Section: Protothema (Greece)
Kissinger: West should reconsider policy on Ukraine
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger sounded the ‘warning alarm’ to the United States and the EU regarding their policy in the Ukraine, in an interview to magazine ‘The National Interest’ on occasion of the publication’s anniversary. The 92-year old statesman, who served as an advisor to many US administrations lashed...
Latest Putin adventure reminiscent of Jules Verne novel (watch vid)
After catching a 21-kilo fish, piloting a F1 race car and flying in a supersonic warplane, among many other PR stunts, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday was shown plunging into the Black Sea waters in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off Crimea, the peninsula Russia annexed after seizing it from war-torn Ukraine. According to an...
Ukraine govt unveils blacklist of Russian … books
The BBC reported on Tuesday that the Ukrainian government has banned 38 books published in Russia and considered “pro-Russia”, alleging that they spread “hate ideology” and “separatism”. The ban includes works by Russian nationalists Alexander Dugin, Eduard Limonov and Sergei Glazyev. BBC said the blacklist was published by the Ukrainian State...
Ukraine bans the work of 13 artists as threats to national security
The Ukrainian government decided Saturday to ban the work of 13 artists after they were deemed as a national threat to the security of the country. The lists includes Russian artists and supporters of Vladimir Putin’s policies in the eastern Ukraine. Famous French actor, Gerard Depardieu, who gained Russian citizenship in 2013 and is a...
Hitler’s nephew fought against him in WW2 (rare pics & strange facts)
Most of us have seen “Saving Private Ryan”, the critically acclaimed movie that won 5 Oscars in 1998. Here is a set of rare photos and some weird facts that you might not know from WWII: This rare photo shows a German soldier drop his Mauser rifle the moment he is killed Russians killed the first American serviceman Over 100,000 Allied bomber...
IMF releases cash to war-torn Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) decided to release the first disbursement of the second aid program to the Ukraine. The IMF executive board released a 1.7 bln dollar tranche as part of total 17.5 bln dollars assistance package approved in March 2015. The independent organization deems the Ukraine to be in a stable enough condition to loan...
Marriage ages around the world
The Spanish government raised the marriage age from 14 to 16 years of age so as to bring it in line with the laws of the rest of Europe. Following this change, Estonia is now the country with the lowest marriage age of women, allowing teenagers to marry at the age of 15 provided they have parental permission. The average marriage age for women is...
Video: Russian-backed rebels ransack MH17 luggage after crash
Australian Foreign minister Julie Bishop said on Friday that she was ‘sickened” after watching footage that emerged showing Russian-backed rebels looking through the luggage of passengers killed from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine. The video was published by Sydney’s Daily Telegraph on the one-year...
Austrians want a referendum to leave the EU
Just as everybody was fearing a Grexit, Frexit, Brexit, the Austrians launched a petition to quit the EU. Activists who launched the petition argue that Austria would be better off economically without the EU and is on a drive to gather 100,000 signatures by July 1 required for the national parliament to consider the initiative. Inge Rauscher, a...
Poroshenko warns of Russian invasion as “hybrid war” continues
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has told MPs that the military should prepare to defend against a Russian invasion of great magnitude, as eastern Ukraine has been suffering from recent surges of violence. Russia has denied that its forces have been deployed on Ukrainian ground, but President Poroshenko refutes that point and estimates 9,000...
