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Foreign Nationals Leave Strife-Hit Yemen on Board Russian Plane
About 150 nationals of Russia and other countries including Bulgaria have left war-torn Yemen on board a second Russian plane on Sunday, TASS reported. The Il-62 passenger aircraft landed at Chkalovskiy Airport near Moscow early on Sunday. This was after the second evacuation flight of a Russian plane from Yemen over the past 24 hours and the...
Eastern Europe is boosting military budgets, but US is still the big spender
Russia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are planning dramatic increases to arms spending, but they remain vulnerable to economic pressures, says thinktankRussia and its Nato neighbours in the Baltic have agreed dramatic increases in their military budgets, in marked contrast to countries that are further west and away from potential conflict zones,...
[Ticker] German FM rejects calls to invite Putin to G7
German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier has rejected a call by far-left German politicians to invite invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G7 summit in June in Bavaria. “After the illegal annexation of Crimea, we cannot just act as if nothing has happened, he told Die Welt. …read more Source:...
‘The west is wrong to write off Ukraine’s debts’
It’s easy to feel sorry for a country crippled by war and corruption – but dismissing past debts is not the way to help, say Alexander Lebedev and Vladislav Inozemtsev The road to hell is paved with good intentions, they say, and so it may be with the west’s approach to Ukraine. Related: Viktor Yanukovych is gone, but where are...
Poland and Lithuania top EU defence budget hikes
Poland and Lithuania top EU defense budget hikes in 2015 as conflict in Ukraine continues to foment instability. …read more Source:...
Nordic defence pact heightens tension with Russia
The Kremlin says a new Nordic defence pact is “directed against Russia” and amounts to a “confrontational approach” on the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Senator Portman and Latvian MFA discuss importance of continuing U.S. engagement in EU security
On April 10th 2015, Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics met with U.S. Republican Senator, Robert Portman, who has arrived in Latvia from Ukraine on a regional visit, LETA was informed by the Foreign Ministry. …read more Source: The Baltic...
Germany: Russia and Ukraine must cooperate
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called on Russia and Ukraine to set in motion the next phase of the shaky Minsk peace accords aimed at stopping the fighting in east Ukraine, ahead of talks about their implementation in Berlin on Monday. …read more Source: The Local...
Hundreds of Kyiv citizens celebrated Easter
Hundreds of Kyiv citizens celebrated Easter at St Michael’s Cathedral over the weekend. The blue church has become a symbol of Ukraine’s Maiden… …read more Source:...
Steinmeier appeals to Russia, Ukraine ahead of Berlin summit
Germany’s foreign minister has urged Russia and Ukraine to move forward with the terms of the Minsk ceasefire, ahead of a key meeting in Berlin. He rejected opposition calls to reinstate Russia in what’s now the G7. …read more Source: Deutsche...



