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      U.S. Senate Passes Bill Allowing Supply of Weapons to Ukraine
      Oct08

      U.S. Senate Passes Bill Allowing Supply of Weapons to Ukraine

      A bill on defense expenditures in 2016 fiscal year which started October 1 was amended with provisions regarding military assistance to Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Filmmaker Afineevsky: ‘Not a welcome guest in Russia’
      Oct08

      Filmmaker Afineevsky: ‘Not a welcome guest in Russia’

      Evgeny Afineevsky’s “Winter on Fire” documents the uprising in Ukraine. Before the Netflix premiere on Friday, DW talked to the director about the dramatic events in Kyiv and the impact of his documentary. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      MFA: economic relations between Lithuania and Sweden continue to strengthen
      Oct08

      MFA: economic relations between Lithuania and Sweden continue to strengthen

      The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallstrom to discuss bilateral partnership, the situation in Ukraine, relations with Russia, regional security, cooperation in the region and in the fields of strategic communication, energy and transport, reports BC...

      With truce largely holding in Ukraine, pro-Kremlin militants consider Syria as next stop
      Oct08

      With truce largely holding in Ukraine, pro-Kremlin militants consider Syria as next stop

      Since warfare in eastern Ukraine has largely ceased, separatist militants are considering going to Syria, where the civil war has intensified with Russian air strikes. …read more Source: Baltic News...

      Former and current leaders to discuss migration issues
      Oct08

      Former and current leaders to discuss migration issues

      President Rossen Plevneliev is to open the international forum entitled “New visions for partnership and neighborly relations in Europe”. The conference will gather in Sofia current and former leaders of states and governments from Europe. They are to discuss measures for coping with the migration pressure. The attendants will also consider the...

      [Ticker] Ukraine says soldiers wounded despite truce
      Oct08

      [Ticker] Ukraine says soldiers wounded despite truce

      Despite a renewed truce, pro-Russian separatists wounded four Ukrainian soldiers, according to Ukraine’s military. On Wednesday “illegal armed groups, cynically ignoring the peace agreements, violated the ceasefire”, the Ukrainian military said, according to Reuters. The statement came shortly after Ukraine’s president...

      Merkel, Hollande offer rhetoric, not reality
      Oct07

      Merkel, Hollande offer rhetoric, not reality

      The first joint appearance by the leaders of France and Germany at the European Parliament since the fall of the Berlin Wall was meant to offer the beleaguered union a new vision. Instead, Angela Merkel and François Hollande unwittingly presented a stark reminder of why the EU, in the words of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker,...

      Bulgaria’s Energoremont Holding AD Acquires Majority Stake in Electroimpeks AD
      Oct07

      Bulgaria’s Energoremont Holding AD Acquires Majority Stake in Electroimpeks AD

      “Energoremont Holding” AD has acquired the majority stake in “Electroimpeks” AD, a company with over 50 years of international experience in the sphere of engineering services and the implementation of turnkey projects in the sphere of energy. The main sphere of activity of “Energoremont Holding” AD is maintenance and repair of power and heat...

      Ukraine says four soldiers wounded in rebel attack despite truce
      Oct07

      Ukraine says four soldiers wounded in rebel attack despite truce

      KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military said on Wednesday pro-Russian separatists had violated a ceasefire in the east of the country by firing an anti-tank missile and wounding four soldiers, even as President Petro Poroshenko hailed a “real truce”. …read more Source:...

      Luxembourg PM tells Putin EU sanctions up to him
      Oct07

      Luxembourg PM tells Putin EU sanctions up to him

      Luxembourg’s PM told Russia future EU sanctions depend on its actions, but the openly gay leader opted not to make a fuss on rights. …read more Source:...