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[Ticker] Dutch inquiry to reveal MH17 missile launch location
Mar08

[Ticker] Dutch inquiry to reveal MH17 missile launch location

A Dutch-led team of investigators say they will soon be able to determine the exact launch site of a missile that shot down a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people. The Dutch are holding a referendum on a Ukraine trade deal on 6 April. …read more Source:...

[Ticker] VIPs’ letter urges EU to act on Ukrainian pilot
Mar07

[Ticker] VIPs’ letter urges EU to act on Ukrainian pilot

More than 400 personalities from the cultural, scientific, and political arenas in Europe have, in an open letter to EU leaders, urged them to help free Nadia Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot snatched from Ukrainian territory by Russia and jailed, who went on hunger strike last week. …read more Source:...

5 takeaways from Slovakia’s election
Mar06

5 takeaways from Slovakia’s election

BRATISLAVA — Slovakia’s parliamentary election produced more confusion than clarity. There’s no obvious path to a stable government, raising the prospect of political crisis just months before the country takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. Although Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s...

Enough: NATO should stop feeding the Russian troll
Mar05

Enough: NATO should stop feeding the Russian troll

For many years NATO attempted to use dialogue as the basis for its partnership with Russia. The Alliance operated in the spirit of trust and transparency. But this trust was, too often, abused: Russia disregarded the principles laid down in the 1997 NATO–Russia Founding Act; withdrew from the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty; violated the...

EU extends sanctions on Putin ‘cronies’
Mar03

EU extends sanctions on Putin ‘cronies’

EU states have decided to extend the life of blacklists of Russians and Ukrainians deemed responsible for the Ukraine conflict or for plundering Ukraine’s treasury. …read more Source:...

Gulag Archipelago by Vladimir Putin
Mar03

Gulag Archipelago by Vladimir Putin

KUCHINO, Russia — Secrets were forbidden in camp Perm-36. Guards searched everywhere for them, even in prisoners’ eyes, ears and teeth. Ukrainian poet Vasyl Stus, imprisoned in the Soviet Gulag system for almost half his life, managed to keep his scribbled on pieces of paper and hidden in the crevices of his cell. They were later smuggled...

Busting 3 Brexit myths
Mar02

Busting 3 Brexit myths

LONDON — Three years ago, British Prime Minister David Cameron transformed “Brexit” from buzzword into real-life politics. In 15 weeks’ time, Brexit might become reality when British citizens choose whether to stay in the EU — and the rest of Europe will find out if the EU should bother celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome...

Toilet rolls and gay apps to feature in Dutch vote on Ukraine
Mar01

Toilet rolls and gay apps to feature in Dutch vote on Ukraine

Dutch taxpayers are funding €2 million in subsidies for initiatives that stimulate debate on the EU-Ukraine treaty referendum. …read more Source:...

Ukraine MPs ask Dutch voters for ‘solidarity’
Mar01

Ukraine MPs ask Dutch voters for ‘solidarity’

Ukrainian politicians, visiting Brussels, say Dutch people should vote Yes in referendum on EU-Ukraine trade treaty, as national affair takes on big dimensions. …read more Source:...

Obama accused of ‘paralysis’ on genocide label for ISIL
Feb29

Obama accused of ‘paralysis’ on genocide label for ISIL

U.S. lawmakers are cranking up the pressure this week on the Obama administration to formally declare that the Islamic State is committing “genocide” against Christians, Yazidis and other minorities in Syria and Iraq — a weighty designation with legal and moral implications. But the administration is struggling over what to do — sources say some...