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Korwin-Mikke: Is This Man Fit To Be An MEP?
Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke is known for his controversial outbursts in the European Parliament, but this week he has possibly gone too far. The Holocaust denier, who has previously described refugees from war-torn Syria as “human garbage”, has declared women to be “smaller”, “weaker”, and “less intelligent” than their male counterparts. This,...
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is Washington’s most dangerous diplomat
When Donald Trump delivered his first foreign policy speech of the 2016 campaign at a Washington hotel last April, a special foreign guest was in attendance: Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to Washington. Before the speech, the soft-spoken Russian envoy and other foreign ambassadors mingled at a backstage reception also attended...
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[Ticker] EU confirms deal on visa-free travel for Ukrainians
The EU council on Thursday formally confirmed a deal with the European Parliament to allow Ukrainian citizens to travel visa-free in the EU. The Maltese EU presidency said it “is hopeful that the Ukrainian visa liberalisation regime will enter into effect by the end of its term (end of June)”. Last month Russia announced visa-free...
Polish foreign minister: Russia will ‘very likely’ annex Donbass
There is a “great probability” that Moscow will take over the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, Poland’s Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said Wednesday during a visit to Kyiv, Radio Poland reported. Waszczykowski warned Russia is already issuing identity cards and passports, seizing Ukrainian property and cutting the eastern...
[Ticker] Russian-backed rebels seize factories and mines in Ukriane
Russian-backed rebels announced on Wednesday (1 March) the takeover of 40 factories and mines in eastern Ukraine. In a move the country’s president Petro Poroshenko called a sign of Russia’s “occupation”, he urged Western sanctions against those taking part in the seizure. The rebels’ action comes after a week-long...
MPs: UK must resist Trump, maintain Russia sanctions
Britain must have some “uncomfortable conversations” with its close allies and take a “principled stance” on Russian sanctions, the all-party foreign affairs select committee wrote in a report released Thursday. Sanctions should not be lifted until Russia ends its illegal annexation of Crimea, stops supporting separatist groups in eastern...
Ukrainians Now Able To Travel Visa-Free To EU
Ukrainian citizens will be able to travel to the EU visa free under an informal deal struck by Parliament and Council negotiators on Tuesday (Feb 28). Once the change enters into force, and provided they have biometric passports, they will be able to enter the EU for up to 90 days in any 180-day-period for business, tourist or family purposes....
[Ticker] Italian court recognises gay couple as dads of surrogate-born kids
Italian courts recognised on Tuesday for the first time that both members of a gay couple can be considered fathers of children born abroad via a surrogate mother, Italian media articolo29.it reported. The case was about a couple who had two children born via surrogates in the United States. Two years ago, a child was taken from its parents who...
Manafort’s Ukrainian ‘blood money’ caused qualms, hack suggests
Paul Manafort’s family expressed misgivings about the political consultant’s work for both Russia-aligned Ukrainian strongman Viktor Yanukovych and Donald Trump, according to text messages allegedly hacked from one of his daughters’ phones. The texts, posted on a darknet website run by a hacktivist collective, appear...
Russian official says relations with US at lowest level since Cold War
Russia’s relations with the United States are at their lowest level since the Cold War, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the parliament in Moscow on Tuesday. The Kremlin will be watching U.S. President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress later Tuesday for signs that the new administration intends to...
