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American traitor, Israeli hero
The U.S. government’s announcement that Jonathan Pollard will soon gain his release from prison is cause for celebration in Israel, and understandably so. There, Pollard is considered a patriot and hero. By engaging in espionage on Israel’s behalf, he placed himself at great risk. Once caught, he endured considerable punishment — 30...
Richest Pole was a blessing for his country | Rzeczpospolita – Poland
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Moscow and the West can get along after all | Helsingin Sanomat – Finland
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[Ticker] UN security council to vote on MH17 tribunal resolution
The UN Security Council is Wednesday to vote on a draft resolution to set up a tribunal to prosecute those found responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in July last year. Russia is set to veto the resolution. …read more Source:...
Dutch citizens group wants to vote on EU-Ukraine treaty
The campaigners are profiting from a new democratic tool which allows citizens to call for a referendum on a recently adopted law or treaty. …read more Source:...
Jon Stewart’s secret White House visits
Jon Stewart slipped unnoticed into the White House in the midst of the October 2011 budget fight, summoned to an Oval Office coffee with President Barack Obama that he jokingly told his escort felt like being called into the principal’s office. In February 2014, Obama again requested Stewart make the trip from Manhattan to the White House,...
Hungary’s rising right wing
Whatever one thinks of Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his party, Fidesz, their immediate political challengers look much scarier. The second most popular party in the country, Jobbik — the “Movement for a Better Hungary” — is an extreme-right group, with friendly ties to the Kremlin, as well as to the regime in Iran. Jobbik has a...
From Russia, with thrust
Sanctions by the U.S. and European Union have left Russian President Vladimir Putin strapped for cash, but he’s still got a summer surprise up his sleeve — and it won’t come cheap. Putin has reportedly amassed more than 50,000 troops on the Russia-Ukraine border and is sending a large amount of heavy armor and artillery back to the...
Europe’s Russia denial
Though it still seems counterintuitive to many, the risk of war in Europe has not been this high since the end of the Cold War. Nor have the leaders of Europe’s largest powers been in this much denial about Vladimir Putin’s political objective — the restoration of Russia’s sphere of influence — or how quickly the war in Ukraine...
Schengen visas for Ukrainians
Ukrainians traveling west this summer still need visas. Kiev had hoped that the EU would scrap the requirement at the Eastern Partnership summit in Riga in May, but Brussels balked. “We are not creating a fortress,” said Fabrice Leggeri, executive director of Frontex, the Warsaw-based EU border agency. He’s right. The border is not closed,...
