Ukraine's parliament has approved President Viktor Yushchenko's proposal to declare a state of emergency in three regions of the Crimean Peninsula following an outbreak of bird flu.
Belarus' President Lukashenka (file photo) (CTK) 5 December 2005 -- Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka today held talks with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, on the first day of a three-day state visit to China.
Ministers gathering in Ljubljana on 5 December (epa) Ljubljana, 5 December 2005 (RFE/RL) --- The European Union today urged Uzbekistan, Belarus, and Turkmenistan to honor their OSCE commitments on human rights issues.
3 December 2005 -- The West is expressing strong concerns about Belarus, a day after the country's lower house of parliament, the Chamber of Representatives, passed legislation intended to curb attempts at popular protests against President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.
A tough new security bill is moving through parliament that, among other things, would make it a criminal offense both to discredit Belarus's standing abroad and to train people to take part in street demonstrations.
The 9 founding member-states vow to work closely to strengthen 'peace, democracy, and prosperity on the European continent.' (AFP) A two-day forum aimed at promoting democracy and human rights in a region that spent decades under totalitarian rule concluded today in Kyiv with the official birth of the Community of Democratic Choice. In spite of assurances from founding members, the new grouping -- which comprises nine countries from the Balkan, Baltic, and Black Sea regions -- is perceived as an attempt to limit Russia’s influence on the post-Soviet area.
<p>2 December 2005 -- Parliament in Belarus has overwhelmingly approved a controversial bill aimed at muzzling dissent against the regime of President Alyaksandr Lukashenka.</p>
1 December 2005 -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has decided that his country will retain a 50-member military contingent in Iraq after it withdraws the bulk of its armed forces.
Tajik migrant workers in the Russian city of Astrakhan (RFE/RL) 1 December 2005 -- President Vladimir Putin has submitted to Russia's lower house of parliament a bill that would make it easier for citizens of former Soviet republics to acquire Russian citizenship.
(RFE/RL) Prague, 1 December 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Vandals are reported to have damaged a memorial to victims of Stalin-era repression outside the Belarusian capital Minsk.
President Alyaksandr Lukashenka (CTK) 30 November 2005 -- A Vienna-based rights group has decried a new Belarusian bill, saying it could make it a criminal offense to advocate human rights in the republic.
30 November 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin today called upon members of a regional military grouping to join efforts in the fight against drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime.
Load more
