2014 February 20: Heavenly Hundred Remembrance Day in Ukraine
February 21: International Mother Language Day
1979 February 22: Saint Lucia Independence Day
1918 February 24: Estonia Independence Day – Estonia is 100
1921 February 25: Soviet Russian Invasion in Democratic Republic of Georgia
1950 February 25: Kuwait National Day
2014 February 27: Russia’s annexation of Crimea
1844 February 27: Dominican Republic Independence Day
1976 February 27: Proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
1947 February 28: 2.28 Incident in Taiwan
1992 March 1: Bosnia and Herzegovina Independence Day
589 March 1: Saint David’s, National Day of Wales
1878 March 3: Liberation Day in Bulgaria
March 5: St Piran’s Day, the national day in Cornwall
1957 March 6: Ghana, 1st sub-Saharan African country to become independent from colonial rule
1944 March 8: Mass deportation of the Balkar people by Stalin’s Soviet Union
1959 March 10: Tibetan National Uprising Day
1990 March 11: Day of Re-Establishment of Lithuania’s Independence
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Monday, February 26, 2018
Worldwide Day of Action for Ukrainian writer and filmmaker Oleg Sentsov imprisoned by Russia
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Competition: Tallinn Red Terror Museum
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Educational and economic value of embracing people’s mother tongues
‘Our values, beliefs and identity’ are embedded within language, UNESCO says on Mother Language Day
Kosovo marks decade of independence as Rita Ora headlines celebrations
Sturgeon furious at Scotland’s absence from key Brexit meeting
Independent publishing in Hong Kong – a once-flourishing industry annihilated by fear
Infighting Threatens Mali Peace, Creating Space for Al Qaida
NATO launches second cyber defence project with Moldova
At least 16 West Papuans killed or tortured to death by Indonesian military and police in 2017
UN experts denounce criminalization of linguistic and cultural rights advocacy in China
Ukraine Is Not an Afterthought
European politicians got millions to lobby for pro-Russian government in Ukraine
Four years of occupation of Crimea: 456 detentions and 377 interrogations
Lithuania reiterates non-recognition of Crimea annexation
Siemens is not alone in helping Russia to breach sanctions over Crimea
Exiles In Their Country, Crimean Dissidents Resist Russian Rule
100 anniversary of Noman Çelebicihan’s death
Crimean Tatar prosecuted in Russian-occupied Crimea for trying to see her political prisoner husband
Khalistan: India gives Justin Trudeau list of Sikh separatists in Canada
Israel and Iran edge closer to conflict
If not now, when should Europe recognise Palestine?
Palestinian leader calls for peace conference by mid-2018
Palestinian killed during Israeli raid in the West Bank
Irish language community is well used to the slings and arrows
Council of Europe has told the UK to pass laws to protect the Irish language
Ifta winner John Connors spurns BBC over language issue
Vandals spray paint over Irish language portion of road sign
Ukip leader is unable to condemn those who defaced an Irish language road sign in Co Tyrone
Irish-speaking areas in north set for official status for first time
Breakthrough as President Donald Trump will appoint a special envoy to Northern Ireland
Rapper gets over 3 years in prison for lyrics
Catalan politician Anna Gabriel defies Madrid court summons
Switzerland ‘probably wouldn’t’ extradite Anna Gabriel
Exhibit featuring Catalan ‘political prisoners’ removed from Madrid’s art festival
Pompeu Fabra year: celebrating the father of modern Catalan
Amnesty: rights of Catalan independence supporters ‘disproportionately restricted’
14 arrested for protesting imprisonment of pro-independence leaders
Support for independence drops to four-year low in Catalonia
Guinea ruling party wins first local elections since 2005
Benin abolishes death penality
Unprecedented ‘fake medicines’ trial opens in Benin
Majeed Gwadari, writer of current Baloch national anthem, passes away
Balochistan: Pakistani forces abducted at least 11 people from Kech
Bosnia’s future lies with Europe and NATO, PM Denis Zvizdic
Georgia: From Independence to Freedom – 100 Years of Republic
Georgia recognised as easiest place in emerging Europe to do business
Georgian citizen dies in South Ossetian police custody, Tbilisi demands international investigation
South Ossetia hit by population crisis as birth rate drops 20% in five years
South Ossetian Police Pressure Investigative Journalist
Zuwara sees growth of students interested in Amazigh culture
Snow isolates Moroccan Amazigh villages more used to sun
Daring Plan to Save a Religious Minority from ISIS
Despite Obstacles, A Yazidi Woman Is Determined To Change Her Life
Yezidi survivor won’t return to Iraq for fear of new ‘genocide’
Three Yezidi survivors welcomed home with tears, hugs
Defeated in Iraq, ISIS still haunts dreams of Yazidi children
47 Yezidis register their candidacy for Iraqi elections
Syria pro-government forces enter Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey
Kurdish YPG militia urges Syrian army to help it stop Turkey
Turkey warns that any allies of Kurdish fighters constitute ‘legitimate target’
Afrin under heavy Turkish bombardment
Will There Ever Be a Kurdish Superhero?
7-year sentence requested for whistling Kurdish song
Turkish court sentences 3 academics for criticizing ‘massacre’ of Kurds
Kurdish Syria, Where the Fallen Find Fame
PEN: repression of Kurdish Language and Culture must stop
US warns Iraq on purchase of Russian arms
US to send Erbil $365 million to pay Peshmerga salaries, KRG minister confirms
Azerbaijan follows Russia example in banning The Death of Stalin movie
Record-breaking Norway out of Olympic golden shoes
Sex abuse claim against Guam church brings total lawsuits to 157
Duterte: China’s South China Sea Installations Aimed at the United States, Not the Philippines
Tribal Leaders: Infrastructure Bill Should Include Indian Country Priorities
Why is a quarter of Canada’s prison population Indigenous?
Racism no match for resilience at Indigenous women’s business conference
Geographical Divisions of Colonial Nicaragua: Impacts on Development in the Indigenous Territories
Tainos, Ancient Islanders Visited by Columbus, Not Extinct
Bolivians pick their Andean god of abundance
The rise of Bolivia’s indigenous ‘cholitas’ – in pictures
Bolivia’s indigenous women cope with climate change
‘Racist’ statue of subjugated American Indian on way to removal from Civic Center
Navajo Nation Treaty of 1868 Lives On at the American Indian Museum
This Account is Reclaiming the Indigenous Names for Mountains One Geotag at a Time
At Last, We May Get Our First Native American Woman In Congress
On the Inuktut language, the Inuit may have been too welcoming
Inuit hockey team ‘keeps kids going when they’re down’
Indonesia’s last frontier: indigenous peoples’ rights key to forest preservation
Indigenous Sengwer threatened by Kenya Forest Service
Indigenous Australians are tired of being spoken for, says actress Shareena Clanton
A second nod to Aboriginal tradition prompts debates over its place
Adivasi Man Lynched in Kerala, Selfie Taken Moments Before Death
Yws Gwynedd cleans up at Welsh-language music awards
Holidaymaker claims bilingual road signs are ‘dangerous’ and the responses are hilarious
International Mother Language Day: watch Welsh weatherman smash nine languages in one broadcast
The devolution of broadcasting is essential to creating a functioning Welsh democracy
#WhenWalesIsIndependent: Building the Wales of the future
Welsh-language initiative prepares for St David’s Day
Greek opposition leader demands hard concessions for Macedonia deal
Mental health awareness in the Hmong community
Iceland: The Most Corrupt Nordic Country
Western Sahara in 2017: Moroccan authorities use “unnecessary excessive force”
Gdeim Izik Group: Saharawi political prisoner Mohamed El Ayoubi passes away
One family can’t stop winning medals for Liechtenstein
Tibetan Writer Handed Three-Year Prison Term For ‘Inciting Separatism’
Tibetan singer Shawo Tashi released after serving 5 years in prison
China Expels 3 Tibetans with Valid Visas After 8 Hours Detainment at Airport
Chinese Student Who Called Xi Jinping ‘Xitler’, Wrote ‘Free Tibet’ May Face Prison Time
Two US Mayors Called Upon Dalai Lama in India
UN Experts Call On China to release Tashi Wangchuk
Draft US Congress resolutions declare Mar 10 ‘Tibetan Rights Day’
Photo Story: Life in the Exile Tibetan Community
Tibet is a catalyst to transform China: CTA President in Japan
Is China Hiding Information About Tibet’s Jokhang Temple Fire?
New Caledonia town shuts in protest at crime
Dengue epidemic declared in New Caledonia
Former French PM upsets pro-independence side in New Caledonia
Seawater is infiltrating a nuclear waste dump on a remote Pacific atoll
Nigerian court orders separate trial for pro-Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu
Pro-Biafra groups seek restructuring on 1963 constitution
Brunei, a success story from the beginning
Libya: UNHCR increasingly concerned over long-time stranded Tawergha people
Has the Arab Spring failed Libya and Bahrain?
Bahrain: Five years in jail for Nabeel Rajab’s tweets
Djibouti’s Main Opposition Party Boycotts Legislative Elections
Djibouti seizes control of Dubai-run Doraleh port
Case against activists threatens Kuwait’s political openness
A Top-Secret US Military Base Will Melt Out of the Greenland Ice Sheet
The Internet Won’t Give Up on the Jamaica’s First Women’s Bobsled Team
Gambia President Announces Moratorium on Death Penalty
Worldview: East Timor’s path to restoration and renovation
East Timor’s latest attempt to find the body of its first prime minister Nicolau dos Reis Lobato
Gabon government terminates Veolia concession
As China concerns grow, India looks to build military presence in Seychelles
US raps Albania’s Rama for ‘careless’ words on Kosovo
Bhutan Faces Challenges As it Sits Between Asia’s Biggest Powers
Serb Who Attacked U.S. Embassy In Montenegro Was Pro-Russian, Ex-Yugoslav ‘Soldier’
UN identifies South Sudan military officers accused of war crimes
Media, rights activists threatened in South Sudan – U.N. report
Over 5 million seek to vote in controversial Burundi poll: election chief
Third of Burundi population needs humanitarian aid: UN
Bulgaria is at the Last Places in the European Union in People Working in the Field of Culture
Bulgaria and Spain are Leaders in the Decline in Construction in the EU
Bulgaria and Romania push to join EU’s Schengen Area
Bulgaria’s Demographic Challenge
Journalist or Terrorist? Kashmir Photographer Is Jailed, Pending Answer
Kashmir’s #MeToo: where both women and men are victims
45 candidates nominated to contest upcoming general election in Grenada
Somalia-Somaliland Talks: Crossroads or Dead-End
The Latest: Al-Shabab Claims Somalia Blasts That Kill 18
Chinese warships enter East Indian Ocean amid Maldives tensions
Swaziland: President ‘Banned’ From Swazi Senate
Corruption Perception in Croatia Among Highest in EU
Concerns over Laos dam’s environmental impact
Why Laos’ reliance on Chinese money could bankrupt the country
Haiti suspends Oxfam operations pending sex scandal probe
‘Sorcery’ attacks in Papua New Guinea’s highlands – in pictures
Striking Photos of the Past and Present of Papua New Guinea
Pressure mounts on Catholic-run family planning clinics in Papua New Guinea
Central African Republic: Half the population needs aid
Lone warriors rescue sex slaves, rape survivors in Central African Republic
Russian Demographic Collapse Driving Ethnic Shifts In Non-Russian Republics
Nenets author’s book to be nominated for Nobel Prize
Circassia: divide and rule: the ‘clans’ of Kabardino-Balkaria
Ingushetia Remembers 1944 Deportation Victims
One Chechen man’s quest for a real education
Chechen residents pay tribute to victims of deportation, despite authorities’ ban
Kadyrov shares his thoughts about Stalin
Kadyrov’s investment: The concerning relationship between soldiers and athletes in Chechnya
Chechen Warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s MMA Fight Clubs And Influence Are Moving West
HRW asks FIFA to scrap Chechnya as World Cup training base
5 Killed In Church Shooting In Russia’s Dagestan
‘I inherited a broke country’, says new Liberian president
Ebola effects on Liberia health system ‘killed more than virus’
Chad and Qatar Restore Ties Cut in Wake of Arab States Rift
Millions of people in the Lake Chad Basin region remain in desperate need of aid
Kyrgyzstan: Arrested MP Found to Have Kazakh Citizenship
Cyprus accuses Turkey of blocking ship again in gas exploration standoff
Hungary slides deeper down corruption index
Chileans lose faith as Vatican scrambles to contain sex abuse scandal
Building starts on Afghan leg of Turkmenistan gas pipeline
How Palau’s archipelago forms a democratic whole
Belarus: Still at War with Press and “Parasites”
Generations of Peasants Have Occupied Land in Paraguay’s Neglected Countryside to Survive
Dominica in final negotiations on power price for its planned geothermal plant
‘Exodus’ from Puerto Rico: A visual guide
Tiffany Haddish on Returning to Eritrea: ‘I Feel Like I’m Finally Home’
Eritrea’s first Winter Olympian calls Canada home
Eritrean finds home in Italy after trauma in Libya
Congo refugees in Rwanda say soldiers shoot and wound at least two during food protest
Kosovo calls for historic deal with Serbia amid independence celebrations
Lavrov Vows Close Russia-Serbia Ties Despite EU Ambitions
‘You’re an idiot’: Hungary’s foreign minister blasts Luxembourg counterpart
Japan, Mongolia agree to boost pressure on N.Korea
Mongolia’s air pollution causes child health crisis
In Cuba, There Isn’t a Movement for Black Thought, or Black Pride. It Doesn’t Exist.
Sierra Leone elects new president: Profiles of top six contenders
Testing our resolve for peaceful elections in Sierra Leone
Singapore is hiking its sales tax, but not until 2021 or later
Singapore won’t cane suspected bank robber sought from UK
Singapore City Harvest megachurch leader Chew Eng Han ‘tries to flee by sea’
Tajikistan: Grandson of Opposition Leader Denied Medical Treatment
Tajikistan: Activist Forcibly Returned From Turkey
Is adoption in Switzerland on its way out?
Switzerland imposes sanctions on allies of Congo’s Kabila
Dutch parliament recognises 1915 Armenian massacre as genocide
Sex-Selective Abortions: ‘We lose 1,400 girls a year. Who will our boys marry?’: Armenia’s quandary
Belize Protests as Guat Soldiers Nab Fellow Citizen in our Territory
Wanted: An economic revolution in Tunisia
In Tunisia, preserving tradition in the last underground homes
Ethiopia’s state of emergency 2.0
Ethiopia: Mass protests ‘rooted in country’s history’
Panama and money laundering: the long road from paper to practice
Panama seeks to grow ship finance with new law
Task Force Points Out Gaps in Panama Money Laundering Laws
Suriname banned from voting at UN
Slovakia Rejects Treaty Combating Violence Against Women
Czech President Wants Hacking Suspect Sent To Russia, Not U.S.
New Zealand is a school choice utopia. But do students perform better?
SOMALILAND should inspire BAROTSELAND – Linyungandambo Philosophy