Vast streams of pilgrims from far and wide have poured into Allahabad in northern India for one of the high points of the great Hindu festival, the Kumbh Mela. more »
The civil servants employed by the team of the former President say that they are submitted to pressures to set free the positions they occupied by examination. more »
Tens of thousands of protesters in downtown Prague loudly applauded late Thursday the decision by embattled Czech TV boss Jiri Hodac to quit his post, citing health reasons. more »
On Wednesday, January 10th, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office made an undisguised attempt to disrupt Media Most’s negotiations with media mogul Ted Turner on the sale of a stake in the holding’s NTV Channel. more »
U.S. aid worker seized by armed men in war-torn region more »
Catholic Church Recruits Clergy on the Internet more »
The Latvian Cabinet of Ministers postponed the review of the European Union's PHARE funds distribution for the national economic and social equalization program Dec. 19. more »
The Czech parliament took steps today to speed up amendments to the country's media laws more »
In the newest issue of "Sociumas": Christmas traditions; transformation of intelligentsia; juvenile deliquency; links between technologies and society's life more »
A group of Dagestani inhabitants attacked a checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border on Thursday. more »