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      Linkevicius unsurprised by Yatsenyuk resignation  – The Baltic Times
      Apr11

      Linkevicius unsurprised by Yatsenyuk resignation – The Baltic Times

      Lithuania’s Foreign Minister, Linas Linkevicius, said it was not a surprise that Ukrainian Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, announced on…… …read more Source: The Baltic...

      Belarus FM: All sides have to be genuinely interested in resolving the Ukrainian conflict
      Apr11

      Belarus FM: All sides have to be genuinely interested in resolving the Ukrainian conflict

      “At present there is no recipe for ending the conflict that still exists in the brotherly country of Ukraine,” stated Vladimir Makei. In his words, all the sides, primarily those directly involved in the situation, have to be genuinely interested in resolving the conflict. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine PM resigns for sake of better EU ties
      Apr11

      Ukraine PM resigns for sake of better EU ties

      PM Yatsenyuk says he will quit for the sake of stability and improving EU ties. Dutch PM said it could take “months” to decided whether to uphold the EU-Ukraine association treaty. …read more Source:...

      Lithuanian Seimas website under attack
      Apr11

      Lithuanian Seimas website under attack

      The Lithuanian parliament’s website came under attack in the run-up to the event of Crimea’s Tatar community to prevent foreign users from observing the community’s global gathering online, informs LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...

      Bulgaria Had Negative Balance of Trade in January-February
      Apr11

      Bulgaria Had Negative Balance of Trade in January-February

      In January 2016, Bulgarian exports to the EU exceeded BGN 2.2 B, which represented a decrease of 1.4 % compared to the same month last year. The main trading partners of Bulgaria were Germany, Italy, Romania, Greece, France and Belgium, which accounted for 67 % of all exports to the EU. The largest increase was registered in the export of...

      Minister defends professional army
      Apr11

      Minister defends professional army

      The “very bloody experience” of Ukraine, which has a conscript army, shows that a professional army is more effective, according to Defense Minister Raimonds Bergmanis (Greens). …read more Source:...

      Commission to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch ‘No’
      Apr11

      Commission to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch ‘No’

      The European Commission this month will propose allowing Ukrainians to travel visa-free in the EU despite the result of the Dutch referendum, according to Reuters. “It may look as if we’re ignoring the Dutch voters, but we have to keep our word to Ukraine, which has met the conditions,” an unnamed source told Reuters. Commission President...

      Yakubovich: Maidan is not the best means of addressing fateful issues
      Apr11

      Yakubovich: Maidan is not the best means of addressing fateful issues

      “There are always others means and methods. Maidan in Ukraine, in my opinion, was sincere and wide-scale. This Maidan however, as we see it, has not achieved its goals yet,” Pavel Yakubovich said. …read more Source:...

      Brussels to press on with Ukraine visa plan despite Dutch ‘no’
      Apr11

      Brussels to press on with Ukraine visa plan despite Dutch ‘no’

      The European Commission will propose this month granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite last week’s Dutch referendum no vote, a… …read more Source:...

      Looking for Lenin: Ukraine banned the statues – but where did they go?
      Apr11

      Looking for Lenin: Ukraine banned the statues – but where did they go?

      Photographer Niels Ackermann has been looking for the monuments hidden away under new decommunisation laws. The Calvert Journal follows the hunt … …read more Source: The...