“…Action—on climate, species loss, inequity, and other sustainability crises—is being driven by local, people’s, women’s, and grassroots movements around the world, often in opposition to the agendas pursued by governments and big corporations. …”

“…However, cooperation in the support of electricity from renewable energy sources also leads to regional price effects, from which some groups benefit while others lose. On a regional level, the introduction of cross-border cooperation in RES-E support generally has an opposite effect on support expenditures and wholesale electricity prices, as long as grid congestion between the diff erent regions exists. …”

“…Ceasefire in the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict; trials of opposition leaders in Tajikistan; Russia's role in ending the war in Bosnia; Day of Slavic writing and culture; opening of a Green Cross International office in the Hague; elections in Hungary; Berlin joins the competition for the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games. …”