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[Ticker] Hahn: Ukraine visa-free proposal due 1st quarter
EU neighbourhood commissioner Hahn said in Brussels Monday he “expects” the European Commission to file a formal proposal on Ukraine and Georgia visa-free travel “in the course of the first quarter” of 2016. He said Ukraine has “outstanding issues” on anti-corruption reforms, especially in the customs and tax...
Bulgaria’s South Stream Hopes Look ‘Bleak’ – Stratfor
No matter how interested Bulgaria is in pursuing the South Stream project, the outcome looks bleak, Stratfor writes in an analysis of Russian gas infrastructure plans. There are certainly reasons Bulgaria and Russia might choose to return to South Stream.Firstly, Sofia “has remained open to the pipeline proposal”, and secondly it has...
Bulgarian Stream project to balance gas controversies in Europe
The new project for a gas pipeline entitled Bulgarian Stream should reduce the clash of interests among EU countries an attain a certain balance between the planned Nord Stream 2 and the losses from the expected revenues from the suspended South Stream gas pipeline. The statement is made by the private US intelligence and analytical agency...
Gryzlov: Significant progress is possible in the implementation of the Minsk agreements
“I have no doubts that we can make serious headway in the implementation of the Minsk accords. My meetings in Kiev and Minsk prove this,” he said when asked about the results of his talks with Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev and the meeting of the contact group in Minsk. …read more Source:...
Czech President says Muslim integration ‘practically impossible’
The existence of “ghettos” in some West European countries proves that “the integration of the Muslim community is practically impossible,” Czech President Miloš Zeman said Sunday. In an interview with the tabloid Blesk, Zeman cited two passages from the Quran that he said reflected men’s right to mistreat women and he highlighted the...
Belarus 13th in women’s relay in Ruhpolding
The Ukrainian team won the women’s relay, with one penalty and four spare rounds in 1:16:14.2. Germany with two penalties and eleven spares, was 1.2 seconds back. Italy finished third, 43.8 seconds back. …read more Source:...
Integrating Muslims into Europe ‘Practically Impossible’, Czech President Zeman Says
Czech Republic President Milos Zeman, known for his staunchly anti-migrant stance, has said that the Muslim community cannot be integrated into the European society. “The experience of Western European countries which have ghettos and excluded localities shows that the integration of the Muslim community is practically impossible,”...
Avalanche: teacher charged with involuntary homicide
A French teacher who took students onto a closed skiing piste in the French Alps where an avalanche killed two of them and a Ukrainian tourist has been charged with involuntary homicide, his lawyer said on Saturday. …read more Source: The Local...
Christmas in Grozny
GROZNY, Russia — As I entered the lobby of my hotel in Grozny, I came face to face with two men dressed in tight black uniforms, revolvers hanging from their waists. They bore no military or police insignia, just two patched flags: Chechen on the right arm, and Russian on the left. A slightly unnerving welcome. I would hear a lot about these...
Conflict settlement in Ukraine named OSCE key task
The Belarusian side is convinced that the road to stable and lasting peace lies through the full and good-faith fulfillment of the Minsk Agreements by all the parties. …read more Source:...



