Sat, Feb 11 2012
Two cars were burnt in the latest inter-ethnic clash in Kosovo's ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, Kosovo police said.
The violence between Kosovo Serbs who dominate the northern part of the town and Kosovo Albanians who dominate the south started around 7.30pm on January 6 2009.
The row started when a group of Serb youngsters met a group of Albanian young men, police said, but could not confirm whether there was an exchange of fire between the two groups.
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Iranian silver-plated pigeons, African leopard skins and a Chinese bronze yak were among the 70 items sold in an auction of gifts presented to Romania’s former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena.
Airports were also showing signs of better co-ordination and providing passengers with accurate real-time information, compared to previous period of travel disruption, transport commissioner Siim Kallas said.
Viktor Orban defends government's record, new constitution in state-of-the-nation address as he slams European Commission.
PM Donald Tusk invited authors, NGOs, experts and bloggers to a debate on the ACTA copyright agreement, but several key organisations, including the Helsinki Foundation, rejected the invitation claiming that the talks will likely offer no opportunity to discuss concrete issues.
'Dirty Jews' and 'Dirty Nazis' were the most popular chants when two groups clashed in front of Új Színház (New Theatre)