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      US Marines land in Norway, irking Russia
      Jan17

      US Marines land in Norway, irking Russia

      OSLO: Some 300 US Marines landed in Norway on Monday for a six-month deployment, the first time since World War Two that foreign troops have been allowed to be stationed there, in a deployment which has irked Norway’s Arctic neighbour Russia. Officials played down any link between the operation and Nato concerns over Russia, but the...

      Poroshenko says Ukrainians at risk of losing faith in EU path
      Jan17

      Poroshenko says Ukrainians at risk of losing faith in EU path

      KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukrainians risked becoming disillusioned with Ukraine’s pro-European path if there are further delays to plans to cement its closer integration with the European Union. The European… …read more Source:...

      Poroshenko says Ukrainians at risk of losing faith in EU path
      Jan17

      Poroshenko says Ukrainians at risk of losing faith in EU path

      KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukrainians risked becoming disillusioned with Ukraine’s pro-European path if there are further delays to plans to cement its closer integration with the European Union. …read more Source: The...

      Poroshenko says Ukrainians at risk of losing faith in EU path
      Jan17

      Poroshenko says Ukrainians at risk of losing faith in EU path

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday Ukrainians risked becoming disillusioned with Ukraine’s pro-European path if there are further delays to plans to cement its closer integration with the European Union. …read more Source: Channel...

      World No.1 Kerber escapes first round loss at Australian Open
      Jan16

      World No.1 Kerber escapes first round loss at Australian Open

      MELBOURNE (AFP) – World number one Angelique Kerber battled past Lesia Tsurenko in a stuttering start to her first Grand Slam title defence at the Australian Open Monday, admitting she made too many mistakes.The top seed ultimately proved too much for the Ukrainian, winning 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena but the Germans laboured victory...

      Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using ‘Crimea model’: president
      Jan16

      Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using ‘Crimea model’: president

      PRISTINA – Serbia plans to seize a slice of northern Kosovo just as Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014, Kosovo’s president told Reuters on Monday, as the two Balkan neighbors trade accusations of wanting to ignite a new regional war. … …read more Source:...

      Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using ‘Crimea model’ – president
      Jan16

      Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using ‘Crimea model’ – president

      Serbia plans to seize a slice of northern Kosovo just as Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014, Kosovo’s president told Reuters on Monday, as the two Balkan neighbours trade accusations of wanting to ignite a new regional war. …read more Source: Channel...

      Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using 'Crimea model' – president
      Jan16

      Serbia wants to annex part of Kosovo using 'Crimea model' – president

      PRISTINA (Reuters) – Serbia plans to seize a slice of northern Kosovo just as Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region in 2014, Kosovo’s president told Reuters on Monday, as the two Balkan neighbours trade accusations of wanting to ignite a new regional war. …read more Source: The...

      Sanctions, tight margins sap appetite for rail link to ‘Putin’s bridge’
      Jan16

      Sanctions, tight margins sap appetite for rail link to ‘Putin’s bridge’

      MOSCOW – An ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been asked to step in to build a railway link between Russia and annexed Crimea after low margins and the risk of Western sanctions put off other builders, industry sources told Reuters on Monday. … …read more Source:...

      Biden: Trump should retain sanctions on Russia
      Jan16

      Biden: Trump should retain sanctions on Russia

      KIEV: US Vice President Joe Biden, on a last foreign trip before leaving office, has met with Ukraine’s president and called on the impending Donald Trump administration to retain Ukraine-related sanctions against Russia. Biden’s comments Monday at a briefing with President Petro Poroshenko came after Trump indicated in a Times of...