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      Opinion: Peace & Planet: Challenging the Nuclear Powers’ Extremism
      Apr23

      Opinion: Peace & Planet: Challenging the Nuclear Powers’ Extremism

      United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the 2010 High-level Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) on May 3, 2010. Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder DebebeBy Dr. Joseph GersonNEW YORK, Apr 22 2015 (IPS)On the eve of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference five...

      U.S. says Russia ramping military presence on Ukraine border
      Apr23

      U.S. says Russia ramping military presence on Ukraine border

      WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has deployed additional air defense systems into eastern Ukraine and is involved in training exercises of Russian-separatist forces in the area in breach of ceasefire accords, the State Department said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine miners demand help for their industry in Kyiv protest
      Apr22

      Ukraine miners demand help for their industry in Kyiv protest

      Amid a country in conflict, their industry is in crisis…and Ukraine’s miners are making themselves heard. From the west and war-torn east,… …read more Source:...

      Commission sets sights on Gazprom
      Apr22

      Commission sets sights on Gazprom

      Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for competition, is going to war against a second global powerhouse. Just days after after the Danish commissioner took on US software giant Google, she tangled with even larger prey — Russian gas behemoth Gazprom. The accusation is that Gazprom used its market power to bully and overcharge central...

      The Greeks are not ‘Western’
      Apr22

      The Greeks are not ‘Western’

      The imperial giant driving a wedge through European unity and the tiny state drowning in debt are locked in a controversial canoodle. Call it an Orthodox big wet kiss, but modern ties between Greece and Russia are cementing ancient ones. More than almost any other European country, modern Greece is defined by its geography. A flank state on the...

      Brussels accuses Gazprom of unfair pricing of gas in eastern Europe
      Apr22

      Brussels accuses Gazprom of unfair pricing of gas in eastern Europe

      EU competition commissioner says Kremlin-controlled energy multinational charged eight countries up to 40% more for their gas than elsewhere in unionEurope’s anti-trust regulator has accused Russia’s massive gas monopoly, Gazprom, of unfair pricing practices in Moscow’s former satellite states of eastern Europe, launching a...

      Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko against Russia boycott, say IOC
      Apr22

      Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko against Russia boycott, say IOC

      • President had wanted a boycott of the 2018 World Cup• United Nations resolution supports full participationThe International Olympic Committee says that the Ukraine state president, Petro Poroshenko, does not support boycotts of sports events.Last month, Poroshenko suggested to European allies that boycotting football’s 2018 World Cup...

      Ukrainian soldiers learning from the US military
      Apr22

      Ukrainian soldiers learning from the US military

      Joint US-Ukrainian military maneuvers have begun in Western Ukraine. DW correspondent Hayina Stadnyk talked with soldiers about their first impressions at the Yavoriv military training area. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Bushati calls on Spain to reconsider position regarding Kosovo recognition
      Apr22

      Bushati calls on Spain to reconsider position regarding Kosovo recognition

      TIRANA, April 22 /ATA/-By Gjergji Mima/ – Minister of Foreign Affairs Ditmir Bushati paid an official visit to the Kingdom of Spain. During his visit, Foreign Minister Bushati held talks with Spanish senior officials, including the President of the Senate of the Kingdom of Spain, Pio Escudero, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,...

      Bulgaria-Greece Gas Link to Be Ready by end-2018
      Apr22

      Bulgaria-Greece Gas Link to Be Ready by end-2018

      Construction of the gas interconnection grid between Bulgaria and Greece will begin in March 2016 and will be completed by the end of 2018, Bulgaria’s Energy Minister has said. Under initial plans, the infrastructure was to be in place and become operational sometime in 2018. Temenuzhka Petkova made the announcement following what she...