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Jones said Thursday that Indonesians could learn lessons from the current conditions in Aceh after armed conflict between the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group and the government was resolved through an agreement signed in Helsinki, Finland, in...
Tags: Sidney Jones, Aceh, GAM, reintegration programs, social tensions, contain social, Indonesia, Cikarang, Secession, Separatism, Indonesian offensive in Aceh, Insurgency in Aceh, Politics, Free Aceh Movement, New Order, War Conflict
Demonstrations against President Mikhail Saakashvili continued fifth day on April 13th in Georgia. Consolidated opposition demands president’s resignation, early presidential and parliamentary elections being held in the spring 2009.So far the participation...
Tags: Georgia, Adjare, Samtskhe-Javakheti, demonstration, democracy, separatism, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila
Last week-end Moldova had parliamentary elections. The ruling Party of Communists won so no big change in politics is expected. Elections in EU’s border have however some significance as the new leadership will be the counterpart during period after...
Tags: Moldova, Transdnistria, Pridnestrovie, Russia, EU external relations, CFSP, ESDP, BalkanBlog, Ari Rusila, separatism
A week ago I wrote here an article “UN deciding over plan for Kosovo – which plan to select?”. On the table was a 6-point plan negotiated between UN and Serbia, and a 4-point plan, a declaration by Kosovo’s separatist government....
Tags: Balkans, Serbia, Kosovo, BalkanBlog, UNSC, ESDP, crisis management, separatism
Some 5.000 to 10.000 Kosovo Albanians protested on Wednesday in Pristina against the UN plan on the reconfiguration of Unmik. Last week, the United Nations put forward an amended 6-point plan for the deployment of the EU's EULEX mission. The United Nations’...
The UN General Assembly is backing Serbia’s draft to request an advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) about the legality of the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo. October 8th UNGA, by a recorded vote of 77 in favour...
Tags: Kosovo, Serbia, UN, ESDP, separatism, crisis management, international law
Coming week will be show again one significant step in international politics and especially in Western Balkans. 1st at its plenary session called for 8th October, the 192-member UN General Assembly is to debate Serbia’s draft resolution calling...
Tags: Kosovo, Serbia, UN, ESDP, crisis management, separatism
Earlier this week Serbian President Boris Tadic stated, that he would not rule out partitioning Kosovo if all other options on Kosovo’s final status have been exhausted. "Intellectuals in Serbia and the international public are debating the issue...
Tags: Serbia, Kosovo, partition, separatism, crisis management