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Poland follows Hungary’s footsteps in corralling migrants
WARSAW — Poland is mulling setting up special camps where asylum seekers would be housed in containers and kept behind fences in the event of another migration crisis, according to the country’s interior minister. “The thing is to be ready for such a situation in the form of places in which those waiting for deportation would...
A tale of two Slavic strongmen
KIEV, Ukarine — On the surface, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko have every reason to be bosom buddies. Both are strongmen of the Russian-speaking world, their states linked in a federal union. They have no qualms about jailing or “disappearing†their...
Pope denounces “shame of humanity becoming inured to daily scenes of bombed cities and drowning migrants”
In his traditional Easter message, Pope Francis has denounced “oppressive regimes” in an apparent call for restraint urged world leaders to prevent the spread of conflicts, as tensions rose in North Korea and Syria. His Holiness, marking the fifth Easter season of his pontificate, said Mass before tens of thousands of people under exceptional...
Through the looking glass… Introducing Episodic Memory
Episodic Memory (2007) is one of those books which seem to be written in hologrammatic ink. As you turn the pages you see butterflies drifting over the Steppe or hear a dog barking in a summer that faded fifty years ago. The novel begins with a description of debris and a breaking mirror in a Ukrainian farmyard. The accumulation of detail...
In Ukraine, health care is free (except when it’s not)
BILOZERKA, Ukraine — It’s an early Saturday afternoon, and almost no personnel are left on duty at the Bilozerka village hospital in the southern Kherson region of Ukraine, not far from Russia-occupied Crimea. I’m advised to hurry if I want to try to catch the specialist I’m looking for. If...
Russian TV won’t show Eurovision
Russian TV channel Perviy Kanal said Thursday it will not broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest because of a travel ban imposed on the Russian contestant by Ukraine, this year’s host, Le Figaro reported. A presenter on the channel said the ban on singer Yulia Samoylova was “unfounded,” and accused Ukraine of politicizing the competition....
Rex Tillerson feels the chill in Moscow
Just how awkward was Rex Tillerson’s first trip to Moscow as secretary of state? Very. Russia’s foreign minister publicly warned Washington’s top diplomat against any further U.S. military strikes on the Syrian regime, questioned Tillerson’s respect for history and even chided him for not filling...
Eurovision strikes bum note
KIEV — Eurovision just got serious. The musical competition — known for its excessive bonhomie and costumes exploring the outer limits of good taste — is threatened by discord between this year’s host Ukraine and the contest’s governing body, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)....
Putin: Trust between Russia and US is worse under Trump
Levels of trust between Russia and the United States have gotten worse in the few months since President Donald Trump took office, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. “One could say that the level of trust on a working level, especially on the military level, has not improved, but rather has deteriorated,†Putin said,...
Boosting judicial independence in Ukraine highlighted in report
Prison overcrowding in several European countries and boosting judicial independence in Ukraine are among the issues highlighted in a new Council of Europe report. Improving the “control of lawfulness of detention” in Russia is another matter raised by the 47-nation Council of Europe. The CoE published its latest annual report on the...
