 RFE/RL Headlines 9/21/2010 8:05:09 PM A daily digest of the English-language news and analysis written by the staff of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty RFE/RL is looking for guest bloggers, preferably writing from and about our broadcast region. If you're interested, drop us a line at webteam@rferl.org. |
| Features  Concerns Mount About Press Freedom In Ukraine As Journalist Attacked A journalist in Donetsk is recovering from a severe beating he says came from local police, as the European Union and the United States press Kyiv over the disappearance of another Ukrainian journalist, Vasyl Klymentyev. More  New York City Linguist Gives Dying Language In Croatia A Fighting Chance The Vlashki language is even rarer than the bloodlines of its speakers, and is being pushed toward extinction by Croatian. But one linguist is determined to preserve it. More  Russia Says CIS Aid Will Continue Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow plans to continue to make international aid for Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries a priority. More  North Korea Announces Leadership Summit Amid Succession Speculation North Korea says it will hold its biggest political meeting in a generation, amid speculation that leader Kim Jong Il is about to name his younger son as successor – a move that would take the Kim dynasty into a third generation. More  Former Tajik Fighters' Homes Searched A former Tajik opposition commander says government forces have continued to surround and search the houses of ex-opposition fighters living in the central Rasht district. More  Iran War Hero's Widow Accuses IRGC Head Of Treason The widow of a renowned Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander has accused its current head of treason. More  Turkey's Gul Congratulates Armenia Turkish President Abdullah Gul has joined world leaders in congratulating Armenia on the 19th anniversary of its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. More  Activists Protest Building Near Kremlin Activists in Moscow are demonstrating against the construction of a building near the Kremlin that they say was not properly approved and would ruin the panorama of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. More  Accused Russian Policeman Attacked A policeman in St. Petersburg allegedly involved in beating and insulting demonstrators has reportedly been assaulted himself. More  EU Energy Plan Under Debate The European Parliament's rapporteur on the issue, Alejo Vidal-Quadras, described as a "genuine nightmare" the Russian gas cuts during the winters of 2008 and 2009 in Moscow's successive transit disputes with Ukraine.st external supply disruptions. More  Sister Of Jailed Iran Activist Targeted Parvin Tajik was summoned on September 18 to Tehran's Evin prison and notified of the charges brought against her, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency. She has been released on bail. More  KFOR Urges Political Kosovo Solution Erhard Buehler, the German general who is the commander of KFOR, said that "the situation as far as security is concerned is complicated, but the problem cannot be solved only with military means." More Not In The Job Description Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sacked a general who was working for the Interior Ministry after he reportedly pulled out a gun and shot it outside a Moscow store while drunk. More  Prosecutor Reportedly Asks For Blogger's Execution An informed source who does not want to be named has confirmed in an interview with RFE/RL's Radio Farda that Tehran's prosecutor has asked for the death sentence for jailed blogger Hossein Derakhshan, also known as Hoder or as Iran's "Blogfather." More  New Google Censorship Monitoring Tool Google introduced a new tool today, as part of its Transparency Report, which shows where and when access to Google sites is blocked. More |
