Date: 14/09/2009
Independence for Catalonia wins a landslide victory in the town of Arenys de Munt
Date: 09/09/2009
The last loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland to decommission weapons before February
Date: 08/09/2009
The campaign is being promoted by Acció Cultural del País Valencià (Cultural Action of the Valencian Country), and aims at collecting 500,000 signatures across Spain so that the issue can be discussed in the Spanish Congress · It has the support of civil associations, trade unions and political parties, as well as important figures from the Catalan Countries.
Date: 07/09/2009
President of Pakistan grants 'full autonomy' for Northern Areas
Gilgit-Baltistan will enjoy self-government and have an assembly with legislative powers · Opponents to the measure say Pakistani government has implemented the reform without local people’s participation.
Date: 03/09/2009
Alex Salmond presents Scotland’s independence referendum bill
Date: 02/09/2009
Date: 01/09/2009
Turkey and Armenia agree to open the border by the end of 2009
Both countries will put decision to the vote in their parliaments · Protocol agreed includes fields on which countries will co-operate and compels to discuss on the 'historic dimension' of the conflict between Ankara and Yerevan, particularly regarding 1915 Ottoman Turk slaughter of ethnic Armenians.
Date: 01/09/2009
Madonna gets booed in Romania after criticizing discrimination against Gypsies
NEWS IN BRIEF. 'Discrimination against Romanies and Gypsies in general in Eastern Europe makes me feel very sad', said the singer while on stage in Bucharest.
Date: 28/08/2009
Political crisis in Bosnia Herzegovina spreads to government of the Muslim-Croat Federation
Date: 12/08/2009
Morocco and Polisario to go ahead with talks to solve the Western Sahara dispute
According to UN mediator, two delegations have met in Austria “in an atmosphere of serious engagement, frankness, and mutual respect" · Sahrawis have called for the right to self-determination to be implemented, while Moroccans have offered autonomy · King of Morocco seeks to “regionalise” the country.
