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      Jewish pilgrims blocked from entering Ukraine over Covid fears
      Sep18

      Jewish pilgrims blocked from entering Ukraine over Covid fears

      Two thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews held at Belarus border after warnings not to travelCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTwo thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews are being blocked by armed guards from entering Ukraine for an annual pilgrimage to a rabbi’s grave, creating a makeshift camp at the country’s border with...

      [Ticker] Russia loses EU sanctions appeal
      Sep18

      [Ticker] Russia loses EU sanctions appeal

      The EU’s top court has ruled that Europe acted legally when imposing sanctions on Russian energy firms and banks over its invasion of Ukraine in 2014. “The companies in question could not reasonably have been unaware of the reasons why the targeted restrictions at issue were imposed on them,” it said Thursday. The verdict...

      Belarus to close borders with Poland and Lithuania, put troops on alert
      Sep18

      Belarus to close borders with Poland and Lithuania, put troops on alert

      Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, dogged by weeks of protests over a disputed election, said on Thursday that Belarus needs to close its borders with Poland and Lithuania, and strengthen border controls with Ukraine. …read more Source:: France...

      Ukraine anti-corruption drive in doubt after court ruling
      Sep17

      Ukraine anti-corruption drive in doubt after court ruling

      Former president Poroshenko deemed to have exceeded powers in setting up special unit …read more Source:: Financial...

      EU top court rules Russia sanctions legal
      Sep17

      EU top court rules Russia sanctions legal

      The EU acted legally when it imposed sanctions on Russian energy companies and banks, the European Court of Justice has ruled. The EU hit firms such as Rosneft with sanctions over Russia’s destabilization of Ukraine. …read more Source:: Deutsche...

      Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Zaharieva visits Ukraine
      Sep17

      Bulgaria’s Foreign Minister Zaharieva visits Ukraine

      Bulgaria’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ekaterina Zaharieva is paying an official visit to Ukraine. Minister Zagharieva is to discuss with her counterpart Dmytro Kuleba the EU-Ukraine relations within the frameworks of the Eastern Partnership and Bulgaria’s support for Ukraine’s EU integration. Ministers...

      Coronavirus: Ukraine accuses Belarus over stranded Jewish pilgrims
      Sep16

      Coronavirus: Ukraine accuses Belarus over stranded Jewish pilgrims

      Hundreds are stranded at the nations’ border as Ukraine’s Covid rules block entry to foreigners. …read more Source::...

      The struggle for a democratic Ukraine goes on, 20 years after my father’s abduction
      Sep16

      The struggle for a democratic Ukraine goes on, 20 years after my father’s abduction

      The anti-corruption journalist Georgiy Gongadze was murdered two decades ago. Young Ukrainians must not give up his mission. Curiously my father, Georgiy Gongadze, an icon of Ukrainian journalism, was born not in Ukraine but in Tbilisi, the capital of Soviet Georgia, in 1969. In the early 1990s he became a youth activist, travelling through the...

      2,000 Hasidic Jews gather at Ukraine’s border where they are barred entry from Belarus
      Sep16

      2,000 Hasidic Jews gather at Ukraine’s border where they are barred entry from Belarus

      Kiev has accused Lukashenko of manufacturing the crisis by giving the pilgrims hope that they could cross in retaliation for Ukraine’s support for the recent pro-democracy protests. …read more Source:: Daily...

      Von der Leyen challenges EU capitals to step up
      Sep16

      Von der Leyen challenges EU capitals to step up

      Brussels is stepping up to tackle the big crises, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared Wednesday in her first State of the European Union speech, and she pointedly challenged EU capitals and international powers to do the same. In the wide-ranging, plain-spoken address to the European Parliament, von der Leyen issued a...