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Radioactive banking
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency will open a novel will create a novel nuclear fuel bank in uranium-rich Kazakhstan this week where countries who build nuclear power plants will be able to make withdrawals of low-enriched uranium — hopefully removing the temptation to further enrich it for use in weapons. Suspicions that Iran...
Russia jails Ukrainian filmmaker
A Russian court sentenced Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison on Tuesday on charges of plotting terrorist attacks in Crimea — prompting an outcry from fellow filmmakers and human rights organizations. Sentsov gave up filmmaking to help coordinate support for Ukrainian servicemen trapped in their military base when Russian...
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[Ticker] Russia jails Ukrainian film maker for 20 years
A court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Tuesday jailed Oleh Sentsov, a Ukrainian film maker and activist, who was captured in Crimea last year, to 20 years’ prison on terrorist charges. The sentence comes shortly after it jailed a kidnapped Estonian security officer for 15 years, despite EU complaints. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Ukrainian Greeks go to Rhodes for war-relief
Greece is flying 191 young and elderly Ukrainians of Greek origin from Mariupol, in east Ukraine, to Rhodes, a Greek island, for “a few days” to provide “relief from the war”, a Greek diplomat told EUobserver Tuesday. The official number of Ukrainians of Greek descent is 91,000. …read more Source:...
[Investigation] French eyes for a Russian tiger
Russian tanks are using French technology in Ukraine. But will Russia’s “star” new tank, the T-14, also rely on EU-made kit? …read more Source:...
US increases airforce presence in Europe
American F-22 stealth fighters will soon be deployed in Europe for the first time, as the situation in Ukraine deteriorates. …read more Source:...
The Calais paradox
The Calais crisis has dominated headlines in the U.K. this summer and a number of politicians and commentators have been quick to point the finger of blame at the EU. They rightly raise the question of whether this will play into the EU referendum that looks increasingly likely to happen in a year or so. While some in Britain have already decided...
Tycoon takeover puts Euronews funding in focus
The opening of its brash, ultra-modern headquarters on a rejuvenated stretch of Lyon’s riverfront marks a new era for Euronews. Not only does the 24-hour TV news network have bright new premises for its journalists; after years of underfunding, it also has a new billionaire owner. But if the arrival of Naguib Sawiris, a prominent Egyptian...
Bogus carbon offsets increased emissions
A flawed scheme that allowed companies to earn tradable carbon credits for projects supposed to abate industrial gases actually created a “perverse” incentive to generate more waste, leading to an increase in global emissions instead of cuts, according to a new study. The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) found that the credits may have...
Hollande, Merkel urge ceasefire in Ukraine
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called Monday for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and fresh talks with Russia, as fighting flared up between troops loyal to Kiev and Moscow-backed rebels in the country’s east. The two leaders, who met in Berlin with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko at...
