Web attacks against Balkan anti-terrorist analyst

The Islamic “Web Jihad” has already made its progress from being a recruiting and propagating virtual reality, to another level; that of instigating attacks against well-known analysts that expose terrorist affiliations and methods of operation.
I am presenting a passage that was transmitted in the “Terror Finance” website, after receiving several notes around this phenomenon that [...]

Islamic extremists monitored in Montenegro

Tiny Balkan state of Montenegro says that it has uncovered a network of over 100 Islamic extremists with connections to Taliban and al-Qaeda.
The Director of the Agency for National Security of Montenegro, Dusko Markovic, says that the Agency is monitoring over 100 well organized Islamic extremists.
Markovic says that the extremists belong to the militant Wahhabi [...]

Descendants of Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse break away from US

WASHINGTON (AFP)
The Lakota Indians, who gave the world legendary warriors Sitting Bull and
Crazy Horse, have withdrawn from treaties with the United States, leaders
said Wednesday.
“We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who
live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join
us,” long-time Indian rights activist Russell [...]

Ψήφισμα της Διεθνούς Ενώσεως Μελετητών για θέματα Γενοκτονίας.

Τσίρκας Ευάγγελος
H Διεθνής ΅Ενωση Μελετητών για θέματα Γενοκτονίας (The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS) , μια οργάνωση διακεκριμένων εμπειρογνωμόνων/ μελετητών στα θέματα γενοκτονίας, ενέκρινε την 1η Δεκεμβρίου 2007 ψήφισμα, με το οποίο επιβεβαιώνεται η γενοκτονία των Ελλήνων της Μικράς Ασίας και των Ασσυρίων, στο χρονικό διάστημα 1914-1923 και χαρακτηρίζει την εξόντωση των πληθυσμών τους [...]

Canada opposes Kosovo independence

By Peter O’Neil
CanWest News Service
December 17, 2007
Canada, fearful of stepping into the political minefield of Quebec nationalist politics, is remaining on the sidelines as the U.S. and Europe debate Kosovo’s expected unilateral declaration of independence in early 2008, say analysts.
Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, at a meeting of western allies in Scotland Friday, wouldn’t be drawn [...]

Slovakia will not recognize Kosovo

Slovakia will not be willing to recognise Kosovo if it declares its independence unilaterally, Slovak PM Robert Fico (Smer-Social Democracy) told journalists after the EU summit in Brussels today. 
The summit’s conclusion that the solution to the future status of the Serbian province of Kosovo, whatever it is like, will not become a precedence for solving [...]

PM: Romania not to recognize Kosovo independence

Romania will not recognize the independence of Kosovo province, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said Friday.
Tariceanu made the statement before heading to Brussels to attend a one-day summit of the European Council, the state Rompresnews agency reported.
The prime minister stressed that “there is a strong interest in supporting a common position related to this matter” [...]

EU to fund cultural heritage restoration study in occupied Cyprus

The European Union budget for 2008, approved yesterday by the European Parliament, includes €500.000 ($725,000) to fund a study on the situation of cultural heritage sites in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus, as well as the assessment of the restoration cost.
This study, incorporated in the 2008 budget after an amendment by Cypriot MEP Panagiotis Demetriou, [...]

Bulgarian Criminals Invest Heavily To Buy Influence

Bulgaria’s powerful organized crime gangs are spending heavily to buy political influence, while Russian-style oligarchs are gaining sway in the former communist country, according to a new study. 
Criminal groups spent up to EUR100 million to buy votes in October’s municipal elections alone, according to the study by the Center for the Study of Democracy, an [...]

Mohammed to beat Jack as top UK boys’ name

By Sarah Womack, Social Affairs Correspondent (Daily Telegraph)
Mohammed is set to overtake Jack as the most popular boys’ name in Britain as a result of the high birth rate in Muslim families, which is driving the British population to a record high.
A report from the Office of National Statistics says the highest birth rates are [...]