peacekeeping
Baby soldiers and peacekeeping in Kosovo: why choose the army?
Tomi, a lively and remarkably blond 24-year-old Finn, speaks candidly about the six months he spent in Kosovo as a volunteer in the NATO-UN peacekeeping campaign. Along with 105 other young compatriots, among them four girls, he was deployed to the Balkans to serve for the UN
peacekeeping, testimony, esercito, finland, society, kosovo, balkans
Mujahideen Khan: 'we do not know who the Taliban is right now'
Afghanistan remains a huge challenge for NATO. Whilst officials met in the Bucharest's Parliament Palace from 2-4 April, a group of Estonian journalists cast an eye back with a mujahideen in the Afghan mountains
peacekeeping, asia, mujahideen, development, drugs, kabul, osama bin laden
More EU troops in Afghanistan
At the NATO summit from 2-4 April, France pledged 1000 troops, alongside promises from Italy and Poland. From Britain, 450 soldiers will join the 7, 700 UK troops in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand Province
peacekeeping, al-qaeda, eu army, defence, helmand province, benazir bhutto, afghanistan
Jeta Xharra: ‘Kosovo's status is not a solution to everything’
Playwright, journalist and Kosovo's answer to Jeremy Paxman - the ‘pushy, irritating’ TV presenter as she describes herself, 29, exposes local politicians in a society she vouches is 'fed-up'
peacekeeping, non-eu countries, brunch, independence, communism, london, enlargement
UNMIKistan
Independent or not, today the people of Kosovo want only one thing: the end of the United Nations’ ‘occupation’ of their territory
peacekeeping, labour, european union, economy, serbia, nationalism, united nations
Interwar Lebanon tightens its belt
In pre-civil war ambience, how are the Lebanese making a living?
peacekeeping, syrian arab republic, lebanon, baalbek, beirut, economy, middle east
Kosovo's future lies within Europe
On Feb 27 in Belgrade, 15, 000 Serbs protested against the UN's plans for independence from Serbia. What do Serbs and Albanians think about Kosovar identity?
peacekeeping, democratisation, politics, serbia, nationalism, europe, united nations
Newsha Tavakolian, Iran's inside story
At the inauguration of Perpignan's 19th festival ‘Visa pour l'image’, the Iranian photojournalist focuses on the situation of women in the Middle East
peacekeeping, photo, festivals, culture, poverty, photography, multiculturalism
Piergiorgio Rosetti: Peace as a political instrument
The case for a European peace-corps is the strongest it’s ever been, Piergiorgio Rosetti tells Café Babel.
peacekeeping, agriculture, middle east, israel, kosovo, europe, world affairs
Milosevic at The Hague
A victory for human rights or for western hypocrisy?
peacekeeping, human rights, slobodan milosevic, united nations, foreign policy, balkans, nato
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