Section: EU Today (EU)
NATO Resilience Conference: Bucharest
Officials and experts from NATO Allies and partners will discuss improving national resilience against evolving security challenges at a seminar in Bucharest on 28 and 29 March 2017. NATO Heads of State and Government pledged to increase Allied resilience at the Warsaw Summit in July 2016. “We can only confront today’s security challenges...
EU Sanctions Hurting Russia More Than Kremlin Admits, Says Klimkin
“There can be no talk of lifting sanctions until Russia is brought to heel and persuaded to comply with international rules. And sanctions hurt Russia more than the Kremlin cares to admit. They are slowly reducing Russia’s ability to destabilise Europe and the world.” Writing in the Guardian this weekend, Pavlo Klimkin, Ukrainian Foreign...
The Gold Sea
The Gold Sea, by Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909-1937), translated from Ukrainian by Steve Komarnyckyj. The emissaries from the gold sea come in crimson rain Its stringed light sheers apart, the bee tribes madden, Their wings playing interwoven chords mist rears, And rain spurs its white horse into crimson berries. The emissaries speak of stars in an...
Russian Critic Of Putin Regime Murdered In Kyiv
A former Russian parliamentarian who fled to Ukraine and harshly criticized the Russian authorities has been murdered in Kyiv. Former Communist parliamenarian Denis Voronenkov, was one of two men killed outside Kyiv’s Premier Palace hotel March 23, according to the Vesti Ukraine news website. Kyiv Police Chief Andrei Krishchenko is reported...
Deputies call for action on prisoners held by Moscow
MEPs have called on Russia to “immediately and unconditionally” release dozens of Ukrainian political prisoners. A resolution adopted by parliament says these have been “illegally detained and imprisoned” in Russia and Crimea. The human rights resolution, adopted in Strasbourg on Thursday, also calls on the Russian authorities to allow prisoners...
Marchuk in Bruges: Art Expo Marks 25 Years Of Ukrainian Diplomacy In EU
“By sharing such great art here in Bruges, we are celebrating both our Ukrainian Culture and our Ukrainian diplomacy. We hope you like what you see.” – H.E. Mykola Tochytskyi, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium, Head of Ukrainian Mission to the EU. An exhibition of the work of legendary Ukrainian artist Ivan Marchuk, marking...
Ukraine Announces Economic Blockade Of Occupied Territories
Ukraine has announced a transport blockade of those areas in the east of the country that are currently occupied by Russian-backed separatists. “It will be in place until the occupiers return stolen Ukrainian industry to Ukrainian jurisdiction,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the country’s national security council in Kyiv. Many...
EU prolongs sanctions against Russia
On 13 March 2017, the Council prolonged the restrictive measures over actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for a further six months until 15 September. The measures consist of asset freezes and a travel bans. The assessment of the situation did not justify a change in the sanctions...
EU prolongs sanctions against Russia
On 13 March 2017, the Council prolonged the restrictive measures over actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine for a further six months until 15 September. The measures consist of asset freezes and a travel bans. The assessment of the situation did not justify a change in the sanctions...
Ukrainian Art In Baden Baden 2017
The Art-Hall Gallery of The Arts Support Fund, Kyiv, Ukraine presents an Exhibition of Ukrainian Art in Baden-Baden as a part of the “Cultural Diplomacy, Ukraine-Germany” project. Participants:Petro Lebedinets (paintings)Vladyslav Shereshevsky (paintings)Vadim Shamanov (paintings)Alexander Shimbarovsky (photography)Curator, art-manager:Yuri...
