By Peter Annear Since the Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution of November 1989, there has been increasing debate over nationalism among the Slovak people, about one-third of the country's 15 million population. In the second of a series, PETER ANNEAR
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By Frank Noakes PERTH — About 80 members and friends of the Greens (WA) registered for a non-decision-making conference at the Perth Zoo Convention Centre over the July 27-28 weekend. They considered the environment, eco-feminism and green
LONDON — The G7's July 17 setting of a deadline on the GATT trade negotiations proved that politicians can act on an issue if they are serious about it, Greenpeace said on the same day. Spokesperson Yasuko Matsumoto commented that the G7 "say
By Irina Gluchenko MOSCOW — Will New Holland belong to France? This is the question now before the people of Leningrad, regarding the island New Holland, which is part of the city's territory. Leningrad Mayor Anatoly Sobchak plans to grant a
By Steve Painter Unemployment of 14.7% and rising, the dole abolished, all pensions and welfare benefits slashed, unions stripped of legal recognition, a per capita national debt several times larger than Australia's, Gross Domestic Product going
By Fred Weir BUKHARA, Uzbekistan, USSR — Here, in the arid steppes of Soviet Central Asia, any discussion about Uzbekistan's place in a restructured Soviet Union always comes down to a single politically explosive issue: water. The region is
A great leap backwards When Jim Bolger's National government took power in New Zealand last October, it set about undoing a piece of Labour legislation which feminists had described as "one small progressive glimmer in the gloom of Labour's
By Kerry Parnell SYDNEY — More than 2000 lesbians participated in the inspiring conference "Living as Lesbians — Strengthening Our Culture", held at the University of Technology here July 12-14. Women worked together in a collective over
Super-exploitation under new act By Ian Powell WELLINGTON — A scandal over the employment of a young worker at a takeaway food shop has demonstrated how vicious the Employment Contracts Act can be on young workers in isolated workplaces. It
Situation worsens in Iraq NEW YORK — A report by a special United Nations mission to Iraq released on July 15 says the country's internal economic situation and living conditions have worsened "substantially". The group, led by the UN
The Accord hasn't delivered Each year in Australia more and more people become impoverished and they aren't just the unemployed. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show that a Level 2 single person with four children is living below
Tough measures "John Major will take his revenge on the greedy bosses of privatised companies by denying them peerages and knighthoods ... The massive snub comes as a new Mail on Sunday survey reveals that the bosses of all 12 regional electricity
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