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Journalist killed in Kiev car bombing buried in Belarus
Minsk: Thousands of mourners in Belarus on Saturday bid farewell to prominent independent journalist Pavel Sheremet, killed by a car bomb in Kiev, as he was buried back in the homeland where he clashed with the authorities. Sheremet — who was born in Minsk but took Russian citizenship — was blown up while driving near his home in the heart of the...
Poland says WWII massacre by Ukraine was a genocide
Poland’s right-wing dominated parliament Friday resolved that the massacre of 100,000 Poles by Ukrainian nationalists seven decades ago was a genocide, reversing a 2013 decision by liberal lawmakers that stopped short of saying so. …read more Source: The Daily...
Hundreds come to bid farewell to slain journalist in Ukraine
Hundreds of local residents and journalists have come to pay their respects to a prominent journalist who died in a car bombing in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev earlier this week …read more Source: The Daily...
Europe must remain firm on sanctions against Russia
How quickly many European countries have forgotten what Russia has done to Ukraine – and they could be next. …read more Source: AL...
Report suggests torture widespread in war-torn Ukraine
A new report released on Thursday condemned both Ukrainian authorities and separatist rebels for wide-spread torture and detentions of civilians in the country’s east torn by a separatist war. …read more Source: The Daily...
Violence intensifies in eastern Ukraine
Violence has intensified in eastern Ukraine as more people are killed in clashes between government forces and pro-Russia militia. …read more Source:...
Former EU Commissioners Warn Against Deals with Iran
Iran Focus Brussels, 20 Jul – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini announced the lifting of “multilateral and national” sanctions on Iran on 16 January this year, saying the nuclear deal showed that intense diplomacy could resolve even “the most difficult issues”. However, this new position came despite the EU sanctions still imposed...
Top independent reporter dies in Kiev car bomb
Kiev: A car bomb in Kiev on Wednesday killed a pro-Western reporter from a news site whose founder was beheaded 16 years ago after probing the alleged crimes of Ukrainian leaders. The killing of 44-year-old Pavel Sheremet — a Russian national born in Belarus — added a new degree of uncertainty and fear to a country struggling with a pro-Moscow...
Journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Ukraine car bomb
Belarusian-born award-winning journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car bomb explosion in central Kiev. …read more Source: AL...
Top independent reporter dies in Kiev car bomb
The killing comes as Ukraine continues to battle pro-Russian eastern separatists …read more Source:...
