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      Poroshenko: Unprecedented number of Russian troops along border with Ukraine
      Jul13

      Poroshenko: Unprecedented number of Russian troops along border with Ukraine

      President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine on Sunday, July 12, stated that along the country’s border Russia has deployed an unprecedented number of troops. …read more Source: Baltic News...

      Finland’s mysterious nuclear investor
      Jul13

      Finland’s mysterious nuclear investor

      HELSINKI — Finland’s newest nuclear energy project was nearly scrapped because the company behind it didn’t meet the required 60 percent EU ownership — until a last-minute €159 million investment from a little-known Croatian firm. The problem? Migrit Solarna Energija is an obscure company with capital assets of only €26,000,...

      Kiev forced to fight its own fascist militias
      Jul12

      Kiev forced to fight its own fascist militias

      A pro-government Ukrainian militia accused of neo-Nazism has fought a gun battle with the country’s security forces that left at least… …read more Source: The...

      Far right group challenges Ukraine government after shootout
      Jul12

      Far right group challenges Ukraine government after shootout

      KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian far right group demanded the resignation of the interior minister and said it would block roads around Kiev on Sunday in a standoff over a fatal gun battle that challenges the authority of the government. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine government in armed standoff with nationalist militia
      Jul12

      Ukraine government in armed standoff with nationalist militia

      Government forces barricade bases of Right Sector, which has helped it battle pro-Russian forces, after gunfight reportedly killed two peopleMilitary and law enforcement troops have been locked in a stand-off with a nationalist militia in western Ukraine after a gun and grenade battle that left at least two dead.Tensions have been rising between...

      Ukrainian forces surround nationalist militia following deadly attack in western Ukraine
      Jul12

      Ukrainian forces surround nationalist militia following deadly attack in western Ukraine

      An armed standoff between government forces and the group entered its second day after a confrontation between Pravy Sektor and men loyal to a local MP critical of the group turned violent …read more Source: The...

      At least two dead in Ukraine sports centre attack
      Jul11

      At least two dead in Ukraine sports centre attack

      Right Sector, a nationalist paramilitary group, says two of its members have been killed while interior ministry says two police cars have been destoyed by grenades …read more Source: The...

      Reports: Russian troops leave unit fearing Ukraine deployment
      Jul11

      Reports: Russian troops leave unit fearing Ukraine deployment

      Dozens of professional Russian soldiers are facing trial after abandoning a training base, according to media reports. The soldiers were allegedly pressured to “volunteer” for fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Ukraine and Puerto Rico: struggles with conflict, corruption or dependency
      Jul11

      Ukraine and Puerto Rico: struggles with conflict, corruption or dependency

      External debts and war have pushed Kiev to the brink while the Caribbean island is suffering because of terms of trade engagement with the USGreece is not the only place in the world that is close to bankruptcy: Ukraine and Puerto Rico are also in serious trouble. Ukraine is now under the wing of the International Monetary Fund while Puerto Rico,...

      Russia lives in denial of atrocity
      Jul11

      Russia lives in denial of atrocity

      Twenty years ago today, 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men were assassinated in Srebrenica. The crime took place in a United Nations-designated and UN-manned “safe area,” where local people had come to look for safety. Two international courts qualified the killing in Srebrenica as genocide. Then, last Wednesday, July 9, the worst kind of insult was added...