http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/17/eastern-europe-scores-badly-on-gay-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/17/eastern-europe-scores-badly-on-gay-rights/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 22:16:23 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60951 EU Observer: "A fresh survey by the International Lesbian and Gay Association has said that the predominantly Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian countries of eastern Europe have the worst track record on gay rights. Ukraine and Russia scored the lowest on the ILGA index, closely followed by Belarus, Moldova and Turkey. In the EU, Cyprus, Latvia and Poland are the least progressive. Belarus police on Saturday (15 May) cemented the country's reputation by violently breaking-up a small, 20-person-strong Slavic Pride march." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/17/eastern-europe-scores-badly-on-gay-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/eu-commission-estonia-can-adopt-euro-in-2011/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/eu-commission-estonia-can-adopt-euro-in-2011/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 19:47:41 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=60555 BBC: "The Baltic republic of Estonia, a country of 1.3 million people, is on course to adopt the euro in January 2011, the European Commission says . . . The Commission's assessment covered: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Sweden. Every two years the Commission judges whether their economic conditions meet the strict Maastricht criteria." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/12/eu-commission-estonia-can-adopt-euro-in-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/26/economic-crisis-fuels-unrest-in-e-europe/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/26/economic-crisis-fuels-unrest-in-e-europe/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:45:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=13715 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/01/26/economic-crisis-fuels-unrest-in-e-europe/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/04/latvian-mps-challenge-gross-interference-of-eu-gay-and-lesbian-group-into-nations-internal-affairs/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/04/latvian-mps-challenge-gross-interference-of-eu-gay-and-lesbian-group-into-nations-internal-affairs/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:14:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=4584 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/06/04/latvian-mps-challenge-gross-interference-of-eu-gay-and-lesbian-group-into-nations-internal-affairs/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/14/from-china-and-latvia-duped-women-trafficked-as-sex-slaves/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/14/from-china-and-latvia-duped-women-trafficked-as-sex-slaves/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:59:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/adf.php/2008/02/14/from-china-and-latvia-duped-women-trafficked-as-sex-slaves/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/14/from-china-and-latvia-duped-women-trafficked-as-sex-slaves/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2006/09/22/latvian-parliament-bans-discrimination-of-homosexual-employees/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2006/09/22/latvian-parliament-bans-discrimination-of-homosexual-employees/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:10:35 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=79343 Baltic Times: "After lengthy deliberations the Latvian parliament has passed amendments to the labor law banning discrimination of employees on the grounds of their sexual orientation. The draft amendments banning discrimination of gay and lesbian employees that will bring Latvia's legislation in line with an EU directive were passed with 46 votes against 35, with three abstentions." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2006/09/22/latvian-parliament-bans-discrimination-of-homosexual-employees/feed/ 0