Leaders of Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Börsenverein, supported by the International Publishers Association, condemn the killing of Lokman Slim on February 4 in the village of Addoussieh.
In Beirut’s downtown Nijmeh Square. Image – Marco Ramerini
‘A Fearless, Outspoken, and Committed Fighter’
In a report from Reuters Beirut, we learned of a protest on Saturday (February 6), demanding an investigation into the killing of anti-Hezbollah activist Lokman Slim, a publisher, critic, and documentary filmmaker. Those protesters’ demand is joined by many in the world publishing community.
Lokman Slim. Image: Dar Al Jadeed
Slim, as many
Publishing Perspectives readers know, was found dead in his car on Thursday (February 4) in southern Lebanon’s village of Addoussieh. He had been shot to death. He was 58.
Poland, Sweden and Germany have expelled three Russian diplomats in response to unjustified actions by Moscow, which expelled several European diplomats last week for their participation in a rally in support of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Such decisions were made in response to Russia's actions to declare employees of the diplomatic missions of Sweden, Poland, and Germany as persona non grata because of their participation in rallies in support of Navalny.
Taiwan has no reason to rush to help Germany
By Chang Feng-lin 張豐麟
Foreign media reported late last month that German Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier had written a letter to Vice Premier Shen Jong-chin (沈榮津) and Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua (王美花) asking Taiwan to help Germany resolve a chip shortage that is jeopardizing the recovery of its automobile industry.
Local media then reported that Wang conveyed Altmaier’s message to executives at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) the world’s largest contract chipmaker making it clear that the government has expressed its goodwill to Berlin by taking prompt and concrete action.
What happens to weapons when war ends? Often, they end up in the hands of criminals and terrorists. A HALO Trust project in Bosnia and Herzegovina is making the country’s extensive arsenal safe, and setting an example to other countries in the Western Balkans.
A project to develop a new weapons marking and registration system for the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not only made safe 95 per cent of the country’s arsenal, it has set a path for similar programmes across the Western Balkans.
Since 2017, HALO Trust, a non-political and non-religious registered British charity and American non-profit organisation which removes debris left behind by war, in particular land mines, has worked with the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) and the European Force in Bosnia (EUFOR) to oversee an innovative weapons management system that has registered 63,000 weapons – thereby preventing them being diverted for criminal and violent use.
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