Archive for March, 2008

Γιατί η Ουγγαρία και η Βουλγαρία Αναγνωρίζουν το Κόσσοβο;

March 29, 2008

Κωνσταντίνος Χολέβας, Πολιτικός Επιστήμων
Από την ειδησεογραφία της 21-3-2008 πληροφορηθήκαμε ότι 4 χώρες γειτονικές προς την ταραγμένη περιοχή του Κοσσόβου αποφάσισαν να αναγνωρίσουν την μονομερή ανεξαρτησία που ανακήρυξε η αλβανική πλειοψηφία. Πρόκειται για την Σλοβενία, την Κροατία, την Ουγγαρία και την Βουλγαρία. Ας μελετήσουμε κάπως πιο προσεκτικά τις 4 αυτές αναγνωρίσεις για να εξαγάγουμε ορισμένα χρήσιμα [...]

Το Κρυφό Σχολειό: Μύθος ή Πραγματικότητα;

March 26, 2008

Κωνσταντίνος Χολέβας, Πολιτικός Επιστήμων
«Στην διάρκεια της τουρκοκρατίας η Εκκλησία κατόρθωσε να επιβιώσει. Και όσο η Εκκλησία επεβίωνε, το Έθνος δεν μπορούσε να πεθάνει»
( Στήβεν Ράνσιμαν )
Λέγονται και γράφονται κατά καιρούς διάφορα σχετικά με το «Κρυφό Σχολειό» της Τουρκοκρατίας. Ορισμένοι επιχείρησαν και επιχειρούν να αμφισβητήσουν την ύπαρξή του, να κλονίσουν μια πεποίθηση στερεά ριζωμένη στην συνείδηση [...]

NATO policy papers released in advance of The Bucharest Conference, April 1-3

March 25, 2008

~Focus on Afghanistan, enlargement, Russia, and cyber defense ~
BUCHAREST, Romania (April 25, 2008) – In advance of the Bucharest Conference, taking place April 1-3, ahead of the official 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest, the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Chatham House announce the release of The [...]

Del Ponte accusing Kosovo Albanians: Taking and selling organs from abducted people

March 21, 2008

The Hague Prosecution learned while investigating war crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army against Serbs and other ethnic communities that people that disappeared in 1999 in Kosovo were subjected to surgery in which their kidneys and other organs were taken from them and then the smugglers were selling them to foreign clinics, Carla Del [...]

Εφ’ όλης της ύλης συνέντευξη του Ν. Γκατζογιάννη στο “Νέο Κόσμο” της Αυστραλίας

March 17, 2008

Aναδημοσίευση από το http://www.sofiatimes.com/
“Οι πικρές εμπειρίες της παιδικής μου ηλικίας με έχουν στρέψει κατά των απολυταρχικών καθεστώτων και των φανατικών ιδεολογιών”, λέει ο Νικόλαος Γκατζογιάννης.Ο γνωστός δημοσιογράφος και συγγραφέας σήμερα είναι πρόεδρος του Παγκόσμιου Συμβουλίου Ηπειρωτών Εξωτερικού, ένα παγκόσμιο όργανο που διασυνδέει και συντονίζει τους Ηπειρώτες των πέντε ηπείρων. Με αυτή την ιδιότητα βρέθηκε στην [...]

World Defence Update

March 15, 2008

US tanker contract award faces backlash
The US Air Force’s (USAF’s) decision to choose a team of Northrop Grumman and EADS North America to build 179 aerial refuelling aircraft has been strongly criticised by some US lawmakers. Boeing’s KC-767 was widely expected to win the award because of its domestic production base and the company’s experience [...]

Climate change could threaten food security – FAO report

March 11, 2008

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=77215
A report by UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), entitled Climate Change: Implications for Agriculture in the Near East, has said the food security of those who are poor, malnourished or dependent on local food production could be adversely affected by climate change.
“Climate change will affect food security in all its four dimensions – food [...]

Cyprus Leaders to Meet End of March

March 6, 2008

Cypriot President Dimitris Christofias has announced that he will be meeting Turkish Cypriot leader Mr. Mehmet Ali Talat between March 17 and 24. He also stated that his plan at present is to press on with the peace effort with a view to reunite the country, divided since the 1974 Turkish invasion.
Speaking at a press [...]

Hungary says Russia-Ukraine gas spat justifies South Stream project

March 5, 2008

The Hungarian government Wednesday said that the latest gas pricing dispute between Russia and Ukraine, which has raised fears of European gas shortages, justified its recent controversial decision to sign on to Russia’s South Stream pipeline.
The state-owned Gazprom announced Tuesday that exports to Ukraine would be cut by 50 per cent and Ukrainian officials confirmed [...]

Kosovo: NATO eyes reinforcements as Serb boycott continues

March 5, 2008

NATO is planning to deploy reinforcements in Serb-populated northern Kosovo to boost security as minority Serbs continue
to boycott Kosovo’s institutions, Albanian language daily Zeri said on Tuesday.
The paper said that the commander of 17,000-strong NATO force, Xavier de Marnhac, held a meeting with the chief of the United Nations administration (UNMIK) Joachim Ruecker, European Union [...]