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Study: Nearly half of immigrants' kids feel at home in Spain

Agencia EFEMay 13, 2013 17:30
Madrid, May 13 (EFE).- Nearly 50 percent of Spain's second-generation immigrants feel Spanish, a situation that shows that the process of social and cultural immigration is slow but constant, researchers said Monday. The feeling of integration among children of immigrants who arrived in Spain in the 1990s has increased from 28.7 percent in 2008 to 48.3 percent last year, according to a long-term study carried out by the Ortega y Gasset University Institute and Princeton University.

Croatia, Serbia move closer to dropping genocide suits

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 15:16
Croatia and Serbia have moved closer to a joint withdrawal of lawsuits for genocide as ties between the two former bitter foes gradually improve, officials said Monday. "We made some important steps which open space for talks on withdrawing the genocide lawsuits," Croatia's Vice Prime Minister Vesna Pusic told reporters after meeting with her Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic.

U.S. senator wants more countries to create Russia rights lists

April 18, 2013 15:30
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. senator who championed a law penalizing Russia for alleged human rights abuses said on Thursday he expected other countries to pass similar statutes and that more Russians may be added to Washington's list of those banned from the United States under the measure.

Bosnia's MPs pass a military pension law to win IMF cash

April 15, 2013 15:19
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Bosnia's lawmakers approved a law to cut military pensions on Monday, a key step towards winning funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The lawmakers from autonomous Bosniak-Croat federation, which makes Bosnia along with the Serb Republic, approved a law that unifies pension rules for veterans of the 1992-95 war with 56 votes for, 12 against, and 12 abstained.

Hungary media watchdog probes anti-Roma slur

April 11, 2013 13:17
Hungary's media regulator said Thursday it had launched a probe into a pro-government newspaper's publication of comments by a columnist, Zsolt Bayer, describing the Roma minority as "animals". "The Media Council has launched an inquiry against the [Magyar Hirlap] newspaper as one of its articles appears to violate the sections of the 2010 media law pertaining to press freedom and media content," Karola Kiricsi, spokesperson for the regulator, told AFP on Thursday.

Multi-ethnic couples reflect Bosnia's growing diversity

April 6, 2013 01:15
Sandra Zaimovic, a Catholic Bosnian Croat and her husband Rusmir, a Bosnian Muslim, are looking forward to celebrating both Eid and Christmas with their new baby this year. Couples of different ethnicity like the Zaimovics were a rarity in the years following the 1992-1995 war which divided Bosnia along ethnic lines, but today they are slowly reappearing, reflecting the country's growing diversity. "It is an advantage for children to grow up in two cultures and I am very happy that, while I am a Catholic, my last name is Muslim," says Sandra, a 32-year-old charity worker.

Bulgaria Muslims commemorate communist-era repressions

March 30, 2013 12:15
Bulgaria's Pomak Muslim minority marked on Saturday the 40th anniversary of the crackdown on a revolt against the then communist regime's assimilation drive to forcefully change their names to non-Muslim ones. Members of the 200,000-strong minority -- whose Christian ancestors were converted to Islam while Bulgaria was ruled by the Ottomans between the 14th and 19th centuries -- gathered at a square in the southwestern village of Kornitsa in memory of the five people killed there on the night of March 28, 1973.

WWII miniseries touches nerve among Germans, Poles

March 29, 2013 02:00
A television miniseries brought World War II horrors back to German living rooms this month and provoked a furious reaction from Poland, which accused it of playing down Nazi guilt. The 14-million-euro ($18-million) production "Our Mothers, Our Fathers", shown in three parts on public broadcaster ZDF, tells the story of five Germans in a story spanning the Nazis' declaration of war on the Soviet Union in 1941 to their ultimate defeat in 1945.

Bullet in the arm reminds Bulgaria Muslims of repression

March 28, 2013 00:30
"Here, feel the bullet, it was never taken out," says Ibrahim Byalk, presenting his arm where a bullet is still lodged 40 years after he was shot at for refusing to change his name to a non-Muslim one. Sixty-five years old with a weather-beaten face and a small moustache, Byalk belongs to Bulgaria's 200,000-strong Pomak minority, whose Christian Orthodox ancestors were converted to Islam during the Ottoman domination between the 14th and 19th centuries.

Serbia versus Scotland clash on, despite snow

March 26, 2013 12:15
NOVI SAD, Serbia (Reuters) - Serbia's home World Cup qualifier against Scotland will go ahead later on Tuesday after fans helped clear snow off the pitch at the Karadjordje stadium. Deteriorating weather conditions had put the Group A match in doubt but it will kick off as planned at 1930 GMT, according to Serbia state television. The Scottish FA's website also confirmed that match would kickoff as planned.
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