Fear of regime inspired Romanian Nobel winner (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature told Monday of how her fear of the communist regime in her native Romania inspired her to write.
Serbia: Bosnian Serb sentenced over Muslim murders (Adnkronos)
Serbia: Bosnian Serb sentenced over Muslim murders (AKI) A special war crimes court in Belgrade on Monday sentenced Nenad Malic, a former Bosnian Serb soldier, to 13 years’ in jail for killing two Muslim civilians in western Bosnia in 1992. According to the indictment, Malic dragged Husein Grbic from a cafe in the city of Stari Majdan and stabbed him in the neck before shooting him in the …
Greek youths riot in Greece for 2nd day to commemorate teen killed by police last year (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
ATHENS – Masked youths smashed store windows and hurled rocks and firebombs at riot police who responded with tear gas Monday in a second day of violence during commemorations of last year’s fatal police shooting of a teenager.
World Handball Championship: Romania defeats Hungary 31-25 (Nine O’Clock)
Romania s women handball team defeated Hungary yesterday, with 31-25, in a dramatic match counting for Group C of the World Championship of China. This is the third consecutive victory for the Romanians (against Chile, Japan and now Hungary), which thus emerge as leaders in the Group.
Light Earthquake Shakes Bulgaria-Greece Border Region (Novinite.com)
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre stated that the tremor shook the area between Svilengrad and Ivailovgrad. There have been no reports of injured people or material damage.
Bulgaria Ethnic Turkish MPs Carry off Palm of Parliament Absences (Novinite.com)
The leader of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), Ahmed Dogan, has not set foot in plenary hall even once in November. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency
Turkish leader says Iran censure ‘very rushed’ (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the West Monday for being too quick to censure Iran’s nuclear program but told President Barack Obama that Ankara was prepared to mediate with Tehran.
Romanian championship results and standings (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)
Romanian championship results and standings on Monday International Curtea-de-Arges 0 CFR Cluj 1 Universitatea Craiova 1 Steaua Bucharest 2
Bulgaria Ethnic Turkish MPs Carry off Palm of Parliament Absences (Novinite.com)
The MPs from the ethnic Turkish party DPS once again held the lead in the number of unexcused absences for the month of November.
Moldova: Young Moldovan’s film addresses need for reform of institutional child care (Unicef)
CHISINAU, Moldova , 7 December 2009 Tudor Culeanu, 15, looked on with pride while his short film, ‘The Moscow Train’, was presented to delegates attending a high-level Conference on Child Care System Reform in the Moldovan capital.
