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      Dutch confident MH17 prosecution will eventually succeed
      Jun30

      Dutch confident MH17 prosecution will eventually succeed

      ROTTERDAM (Reuters) – The head of the team of Dutch prosecutors looking into the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine last year said on Tuesday he was “confident” of concluding his investigation successfully, but was not ready to bring charges. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Russia investigates legality of Baltic states’ independence
      Jun30

      [Ticker] Russia investigates legality of Baltic states’ independence

      Russia’s prosecutor general is investigating whether it was legal, in constitutional terms, for the USSR’s State Council to recognise the independence of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in 1991, Interfax reports. The prosecutor recently said the USSR’s transfer of Crimea to Ukraine, 1954, was illegal. …read more Source:...

      Russian Prosecutor General to review recognition of Baltic independence
      Jun30

      Russian Prosecutor General to review recognition of Baltic independence

      Russian news agency Interfax reports that the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office will investigate whether the recognition of the Baltic states’ independence was legitimate. Previously the Prosecutor General had concluded that transferring Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 was illegal. …read more Source:...

      Fire in Chornobyl exclusion zone spreads on 130 hectares
      Jun30

      Fire in Chornobyl exclusion zone spreads on 130 hectares

      Dry grass and reed are reported to have caught fire in a Chornobyl forest in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone on Monday, June 29, according to Ukraine’s State Service for Emergency Situations. …read more Source:...

      Massive blaze lights up Donetsk skyline and ratchets up the conflict in Ukraine
      Jun30

      Massive blaze lights up Donetsk skyline and ratchets up the conflict in Ukraine

      Over the past month, the conflict in eastern Ukraine has escalated, with several instances of Minsk ceasefires reported to have been continuously violated in and around the strategic city of Gorlovka. The video below shows a huge blaze in the background of Donetsk’s skyline on Tuesday morning. …read more Source: The...

      Transnistria poses major threat to Europe | Der Standard – Austria
      Jun30

      Transnistria poses major threat to Europe | Der Standard – Austria

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      Austria helps crack cybercriminal gang
      Jun30

      Austria helps crack cybercriminal gang

      Investigators from six different European countries, including Austria, have succeeded in bringing down a cybercriminal group in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...

      Brzezinski calls for NATO assurances
      Jun30

      Brzezinski calls for NATO assurances

      Russia needs to be assured Ukraine will not join NATO, former US National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski, told Spiegel in an interview. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...

      Bet you can’t guess where London is on the world beer price index
      Jun30

      Bet you can’t guess where London is on the world beer price index

      Good news – some helpful people have calculated the cheapest countries in the world to get a round in. Head to Krakow in Poland if you’re feeling on the stingy side, where an average beer in a pub will cost you just £1.74, or 40p in the supermarket if your bank account is really suffering. These are the cheapest places to buy 330ml of...

      Russia continues repatriation program
      Jun30

      Russia continues repatriation program

      The Russian Federation is continuing its drive to bring ethnic Russians back to the country. On Monday, it held an event in Tallinn, introducing the few dozen who turned up employment opportunities in the Voronezh Oblast, just east from Ukraine. …read more Source:...