Mizzima
2013-03-23
Myanmar may receive an additional funding package of up to US$89.5 million to fight HIV, TB and Malaria following a visit by a Global Fund team to...
2013-03-23
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday decided to maintain its monitoring eye on Myanmar by extending the mandate of the UN...
2013-03-23
The United Nations, the US, the UK, and various other members of the international community have expressed concerns over the recent wave of...
2013-03-23
Angry mobs took to the streets of Meiktila for a third day on Friday, AFP reported, as local security forces appear unable or unwilling to contain...
2013-03-23
Myanmar's parliament on Thursday approved the amended budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that had been put forward by the Financial Commission.
2013-03-23
Official WFP logoThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said it has welcomed a contribution which more than doubles Japan’s support for its...
2013-03-23
eu-logoThe EU should reinstate Myanmar's duty and quota free access to the EU market, said the European Parliament's International Trade Committee on...
2013-03-23
Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt called for “free speech” and for the government to be kept out of internet regulations during a speech to...
2013-03-21
Myanmar on Wednesday announced the abolition of its US dollar proxy currency, in the latest step towards economic normalisation as the impoverished...
2013-03-21
Myanmar President Thein Sein met with Bruce Gosper, the CEO of the Australian Trade Commission, on Wednesday for talks over investment in Myanmar,...
2013-03-21
Myanmar's parliament on Wednesday approved setting up a commission to review the 2008 Constitution.
2013-03-20
The Myanmar government have suspended a controversial draft media bill until mid-April. The media bill drafted by the Interim Press Council will now...
2013-03-20
Farmers in the area surrounding the Latpadaung copper mine have told Mizzima that they have had to accept compensation for their seized farms because...
2013-03-19
Although the Myanmar government is relaxing the rules for citizens’ passport application process, former prisoners and people with criminal records...
2013-03-19
A Shan-Kayah (Karenni) joint conference will be held in Lashio, Shan State from March 20-22 and will be attended by ethnic political parties and...