1. World Refugee Day   On occasion of the World Refugee Day on Wednesday, the General Secretary of the Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), Tilman Zülch, comments: As a "Refugee Nation", Germany should also accept  

2. New coal mining project in Siberia   Coal mining project in Siberia harms indigenous communities: Planned mine on Taimyr is a symbol of an outdated energy policy Infrastructure affects the reindeer, on which the indigenous Nganasans,  

3. Europe: Are the countries of the Western Balkans ready for the European Union?   The EU must live up to its leadership role in the Western Balkans, to enable all countries to develop into democratic states and to lay the basis for a just society.