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Ukraine debunks YouTube terror threat against Netherlands
A nationalist fighter group and the Ukrainian government have debunked a YouTube clip threatening terrorist attacks if Dutch people vote No in a referendum on the EU-Ukraine treaty. …read more Source:...
UK intelligence agency most gay-friendly employer, survey shows
MI5, the U.K.’s security service, has been named Britain’s most gay-friendly employer by Stonewall, an organization that promotes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. The group’s workplace equality index published Tuesday puts MI5 at number-one on a list of the top 100 employers in terms of workplace equality for LGBTI...
Serb election likely to result in government romp
Calling snap elections is a proven political gambit for Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, who said over the weekend that he wants a poll two years before his government’s term expires. “Serbia needs four more years of stability so that it is ready to join the European Union,” was Vučić’s rationale. The real reason may be...
Germany to Ukraine: Use reforms against ‘Russian aggression’
Leading EU states, including Germany and the UK, have said quicker reform and more EU “visibility” in Ukraine are the best way to resist “Russian aggression.” …read more Source:...
Lift sanctions against Russia now | Il Giornale – Italy
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[Ticker] Hahn: Ukraine visa-free proposal due 1st quarter
EU neighbourhood commissioner Hahn said in Brussels Monday he “expects” the European Commission to file a formal proposal on Ukraine and Georgia visa-free travel “in the course of the first quarter” of 2016. He said Ukraine has “outstanding issues” on anti-corruption reforms, especially in the customs and tax...
Czech President says Muslim integration ‘practically impossible’
The existence of “ghettos” in some West European countries proves that “the integration of the Muslim community is practically impossible,” Czech President Miloš Zeman said Sunday. In an interview with the tabloid Blesk, Zeman cited two passages from the Quran that he said reflected men’s right to mistreat women and he highlighted the...
Christmas in Grozny
GROZNY, Russia — As I entered the lobby of my hotel in Grozny, I came face to face with two men dressed in tight black uniforms, revolvers hanging from their waists. They bore no military or police insignia, just two patched flags: Chechen on the right arm, and Russian on the left. A slightly unnerving welcome. I would hear a lot about these...
POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: Political DOGFIGHT — OBAMA and the ‘E’ word — EURO jet set — EU COOKIE monster
WHO LET THE DOGS OUT?: If 2015 was the year of the grumble about a possible extended term for European Parliament President Martin Schulz (above left), then 2016 is the year of the roar. Opposition to Schulz holding onto the office — which anchors the grand coalition between the European People’s Party (EPP) and the Socialists and Democrats...
Obama’s ‘slippery slope’ delusion
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama sounded a familiar and somewhat defensive theme about the Islamic State. Let’s not overreact, he said, against “masses of fighters on the back of pickup trucks and twisted souls plotting in apartments or garages … [who] do not threaten our national existence.” To intensify the fight...
