Pakistan aims to increase its navy’s regional presence

Thirteen surface vessels from eight countries teamed up in two-day exercises in the northern Arabian Sea commencing on 8 March, as part of a move by Pakistan to acquire a larger regional role for its navy. Historically overshadowed by the larger Indian naval force that dominates the Indian Ocean, Pakistan has been building up its [...]

Argentina Presses Falklands Claim, Disputes British Sovereignty

Twenty-five years after hostilities ceased, Argentina is opening a new front in the Falklands War.
Rather than jets and mortar rounds, however, this salvo involves diplomats appealing for help at the United Nations and the government reasserting long-standing claims to the island chain where far more sheep than people huddle against the forbidding South Atlantic winds.
London, [...]

SRSG addresses public meeting in Decan/Decane

Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Kosovo (SRSG) Joachim Rücker today addressed a public meeting in the Culture House of Decan/Decane Municipality together with COMKFOR Lt.-General Roland Kather, the Deputy Prime Minister, Lutfi Haziri and the Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Ardian Gjini. The President of the Municipal Assembly, Nazmi Selmanaj, chaired the [...]

UNESCO world heritage site targeted by extremists again

Decani Monastery area hit by a mortar-grenade, no injuries or damage
Bishop Teodosije said for KIM info-service that this is obviously one more mortar attack on the Monastery. The attackers probably wanted to intimidate us and send a threatening message both to the monks and NATO peacekeepers in this critical political moment for Kosovo firing only [...]

Cyprus recognized as regional Medical Centre

Cyprus is gradually being recognized as an ideal location for becoming a regional Medical Centre, providing high quality medical care to the people of this rather turbulent and distressed part of the world, according to Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Antonis Michaelides.
Addressing the 2nd World Health Tourism Congress, in coastal Limassol, Mr. Michaelides also [...]

Increased investments from the developing world

According to a recent report by UNCTAD , developing countries, such as China and India show an accelarated pace of investing their capital internationaly.
The developing states invested around 133 billion USD last year, whilst China has accumulated 450 billion USD as assets abroad in outward investments over the past 15 years.  The small state of Kuweit also [...]

Kosovo independence would damage European stability – Russian Foreign Ministry

INTERFAX (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
The establishment of an independent state in Kosovo could have a negative impact on stability in Europe, a Foreign
Ministry review of the Russian foreign policy says.
“The establishment of an independent state in Kosovo is fraught with serious complications for stability in Europe,” says the document posted on the ministry website on Tuesday-27/03/2007-.
“It is [...]

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE: Proposals for Kosovo’s Final Status

After over a year of negotiations, UN Special Envoy and former President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari has delivered to the UN Secretary General his proposals for Kosovo’s future status. We are grateful to President Ahtisaari for his patient, skillful and balanced work leading the Kosovo status
process.
The United States welcomes and supports his recommendations.
The UN Special [...]

Debate in UN Council between Russia-UN Envoy on Kosovo status

Russia slams UN envoy for ‘preaching’ Kosovo independence
Russia’s UN envoy on Monday angrily criticized the UN special envoy for Kosovo for “preaching for independence” of the Albanian-majority Serbian province during Security Council consultations on the issue.
“His remarks have been extremely one-sided and unhelpful,” Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters, referring to the UN special representative for [...]

Bilateral relations between Greece-Ukraine

1. Diplomatic Relations
Greek-Ukrainian relations have steadily developed in all sectors since Ukraine declared her independence following the collapse of the former Soviet Union.
Diplomatic relations between Greece and Ukraine were established in 1992. Following the setting up of the Greek Embassy in Kiev in1993, General Consulates were set up in Mariupol and Odessa, as well as [...]