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This is a guest post by Karl Pfeifer, a veteran anti-fascist and journalist based in Vienna. Seventy years after the Nazis unleashed the Kristallnacht pogrom in Germany and Austria, the scourge of antisemitism still persists.

For the complete report from Radio Netherlands Worldwide click on this link Europe ( as a result of British Generalities) unable to unite in credit crisis - by John Huizing French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who currently holds the European presidency, has called on his European colleagues to reconvene in Brussels to tackle the credit crisis.

On this day in ...... 2008 (today), rallies that above having come to an end, voters in the United States enter ballot booths to choose their next President and other officials and, in states like California, to decided a plethora of ballot propositions.

RFE/RL reports that Armenian Preisdent Serge Sargsyan has signed a decree on the formation of a fact-finding group to examine the circumstances surrounding the 1 March post-election clashes in central Yerevan which left at least 10 people dead.

Armenia’s incumbent president Serj Sargsyan signed a decree on forming the fact-finding team to shed the light on 1 March events, particularly the use of lethal force against opposition supporters and circumstances of death of at least 10 people.

This years conference season is filled with very interesting events and the Forum in the Future of Democracy held by the Council of Europe in Madrid on October 15th to 17th was surely on of them. This regular event is aimed at covering a wide range of different topics connected to the future of democracy and this year’s tagline was: eDemocracy – Who dares?

In June 2008 in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe closed its 18 month Campaign to Combat Violence against Women. It was one of the most successful and visible campaigns of the Council of Europe, in which most of its member states took part.

In June 2008 in Strasbourg, the Council of Europe closed its 18 month Campaign to Combat Violence against Women. It was one of the most successful and visible campaigns of the Council of Europe, in which most of its member states took part.

for the complete report from the IC Publications click on this link EU sanctions on Zimbabwe will stay until govt formed European Union sanctions on Zimbabwe will remain until rival parties there break an impasse and form a government, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.

This week parliamentarians from 47 European countries are meeting for the fourth session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg in 2008. You can watch the session on livestream.