Peace Tour in Latvia Focuses on Education

Riga, Latvia – On March 17, 2009, UPF-Latvia organized a “Global Peace Tour 2009” rally in Riga under the theme: “A New Paradigm of Education: Raising Responsible Citizens.” This was the second public event of UPF-Latvia since it was officially registered in May 2008, after the Global Peace Festival held last November.

At the initiative of Latvia-UPF President Leons Bojars, the event was hosted by Dr. Arcady Voitsish, President of the Baltic International Academy, in the conference hall of the Academy. It was attended by 70 participants, including two university presidents, university professors, 12 school directors, teachers and Ambassadors for Peace.

Hindus seek UN intervention as European Roma face apartheid like conditions

As European Union (EU) and countries of Europe reportedly seemed to lack strong political will to improve the plight of Roma people who were living in apartheid like conditions, United Nations (UN) should immediately intervene, acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, stated in Nevada (USA) today.
Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, said that [...]

Central America: An Emerging Role in the Drug Trade

As part of coverage of the security situation in Mexico, we have observed some significant developments in the drug trade in the Western Hemisphere over the past year. While the United States remains the top destination for South American-produced cocaine, and Mexico continues to serve as the primary transshipment route, the path between Mexico [...]

Baltic States in the Epoch of Nuclear Romanticism

The Government of Estonia has approved the programs of energy and electric economies, according to which Estonia plans to build nuclear power plant by 2023. The General Director of the National Foundation for Energy Security Konstantin Simonov commented on the situation.
The expert particularly stated: “We know that the Ignalina nuclear plant will be closed [...]

The Baltic States Commemorate Post-War Deportations

People in the three Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania will recall one of the region’s darkest hours, the Soviet deportation of thousands of ordinary families four years after the end of World War II.
The March, 25, 1949 deportations saw people seized from their homes without warning and transported, literally like cattle, to [...]

Danish T-shirt ‘terror’ case upheld

Denmark’s supreme court has upheld the convictions of six people who sold T-shirts bearing the logos of Colombian and Palestinian resistance groups of supporting banned "terrorist" organisations.
About 300 T-shirts were sold for $33 each, with 75 cents from each sale going towards a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) radio station and a Popular [...]

Romania to receive IMF-led bailout

Romania is to receive a $27bn bailout package from a group of lenders led by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help revive its struggling economy.
The IMF agreed to a two-year loan of $17.49bn on Wednesday, with the remainder of the money coming from the European Union (EU), the World Bank and the European [...]

Georgian opposition reeling from videos

Tbilisi — The Georgian authorities Wednesday made public surveillance video in which a political activist associated with the opposition leader Nino Burjanadze said Ms. Burjanadze and her followers were hoping that violent clashes with the authorities would force President Mikheil Saakashvili from office.
Ms. Burjanadze denied the allegation, saying the government had produced compromising material [...]

EU hustles to control damage after outburst

Paris — The European Union’s crisis of leadership during this severe economic downturn was thrown into sharp relief on Wednesday, as the prime minister of the country that holds the rotating presidency lambasted President Barack Obama’s emergency stimulus package as "a way to hell" that will "undermine the stability of the global financial market."
The [...]

Russia finds itself in active stage of crisis

Moscow — Economic Development Minister Elvira Nabiullina said on Tuesday Russia is in the active stage of the crisis.
She stressed Russia’s economic growth slowdown estimated at 2.2 percent in 2009 is comparable to other countries – the United States (2.6-3.5 percent), Europe (2.1-3 percent) and Japan (5-5.1 percent).
At the same time the [...]