Foment Magdalena Alvarez.  L’únic absent era el President Montilla i l’únic partit que hi va votar en contra, el seu.
Crec que aquesta votació irrellevant, com tantes altres al Parlament, [...]

The long journey towards Democracy

Novembre 4, 2007

Sulhattin Onen is or was a Kurdish citizen of the Republic of Turkey and used to own a mini-bus in the eastern province of Diyarbakır . He was sentenced to 9 months in prison in 2002 on charges of having repeatedly played a Kurdish popular song in his mini-bus in 1999, after a brief 20 [...]