January 15, 1992: Croatia Marks 25th Anniversary of International Recognition
January 16, 2014: Ukrainian anti-protest laws passed by the Parliament of Ukraine
January 20, 1990, Azerbaijan: Black January
January 20, 1991: Barricades remembered in Latvia
January 22, 1919: Day of Unity of Ukraine
January 26, 1788: Australia Day to Invasion Day to Survival Day
Russia’s Chechnya chief says over 50 suspected militants detained
Fleeing Chechens stranded at door to EU
Details Of Roundup Of Suspected Chechen Extremists Unclear, Contradictory
Copenhagen tops Global Talent Competitiveness Index
IS fighters to stop receiving Danish unemployment benefits
Western Sahara: Fragile peace is “on the brink of collapse,” warned New York Times
Lectures on Western Sahara in Japan
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Western Sahara’s Polisario to test EU court ruling on oil shipment
Palestinian embassy opens in Vatican City
Why Trump’s team invited leaders of Israel’s settler movement to attend the inauguration
Greenland’s huge internet upgrade may have some hidden costs
Greenland’s prehistoric hunting-grounds are bucking for World Heritage designation
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Violence in Balochistan Continues
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Kantius Heselo, Chairperson of West Papua National Committee in Sorong arrested by Indonesian police
Detention extended for 4 West Papuan political prisoners for treason for demonstrating peacefully
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West Papuan students tortured by Indonesian police in Dogiyai
West Papua: Website Covering Human Rights Violations Blocked by Indonesian Government
Tibet protesters detained in Swiss capital during Xi Jinping visit
Why more Chinese companies will come to Switzerland
What’s the secret to Switzerland’s success?
Switzerland is world’s best country for attracting talent
Thousands of protesters march through Geneva
China appoints new Tibet governor: Xinhua
Press freedom predator Xi given Davos platform: Media watchdog
Demolition, Expulsions Stop For Now at Larung Gar
Call for release of Tibetan language advocate
Tibetans in Chengdu Call for Bilingual Education for Their Children
Dalai Lama’s Home Dharamshala Made Second Capital Of State
Japan helping Mongolia improve its public pension system
Hungarian firm to produce biometric passports for Mongolia
Mongolia to introduce e-signature in 2018
New China-Mongolia Mining Deal: Economic Windfall or Environmental Threat?
China will “take off the gloves” if Trump continues on Taiwan, state media warns
Taiwan leader concludes America tour amid Beijing harassment
Beijing wants to crush youth activists in Taiwan and Hong Kong trying to band together
Hong Kong activists declare ‘war’ after appeal bid snub
Taiwan to test criminal gang links in protest against HK activists
Robert Chow: Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing firebrand
Hong Kong’s Localist Revolutionaries
Beijing’s Responses to Hong Kong Independence Movements Expected
Hong Kong Media Lose Independent Stance After Bad Year For Press Freedom in China
Hong Kong’s future in doubt as China flexes muscles
Beijing Worried Trump Taiwan Call Indicator of U.S. Policy Changes
Belgium aims to open Honorary Consulate in Kurdistan
US to build biggest consulate building in Erbil
Biden accepts President Barzani’s invitation to visit Kurdistan
Turkey arrests Iranian Kurdish writers
Turkey invites three Kurdish leaders to Syria peace talks
The curse of oil in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran’s Kurdistan Democratic Party elects new leader
A unified Kurdistan necessary for tomorrow’s challenges
Turkish prosecutor seeks up to 142 years in jail for Kurdish leader
Turkish forces penetrate into Kobani countryside targeting Kurdish forces
Kurdish president: Independent Kurdistan is ‘neither a rumor nor a dream
Multi-party Kurdish delegation will open independence talks with Baghdad
Kurdish Independence and New Constraints on Ankara’s Relations with Erbil
A baby named Trump and admiration for a new U.S. president in northern Iraq
Clashes break out between Kurds and Iranian forces on anniversary of ‘Kurdistan Republic’
Assyria: Anti-Christian Campaign of Turkish Government Gains Momentum
Catalan, Basque leaders snub Spanish regional talks
Catalonia versus the Spanish state — the battleground in the new year
Puigdemont to explain the Catalan Referendum in the European Parliament
Spanish Government sees referendum as ‘democratic abnormality’ and vows to fight it ‘firmly’
Catalan separatists launch new independence campaign
“2017 will mark the start of a new era for Catalonia”, Catalan President Carles Puigdemont
Catalan government to guarantee electronic referendum vote for those living abroad
Diplocat argues that Germany would deal with a case like Catalonia’s “more intelligently” than Spain
Spain’s Supreme Court to try Francesc Homs over 9-N vote
Catalonia to set recommended rental price to avoid new housing bubble
Resilience personified: An Indigenous woman’s perseverance pays off
Innovative strategy for at-risk and Indigenous youth in Vancouver gains momentum
City launches new strategy to improve supports for urban Indigenous people
Saskatoon program helps Indigenous kids get ‘fire lit inside’
McMaster students seek to understand Indigenous youth mental health
Canada’s Indigenous call for national suicide strategy
Ontario chief suggests class action lawsuit to stop Indigenous youth suicides
Vancouver Island First Nation files aboriginal-title claim in court
History To Be Made As Native Legislators Take on Leadership Roles Across the US
Native and Civil Rights Hang in the Balance
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Leonard Peltier Denied Clemency in Obama’s Last Days
Center for Native American Youth to Honor American Indian and Alaska Native Youth Leaders
Housing Conditions Worse for American Indian Households
Bolivian jail where families live alongside their criminal relatives
Bolivia Environment Minister Resigns Amid Historic Drought
Bolivia to Build Nuclear Center with Russian Technology
Brazil: Indigenous People Face Uphill Battle for their Rights in 2017
Malia Obama Traveled Bolivia During Her Gap Year and Spent Time With Quechua Community
The first Putin’s Champion Award Recipient Is: Marine Le Pen
Russian involvement in Donetsk and Luhansk
Over half the Berkut officers suspected of Maidan killings given shelter by Russia
Price of Appeasing Russian Adventurism
UN envoy on Putin: A murderer of journalists isn’t a good partner
Freedom cannot be traded in Ukraine
Estonian minister: Russia sanctions shouldn’t be lifted as reward for cooperation elsewhere
Swiss minister wants an end to Russia sanctions
German opposition leader calls for security union with Russia, dissolution of NATO
Putin will meddle in upcoming elections
Russian nationalist accused of war crimes in Ukraine deported from Norway
Third anti-war protest #StopPutinsWarInUkraine took place worldwide
Domestic Refugees in Ukraine: Waiting Out the War
Pickets in support of Crimean Tatars, against Kremlin repression held in St. Petersburg
Putin Will Come: Warning From The Russian Opposition
A Russian presidential candidate recognizes Crimea part of Ukraine
Ukraine’s Savchenko Draws Fire For Crimea Comments
Ukrainians are fired from the biggest plant of Crimea
Poroshenko: Ukraine will get Crimea back
Crimean authorities refuse to investigate abductions of Ukrainians
Mejlis head calls on Ukrainian authorities to initiate creation of Crimean Tatar Autonomous Republic
“Balkan autumn” VS “Russian spring” — how Russia tried to hold on to the Balkans in 2016
Balkan Feminists Rally in Solidarity With US Women
Melania Trump’s hometown in Slovenia marks inauguration
Macedonia says its capital is most polluted city in Europe
Macedonia Warns Serbia to Keep Out of Name Game
Kosovo launches drive to encourage women to claim property rights
Serbia-Kosovo train row escalates to military threat
Serbia’s President Says Ready to Protect Ethnic Serbs in Kosovo
Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using ‘Crimea model’: Kosovo president
US Urges Serbia, Kosovo to Avoid Nationalist Rhetoric
Protesters In Kosovo Demand France Release Former Prime Minister Haradinaj
Dodik’s Secession Talk Keeps Bosnia on Edge
U.S. imposes sanctions on Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Dodik
New Movements Emerge Ahead of Albanian Elections
CIA declassifies document on Lithuania’s post-WWII guerrilla fighting
Lithuania to build fence on border with Russian exclave
Gorbachev served summons to testify in 1991 crackdown trial in Lithuania
Estonia, Lithuania sign defence deal with US after Trump bashes NATO
Estonians join paramilitary forces to face Russia fears
Moldova turns from EU to Russia
New President of Moldova does not risk to recognize Crimea part of Russia
Commission approves new aid programme for Moldova
In Russia, Moldovan president says he may scrap EU trade pact
Moldovan President In Moscow To Meet Putin, Discuss Transdniester
Moldova: PM insists ex-Soviet republic wants to join EU
For Former Soviet Republics, Moscow Has a New Playbook
Britain, Greece and Turkey wrap up security talks on Cyprus
No timeframe for resumption of Cyprus conference
Security options: can international precedents inform Cyprus?
Malta Can Lead in Digital Identity Management
Ireland and Malta to probe closer ties on defence matters
Mind your language in Luxembourg
Luxembourg has best healthcare in the world
EU’s future in its own hands say Latvia and Luxembourg
CIA gives a glimpse of Latvia under Soviet occupation
Basques rally for end to Spain’s dispersion policy for ETA prisoners
Estonia to adopt more modest behavior ahead of upcoming EU presidency
Amid Trump’s NATO Blasts, U.S. Marines’ Norway Mission Goes On
Riga, Minsk to make joint bid for hosting 2021 World Ice-Hockey Championship
February 17 – Outraged Belarusians’ March
Freedom Of Expression: Why Do Belarusian Authorities Fear Graffiti?
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Belarus To Extradite Russian Blogger To Azerbaijan
Turkmenistan: Life under Trump: What will happen next?
Oromo: Feyisa Lelisa runs in exile after his protest in Rio
Pride in this rich country called Jamaica
Jamaica’s Decade of Misery Is Almost Over
Jamaica’s last vinyl factory Tuff Gong to start pressing records again
Haiti’s cholera fight hits global stage at World Economic Forum in Davos
Women Empowerment In Haiti: Teaching Women To Fish … And More
Discrimination against women continues unabated in West Africa – ECOWAS
14 Benin prisoners ‘abandoned’ in death row despite scrap of death penalty
217 raped by South Sudanese rival forces since July 2016 violence: UN report
Benin malaria drug innovation changing lives
Yahya Jammeh ‘agrees to step down and leave’ The Gambia
Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh flies into exile
AU chief: Obama made Africa proud as POTUS, welcomes Trump
Namibia: Professional Hunters Welcome China’s Ivory Ban
A Colonial-Era Wound Opens in Namibia
Biafra Agitation: Need For A Referendum
The case for Pro-Biafra agitators
Why Biafrans Support Donald Trump
Trump rally turns to tragedy as pro-Biafrans ‘shot dead’ in Nigeria
Pro-Donald Trump rally in Nigeria leaves 20 dead, many missing: reports
Ogoni: MOSOP Strongly Believes in Peaceful Solution of Niger Delta Conflict
Tamazigh in Morocco: Righting Wrongs
Hanane Oubella Crowned Miss Amazigh of 2017
Billboards and van adverts accuse BBC Scotland of bias
Scotland: Labour leaders harden rejection of independence
With Hard Brexit looming, Nicola Sturgeon asks: What kind of country do we want to be?
Second independence referendum inevitable after Theresa May announces hard Brexit plans
Scots protesters join world to show distaste for Trump
Scotland: Demographics of Independence
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‘Clock is ticking’ on Scottish independence vote
Scotland faces independence choice after UK single market decision
Scotland faces independence choice after UK single market decision – Sturgeon
Alex Salmond: Scotland will vote for independence in two years
Welsh language group Cymdeithas yr Iaith refuses to answer UKIP questions
Llangennech School pupils WILL be taught solely in Welsh
Welsh institutions named in top LGBT employers list
Everything you need to know about the next stage of devolution to Wales
First female bishop consecrated in Wales
Ireland: Brexit vote forces Dublin to seek new EU friends
Brexit may be just what the doctor ordered — for Ireland
Ireland to consider banning schools from using religion in admissions
Northern Ireland child abuse inquiry singles out police and church
Northern Ireland faces snap election amid political crisis
End of an era in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland: Tens of thousands taken off Stormont electoral roll
Australia was invaded, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
‘We were the first’: How No Fixed Address made white Australia listen
Australia names first indigenous minister
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape: Ancient Aboriginal site a step closer to UNESCO World Heritage status
No picnic at Hanging Rock: Campaign to recognise Aboriginal past rather than ‘white myth’
Finland: world’s largest parents’ evening
“We’ve been driven away”: Nordic climate project disrupts lives in Uganda
Will Finland’s basic income trial help the jobless?
Must-see Finland: A year of centenary celebrations
Juuso the bear makes artistic debut at Finnish gallery
NATO is a cornerstone of Europe: Finland foreign minister
Austria’s far-right Freedom Party calls for ban on ‘fascistic Islam”
Austria And Russia: A Love Story In Oil
Austria ‘foils potential terror attack’
Yezidi IDPs on Mount Shingal struggling beneath heavy snow
As Support for E.U. Flags Elsewhere, Bulgaria Sees Its Benefits
Where is Bulgaria After Ten Years in the EU?
Bulgaria’s communist UFO: The abandoned Buzludzha Monument
Bulgaria’s president elect says to dissolve parliament in a week’s time
Portugal protests Spain’s stockpiling of nuke waste near border
Jack Straw and UK government must face kidnap and torture claims, court rules
Russia turns to Libya with show of support for eastern commander
East Libya rejects humanitarian aid from Italy
Libya, Neighbors Hold Talks in Cairo to End Country’s Crisis
Native Affairs Summer Series – Catalan Experts – Make te reo Maori compulsory
Native Affairs Summer Series – DNA of Maori identity
Maori emojis ‘culturally insensitive’
Destruction of Maori village recalled at ceremony
African-born actor in Hungary: ‘People just see me as a migrant’
Hungary set to turn screws on Soros-backed NGOs
New ‘Stop Soros’ Movement Unveiled in Macedonia
Mass rape of Adivasi women in Bastar: Why are human rights body and women’s panel mum?
Tribals of Chinna Jaggampeta left to starve by authorities
‘Safeguard Adivasi rights over forest lands’
Historian’s new book praised for challenging perceptions of Adivasis
Adivasis of Chinna Jaggampeta sit on hunger strike
Back to the cradle of tribal civilization
Ambulances to jam car radios in Sweden
Lone wolves the biggest terror threat facing Sweden in 2017
Sweden conservatives woo far-right to topple government
Sweden’s population reaches historic ten million milestone
Roma and Sinti were again not taken into considaration for the UN Holocaust Commemoration
Far-right violence against Roma in Hungary: victory in Strasbourg for the Helsinki Committee
Another Youth Activist Convicted on False Drug Charges in Azerbaijan
Lebanon gets a new government, now it needs a new economy
Lebanon foils bomber in busy Beirut district: security sources
Kuwait’s World-Beating Stock Rally May Just Be Getting Started
Nato to open regional centre in Kuwait