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• Date: 12/11/2008

  Bosnia’s three main parties reach an agreement on key issues

  Brussels welcomes the compromise reached by the three parties but calls for ‘concrete action’ · The agreement is one of the first clear steps towards resolving disagreements between Serb, Croat and Bosniak communities that have dogged Bosnian politics in recent years · Minor parties say the deal amounts to ‘betrayal’.

• Date: 11/11/2008

  Autonomist candidate wins provincial elections in the Trentino

  

  Democratic Party heads winning centre-left coalition · Two autonomist parties in winning coalition obtain over 25% of votes · Northern League overtakes Berlusconi’s People of Freedom party · Incumbent president of the autonomous province, Lorenzo Dellai, to remain in office.

• Date: 11/11/2008

  ‘Minorities’ behind Obama’s victory: ‘Yes, we can’

  OPINION. Aureli Argemí, president of CIEMEN, analyses the results of the US elections earlier this month, highlighting the importance of the minority vote. Argemí explores the relationship between democracy and respect for marginalized groups.

• Date: 07/11/2008

  ‘Minority’ voters key to Barack Obama’s victory

  

  Figures highlight the role of ‘minority’ voters in Obama’s victory in American presidential elections · 95% of Afro-American voters backed Obama · Latino vote crucial in Florida, Nevada and New Mexico.

• Date: 07/11/2008

  Crimea caught up in strategic battle between Russia, Ukraine and the West

  

  SPECIAL REPORT. Ukrainian ultranationalist party calls for referendum on revocation of Crimea’s autonomy · Crimean authorities side with Moscow over Georgia crisis · Tatars demand recognition as autochthonous people and want national and territorial autonomy.

• Date: 07/11/2008

  Peoples and nations today: Occitania

  

  DOSSIER. Extending to twice the area of Hungary, with more inhabitants than Greece, Occitania is the largest stateless nation in Western Europe. Centuries as an undervalued minority have pressured this nation to assimilate and have converted a culture that was once a reference point into one on the brink of disappearing. Despite this, Occitania is a living reality, and considering advanced made in the Val d’Aran and other areas within its territory, a revival of its language and identity is possible.

• Date: 07/11/2008

  Surprise defeat for SNP in Glenrothes by-election

  NEWS IN BRIEF. Media and opposition parties say the SNP honeymoon is now over

• Date: 05/11/2008

  Serbia again criticized for failing to protect Albanian community

  

  Report criticizes Serbian Government’s ‘inadequate’ response to attacks on Albanians and other minority groups following Kosovo’s declaration of independence · Authorities failed to take ‘preventative measures’ to stop violence and ‘have made little effort’ to bring perpetrators to justice · Most of the violence is said to have taken place in the autonomous province of Vojvodina.

• Date: 04/11/2008

  Fewer seats allocated to Iraq’s religious minorities than hoped

  Iraqi lawmakers allocate only six provincial council seats out of a total of 440 nationwide to the country’s four religious minorities: Christians, Yezidis, Sabians and Shabaks · The small concession was needed to allow provincial elections to go ahead early next year · The UN had recommended a minimum of twelve seats be reserved for minorities.

• Date: 03/11/2008

  Nagorno-Karabakh moves a step closer to peaceful resolution

  

  Armenia and Azerbaijan sign Russian-brokered agreement that should pave the way for negotiations · The Nagorno-Karabakh declaration is the first joint pledge since the 1994 ceasefire · Nagorno-Karabakh has enjoyed de facto independence for the last fifteen years.