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One step closer to leukemia therapy
Mar18

One step closer to leukemia therapy

Author(s): NEOnline | GK leukemia_therapy_stanford.jpg As from 16 March, we are one step closer to find a leukemia cure. Scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine discovered how to change human leukemia cells into harmless immune cells. …read more Source: New...

Two options on Russia sanctions at EU summit
Mar18

Two options on Russia sanctions at EU summit

Economic sanctions on Russia are likely to be extended shortly after Thursday’s summit or in June despite some member states’ objections, diplomats say. …read more Source:...

[Opinion] Holding Putin over a barrel
Mar18

[Opinion] Holding Putin over a barrel

The collapse of oil prices has masked the fact that Europe’s response to the Ukraine crisis has been toothless and that Putin exploited the war in Ukraine to divide the European house. …read more Source:...

Russian Germans fighting in eastern Ukraine
Mar17

Russian Germans fighting in eastern Ukraine

Author(s): NEOnline | TB gerrus.jpg The German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported that more than 100 German citizens, mainly ethnic Germans from Russia who were repatriated by Berlin following the Second World War, are fighting alongside pro-Russian rebels in Kyiv, eastern Ukraine. Now Germany could start treating this group of Russian Germans as it...

Russia apparently preparing major war | Süddeutsche Zeitung – Germany
Mar17

Russia apparently preparing major war | Süddeutsche Zeitung – Germany

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States want arms deals rather than peace | Večernji List – Croatia
Mar17

States want arms deals rather than peace | Večernji List – Croatia

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[Ticker] EU sanctions on Russia expose internal rifts
Mar17

[Ticker] EU sanctions on Russia expose internal rifts

Plans to extend EU sanctions on Russia have exposed internal rifts between member states, reports The Financial Times. The paper says UK, Nordic and Baltic countries want sanctions on Russian energy, finance and defence sectors to continue after the July deadline. Others like France, Italy and Spain are less keen. …read more Source:...

[Opinion] The imperative of avoiding another Cold War
Mar17

[Opinion] The imperative of avoiding another Cold War

The Ukrainian crisis has no winners, only losers. The task of the statesmen of today is to find a way out of this tragic confrontation, writes Hynek Kmonicek, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Czech Republic. …read more Source:...

EU calls again on UN for "restrictive measures" on Russia
Mar16

EU calls again on UN for "restrictive measures" on Russia

Author(s): Dan Alexe Federica Mogherini.jpg The European Union has said it will stick to its policy of not recognizing Russia’s annexation of Crimea and expressed concern over what it said was a military buildup on the peninsula. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a March 16 statement that the 28-member bloc “remains...

[Agenda] EU leaders to debate ‘Energy Union’ this WEEK
Mar16

[Agenda] EU leaders to debate ‘Energy Union’ this WEEK

EU leaders will discuss energy security, Ukraine, and the EU economy at a regular summit on Thursday and Friday. …read more Source:...