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      Dutch referendum on Vladimir Putin
      Apr01

      Dutch referendum on Vladimir Putin

      AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands holds a referendum next week on whether the EU should work more closely with Ukraine, but the campaign is just as much about Vladimir Putin. On the surface, Dutch voters will decide if they should accept a treaty to strengthen political and economic ties with the country of 46 million. The agreement was the spark for...

      Biden tells Ukraine’s Poroshenko U.S. to give $335 million in security aid
      Apr01

      Biden tells Ukraine’s Poroshenko U.S. to give $335 million in security aid

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday that the United States was moving forward with an additional $335 million in security assistance, the White House said in a statement. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine must press the reset button
      Mar31

      Ukraine must press the reset button

      KIEV — Ukraine’s complex, at times Byzantine, politics continues to confound and confuse. Since independence, the main drivers of positive change in the country have been mass civic movements, Western economic pressure and incentives, and the necessity to act to avert economic disaster. Nothing that will happen under a new government is...

      Eurostat: US regaining trade market share in EU
      Mar31

      Eurostat: US regaining trade market share in EU

      The United States’ share of total trade in goods with the European Union has risen markedly since 2013, while Russia’s share has fallen sharply over the same period, the EU’s statistics agency said today. The United States captured 18 percent of goods trade with the EU in 2015, compared to about 14 percent in 2011, the Eurostat...

      About 200 scientists to gather for Chernobyl conference in Minsk on 21-22 April
      Mar31

      About 200 scientists to gather for Chernobyl conference in Minsk on 21-22 April

      The international scientific conference Chernobyl: 30 Years Later will take place in the Radiobiology Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus on 21-22 April. It will gather about 200 scientists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and Japan. …read more Source:...

      Nordic security changed ‘dramatically’ by Ukraine conflict
      Mar31

      Nordic security changed ‘dramatically’ by Ukraine conflict

      Nordic countries agree to tighten security co-operation, establish secure communication lines and exchange radar images. …read more Source:...

      Dissociative disorder
      Mar31

      Dissociative disorder

      UKRAINE’S efforts to reach an association agreement with the European Union have led to revolution, poisoned relations with Russia and caused war with Russian-backed separatists. After years of negotiations, Ukrainian and EU leaders at last signed the agreement in Kiev in March 2014, just after the Maidan revolution. But the deal may yet...

      Once more around the bloc
      Mar31

      Once more around the bloc

      TWO years ago a Ukrainian blogger, Mustafa Nayem, published a Facebook post calling people onto Kiev’s Maidan and launched the protest that toppled the government of Viktor Yanukovych. On March 27th Mr Nayem, who is now a deputy in the Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, called people out again—this time to demand the dismissal of the...

      Brest specialists show transboundary cooperation achievements in Kiev
      Mar31

      Brest specialists show transboundary cooperation achievements in Kiev

      The international round table to discus the European experience of transboundary cooperation for Ukraine and the Republic of Belarus brought together more than 60 participants, including representatives of ministries, agencies, oblast administrations of near-border regions, NGOs of the two countries. The sides pointed out the importance of joint...

      Netherlands PM against Ukraine joining EU
      Mar31

      Netherlands PM against Ukraine joining EU

      Prime Minister Mark Rutte is against the Ukraine gaining membership to the European, he said in an interview with NU.nl one week before the referendum on the association agreement between the EU and the Ukraine. He reiterated that the association agreement and therefore the referendum is not about the Ukraine joining the EU. The post Netherlands...