Wikinews:Country of the Week/Results log
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Total articles so far as a result of Country of the Week: 28
Week 12: Antarctica (0)[edit]
- None
Week 11: Fiji (3)[edit]
- Fiji "running out of patience" with Vanuatu over ban on Fijian biscuits
- Fiji's War of the Ribbons
- Fiji girls missing; feared dead
Week 10: Belarus (2)[edit]
The two articles were submitted a bit late, but I hope nobody will complain too much ;)
- 28th June: Lukashenko accuses foreign donators of ideological expansion
- 28th June: Norway and Denmark conducting observation flights over Belarus and Russia
Week 9: Rwanda (11)[edit]
Note: Due to overwelling support for Rwanda (4 votes) and a special circumstance (Clare's trip to Rwanda), Rwanda was COTW for two weeks.
Rwanda has been our most successful COTW so far, with 11 articles written.
- 18th June: Hotel Rwanda hero tours USA
- 18th June: Youth forum to submit suggestions to UN
- 16th June: World Bank president addresses global youth forum on genocide
- 14th June: UN reports Rwandan refugees repatriated by force
- 14th June: Aid group 'denied access' to Rwandan refugee camp in Burundi
- 14th June: UNHCR criticises Rwanda's and Burundi's decision to re-label refugees as illegal immigrants
- 11th June: G8 finance ministers agree deal to relieve debts of 18 nations Countries include Rwanda
- 9th June: Thousands of Rwandan refugees living in overcrowded Burundi transit centre
- 8th June: 30 travellers from Rwanda die in Ugandan bus crash
- 8th June: Rwandan genocide investigations to be completed by end of July
- 8th June: Half of Ugandan Presidential convoy blocked at Uganda-Rwanda border
Week 8: Papua New Guinea (0)[edit]
- None
Week 7: Luxembourg (0)[edit]
- None
Week 6: Moldova (2)[edit]
- May 10: Soviet rockets on sale in Moldovan breakoff region
- May 9: Moldovan Prosecutor General’s Office finishes investigation regarding Valeriu Pasat
Week 5: Switzerland (5)[edit]
- May 5th: Former Russian nuclear energy minister arrested by Swiss authorities on the behalf of the US
- May 3rd: UBS sees net income jump 15 percent
- May 2nd: Swiss cement company Holcim Ltd sees net profits jump 67%
- May 1st: Swiss finish drilling world's longest overland tunnel
- May 1st: May Day protests occur throughout Switzerland
Week 4: Bhutan (2)[edit]
- April 26: India appoints new envoy to Bhutan
- April 29: INTOSAI meets in Paro, Bhutan
Week 3: Norway (3)[edit]
- April 22: Work begins on world's longest underwater pipeline
- April 20: Norwegian whaling season starts with highest quota in a decade
- April 20: New version of Opera web browser released Opera is headquartered in Oslo, Norway