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The only option is to take to the streets | Gordonua.com – Ukraine
Jul01

The only option is to take to the streets | Gordonua.com – Ukraine

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Latvia bans Russian television channel RT
Jul01

Latvia bans Russian television channel RT

Latvia has banned the state-owned Russian television channel RT, saying it is controlled by an individual who is under EU sanctions, the country’s permanent representation to the EU said Tuesday. Dmitry Kiselev, the man that triggered Latvia’s move, was put on the EU sanctions list in March 2014 over his alleged role in promoting...

Pelosi on Trump: ‘With him, all roads lead to Putin’
Jun28

Pelosi on Trump: ‘With him, all roads lead to Putin’

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday blasted the president for being beholden to the Russian government, following a startling New York Times report that Russia secretly offered bounties to Taliban fighters to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan. “Just as I have said to the president: With him, all roads lead to Putin,” Pelosi said, referring to...

Slippers to put things in order | nv.ua – Ukraine
Jun26

Slippers to put things in order | nv.ua – Ukraine

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From ‘Poland’s Got Talent!’ to the brink of the presidency
Jun25

From ‘Poland’s Got Talent!’ to the brink of the presidency

He’s better known as the host of “Poland’s Got Talent!” but Szymon Hołownia is aiming to win an even more meaningful competition — the race for the presidency. Hołownia, 44, is a complete newcomer to politics — as well as hosting the popular TV show, he’s the author of books about religion and a humanitarian activist — but,...

Putin ignores virus, shows off military might ahead of crucial vote
Jun24

Putin ignores virus, shows off military might ahead of crucial vote

MOSCOW — Russia held a massive World War II victory parade on Wednesday despite the coronavirus pandemic, setting a patriotic tone ahead of a national vote that could keep Vladimir Putin in power until 2036. The annual May 9 parade of troops and tanks across Red Square — this year celebrating 75 years since the USSR’s defeat of Nazi Germany...

US court takes no immediate action on John Bolton book
Jun20

US court takes no immediate action on John Bolton book

WASHINGTON — A federal judge denied on Saturday the Trump administration’s request to block the release of John Bolton’s memoir, noting that the former national security adviser’s book had already been “printed, bound and shipped across the country.” U.S. District Court Judge Royce Lamberth said the Justice Department’s...

[Ticker] EU to extend economic sanctions against Russia
Jun18

[Ticker] EU to extend economic sanctions against Russia

EU leaders are expected on Friday to extend economic sanctions against Russia over annexation of parts of Ukraine until the end of January 2021, senior EU officials said. The sanctions on the energy, financial and arms industry were introduced in 2014. Leaders will hear an update from French president Emmanuel Macron and German chancellor Angela...

Trump asked China for help getting reelected, Bolton book claims
Jun18

Trump asked China for help getting reelected, Bolton book claims

U.S. President Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for domestic political help to boost his electoral prospects in the midst of the two leaders’ trade war last summer, according to the bombshell account of former national security adviser John Bolton in his forthcoming memoir. According to an excerpt of the memoir, published in...

Transatlantic blues as Pompeo holds EU talks
Jun16

Transatlantic blues as Pompeo holds EU talks

Transatlantic relations are seemingly so bad, even speaking English didn’t help EU foreign ministers get their message across to Donald Trump’s top diplomat. After leading a 90-minute videoconference Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — during which they discussed a range of topics they disagree on — EU foreign policy...