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Ukraine police chief quits as exodus of reformers continues
Ukraine’s police chief and a prominent customs officer resigned on Monday, continuing an exodus of reformist officials that has raised serious doubts about the Western-backed government’s commitment to tackle corruption.Police chief Khatia Dekanoidze, a Georgian who was appointed on the strength of her reforms as a minister in...
Steinmeier gets backing for German presidency
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives agreed yesterday to back Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Germany’s next president, creating a vacancy at the foreign ministry at a critical moment in relations with Russia and the United States. Merkel’s camp had hoped to promote its own candidate but chose to back political...
Syrian official slams US-led coalition for violating sovereignty
Language Undefined Meanwhile the EU sanctions 17 Syria ministers and the central bank governor over attacks on civilians …read more Source: Middle East...
Poroshenko Says ‘Sure’ Trump Supports Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday said he has “no doubt” that president-elect Donald Trump will refuse to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and will cooperate with his country. “Not one state in the world, except it seems to me North Korea and Venezuela, recognizes Crimea,” Poroshenko told a joint news conference with...
Poroshenko ‘sure’ Trump supports Ukraine against Russia
“Not one state in the world, except it seems to me North Korea and Venezuela, recognises Crimea,” Poroshenko told a joint news conference with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in Stockholm. …read more Source: World...
Poroshenko ‘sure’ Trump supports Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday said he has “no doubt” that president-elect Donald Trump will refuse to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and will cooperate with his country …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine in uproar over 24-year-old’s naming as minister
Ukraine was in an uproar Monday over the appointment as deputy interior minister of a 24-year-old woman who made her name by posing nude and working for a Russian-backed party …read more Source: The Daily...
Pro-Russia Rumen Radev wins Bulgarian presidency
Former air force commander who has called for an end to EU sanctions against Russia wins election by wide margin. …read more Source: AL...
EU foreign ministers gather to discuss Trump impact on US ties
BRUSSELS // European Union foreign ministers gathered on Sunday to discuss the impact of Donald Trump’s election on trans-Atlantic ties and whether it will complicate relations with an increasingly belligerent Russia.At informal dinner talks in Brussels, well away from the media, the ministers were to debate how many of Mr Trump’s...
Zionist youth movements celebrate Lviv roots with over 900 Ukrainian Jews
“Lviv is one of the most important cities in the Jewish history, and in particular in the Zionist history.” …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
