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27.04.2009, 13:01
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As Albania is set to apply for EU membership, one Albanian mayor says his village should obtain special status as a Greek minority - and has been sentenced to six months in prison for further actions.
18.03.2009, 19:54
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It is widely believed that the Dalai Lama fled Tibet once Chinese troops gained control over the region. Actually, these two events have nine years between them.
21.06.2009, 21:50
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A “mega-truce” proposal that would end Gaza’s isolation, restore Palestinian unity and expedite a long-stalled prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas has been put on the table by Egypt.
03.02.2009, 12:49
It’s almost six months since a devastating war shattered South Ossetia. But the new republic is bouncing back, restoring its shelled housing and healing its psychological wounds.
27.04.2009, 08:53
South Ossetia is bouncing back, trying to restore destroyed homes, and healing its psychological wounds. However, many residents fear the current peace won't last long.
22.06.2009, 10:45
South Ossetian officials are accusing Georgia of preventing refugees from returning home to the remote Ossetian town of Leningor.
09.08.2009, 14:03
True Ossetian heroes stay behind the curtain, says Alesya Zhioeva, an Ossetian now living in Moscow.
26.08.2009, 18:50
For Abkhazia, independence is a clear goal, while South Ossetia is still hesitant over whether it really wants independence or to join Russia at some point, Andrey Kortunov, president of New Eurasia Foundation, told RT.
27.04.2009, 09:24
Ukrainian Parliament members are warning of growing ethnic tension in Crimea. The area in the south of Ukraine is home to Russians, Ukrainians, and Crimean Tatars.
11.10.2009, 13:27
Armenia and Turkey have signed a historic agreement to open their shared border. It has been closed for 17 years and the feud between the countries has been ongoing for nearly a century.
Published: 06 March, 2009, 01:03
Russia has restarted issuing visas to Georgian citizens after a halt of more than half a year following last August’s conflict in South Ossetia.
