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      Bulgaria’s President to visit Ukraine
      Jul06

      Bulgaria’s President to visit Ukraine

      On July 7 and 8 Bulgarian President Rossen Plevneliev will pay an official visit to Ukraine, accompanied by Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov. Talks are to focus on the status of political dialogue, trade and economic cooperation, bilateral relations in the spheres of energy, tourism, education and the European perspective of the Ukraine. The sides...

      Ukraine remembers Nazis’ Jewish victims
      Jul06

      Ukraine remembers Nazis’ Jewish victims

      More than a million Ukrainian Jews were murdered by German troops under Hitler. A German-government financed project has created the first five monuments in Ukraine honoring the dead. Michael Scaturro reports from Lviv. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Bulgaria FM Visiting Ukraine’s Odessa
      Jul06

      Bulgaria FM Visiting Ukraine’s Odessa

      A visit of Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov to Odessa Oblast in Ukraine has entered its second day.Mitov is in Odessa on June 5-6. On Sunday he met Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin, who visited Bulgaria in mid-February. The two ministers, who also held a meeting with the Bulgarian community in Odessa (which is thought to be...

      Rebels rewrite Donetsk’s history books
      Jul05

      Rebels rewrite Donetsk’s history books

      Russian-backed rebels are rewriting Ukraine’s history text books as part of a raft of changes to the curriculum in the… …read more Source: The...

      SPECIAL EDITION Brussels Playbook from Athens
      Jul05

      SPECIAL EDITION Brussels Playbook from Athens

      by Ryan Heath in Athens | @PoliticoRyan | Tips to [email protected] | Subscribe: http://politico.eu/registration/ POLLS HAVE OFFICIALLY CLOSED IN THE GREEK REFERENDUM: Opinion surveys and anecdotal evidence on the ground suggest it’s too close to call but momentum is with the “No” side. It’s been a hot and humid day in Athens,...

      Lutheran pastor Ralf Haska leaves Ukraine
      Jul05

      Lutheran pastor Ralf Haska leaves Ukraine

      He opened the doors of his Kyiv church to injured Maidan protestors and supported his flock through Ukraine’s tumultuous revolution. Now, after six years there, German pastor Ralf Haska is leaving. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Security in eastern Ukraine deteriorating, monitors say
      Jul05

      Security in eastern Ukraine deteriorating, monitors say

      The situation in eastern Ukraine has deteriorated significantly in the last week, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) warned Sunday, with heavy weaponry such as tanks and howitzers spotted along the front lines.Such weapons… …read more Source:...

      Landmine kills five Ukrainian soldiers in separatist east
      Jul05

      Landmine kills five Ukrainian soldiers in separatist east

      KIEV (Reuters) – Five Ukrainian servicemen were killed and three wounded by a landmine in the separatist Luhansk region, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday. …read more Source:...

      Kiev’s new traffic police pledge not to take bribes
      Jul05

      Kiev’s new traffic police pledge not to take bribes

      Ukraine’s top leaders watched as the capital’s new traffic police force underwent its passing out ceremony in Kiev on Saturday. Until now the police… …read more Source:...

      Cossacks on the run to protect nature
      Jul05

      Cossacks on the run to protect nature

      NOVOHOPYORSK, Russia — It’s almost midnight when I arrive in the town of Novokhopyorsk, located deep in the bucolic heart of central Russia’s Black Earth region, so-called for its famously fertile soil. The curtains in a nearby home twitch as I step out of the car — late-night visitors are a rare sight in the rural community....