European World Affairs: Historic Overview pay close attention to each of the subheadings in Chapter 18.

 

ARMENIA

 

Background Note: Armenia

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5275.htm

Information from the U.S. Department of State.

 

CIA Factbook: Armenia

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

An overview of the country from the online edition of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency's World Factbook.

 

Country Profile: Armenia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1108052.stm

Information about the country from the BBC.

 

CHECHNYA

 

Background Note: Russia

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3183.htm

Information from the U.S. Department of State.

 

Battle for Chechnya

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_461000/461041.stm

This special feature from the British Broadcasting Corporation includes news reports, general information about Chechnya and other Russian republics, background on military and political leaders, and analysis of public opinion.

 

Country Profile: Russia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1102275.stm

Information from the BBC.

 

Return of the Czar

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/yeltsin/

FRONTLINE reports on Boris Yeltsin's legacy, including corruption and poverty, the war in Chechnya, and Vladimir Putin's rise to the presidency.

 

Northern Ireland

 

 

 

Background Note: Ireland
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3180.htm
Information from the U.S. Department of State.


Central Statistics Office, Ireland
http://www.cso.ie/
Statistical information from the Irish government.


Country Profile: Ireland
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1038581.stm
Information from the BBC.


Ireland
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ei.html
An overview of the country from the online edition of the U.S. Central Ingelligence Agency's World Factbook.


Views of the Famine
http://vassun.vassar.edu/~sttaylor/FAMINE/
Contemporary reports and interviews about the Irish Potato Famine (1845-1851), with links to other resources.

 

Sinn Fein Home Page

http://www.sinnfein.ie/

The official Web site of Sinn Fein.

 

Yugoslavia

 

Country Profile: Yugoslavia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/1039269.stm

Information from the BBC.

 

Frontline: The World's Most Wanted Man

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/karadzic/

This companion site to a PBS television report on Serbian war leader Radovan Karadzic includes sections about concentration camps, bringing the war criminals to trial, and genocide.

 

Kosovo: Special Report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/kosovo/newsid_109000/109883.stm

This special report from the BBC includes news from Yugoslavia, the history of the Kosovo crisis, and background information.

 

United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

http://www.un.org/icty/

This site includes press releases, basic legal documents, and case fact sheets.

 

Yugoslavia and the Balkans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/map/yugoslavia/

Historical information about the region from the BBC.