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Juncker calls for EU army, says would deter Russia
The European Union needs its own army to face up to Russia and other threats as well as restore the bloc’s foreign policy standing around the world, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told a German newspaper on Sunday.Arguing that NATO was not enough because not all members of the transatlantic defense alliance are in the EU,...
Report: two charged with Nemtsov killing include Chechen officer
Moscow authorities have charged two men with involvement in the murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, one of whom served in a police unit in the Russian region of Chechnya according to a law enforcement official. A total of five men were frogmarched into a Moscow courtroom on Sunday, forced by masked security officers gripping their bound arms...
Ukraine’s female rebel fighters swap uniforms for evening gowns – video
Female fighters from the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic swap military uniforms for evening gowns to mark International Women’s Day. …read more Source: The...
East Ukraine rebels say heavy weapons pullback complete
Over 6,000 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since April 2014 …read more Source:...
In Selma, Obama says march for rights not yet over
“From the streets of Tunis to the Maidan in Ukraine, this generation of young people can draw strength from this place.” …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine’s Mariupol still on edge as fighting wanes
Despite the ceasefire, key industrial city is a strategic focus of Russian-backed rebel forces. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine’s Mariupol still on edge as fighting wanes
Mariupol, Ukraine – Glowing red sparks burst and skitter across the concrete floor around a giant furnace as men at Ilyich Iron & Steel Works monitor the rolling of glowing slabs. The works are cavernous, so big it feels like a skyscraper could be built here on its side. Here and there a surprisingly small number of steelworkers pass...
Ukraine rebels say heavy weapons pullback complete
Today is the last day of the weapons withdrawal, Eduard Basurin, one of the rebel leaders told reporters in the town of Snizhne …read more Source: Times of...
EU Ministers Discuss Ukraine Cease-fire
European Union foreign ministers met for a second day in the Latvian capital of Riga on Saturday, devoting most of their time to the … …read more Source:...
EU shows little appetite for more Russia sanctions
EU foreign ministers showed little appetite on Saturday for stepping up pressure on Russia over Ukraine, preferring to give a fragile ceasefire a chance before deciding whether to apply more sanctions or even to extend existing ones. Most ministers at an EU meeting in the Latvian capital pinned their hopes on the latest Minsk agreement succeeding...
