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    Bored of Covid rules, Russians are kicking back on the Black Sea
    Sep16

    Bored of Covid rules, Russians are kicking back on the Black Sea

    With little appetite to return to self-isolation, and social-distancing fatigue setting in, many in Russia now see the pandemic as a closed issue. Nothing typically happens in Russia in August. As a rule, the final month of summer is when the big cities empty out, their inhabitants making for their dachas or to seaside resorts, leaving their...

    What a mistake – they don’t know who they are imposing sanctions on
    Sep16

    What a mistake – they don’t know who they are imposing sanctions on

    European Commissioner for Foreign Policy and Security Josep Borrell today mistakenly called the President of Belarus the President of Ukraine. …read more Source::...

    Navalny poisoning shows why Putin’s pipeline must be stopped
    Sep16

    Navalny poisoning shows why Putin’s pipeline must be stopped

    Konrad Szymański is Poland’s minister for European affairs. WARSAW — For anyone in the West who believed in the possibility of “normal” relations with Moscow, the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny last month should have been a rude awakening. The attack — using the nerve agent Novichok, a modus operandi for Russian...

    Lukashenko hunts for Belarus opposition leaders
    Sep16

    Lukashenko hunts for Belarus opposition leaders

    MINSK — Svetlana Alexievich is something very rare in Belarus. It’s not just that she’s a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, but she’s also one of the few opposition leaders not under arrest or in exile. Alexievich is the last of seven senior members of the Coordination Council, an opposition body set up to ensure a...

    Jewish New Year: Virus restrictions thwart pilgrims on Ukraine-Belarus border
    Sep15

    Jewish New Year: Virus restrictions thwart pilgrims on Ukraine-Belarus border

    Ukraine’s coronavirus restrictions thwart a pilgrimage of Hasidic Jews, with hundreds stuck. …read more Source::...

    Judge in spotlight as Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive hits buffers
    Sep15

    Judge in spotlight as Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive hits buffers

    Extraordinary allegations suggest President Volodymyr Zelensky is struggling to keep promises on graft …read more Source:: Financial...

    In Ukraine, music’s most extreme genre is on the cultural front line in the fight against Russia
    Sep14

    In Ukraine, music’s most extreme genre is on the cultural front line in the fight against Russia

    ‘You can’t be an apolitical musician in Ukraine,’ says Konstantin ‘Khaoth’ Zmievsky, the drummer of Ukrainian black metal band Khors. …read more Source::...

    Wallachia Int’l Film Festival /250 participating projects; ‘Cosmonauts’, ‘The Hollywood’, ‘Trans-Lit’ – award-winning productions
    Sep14

    Wallachia Int’l Film Festival /250 participating projects; ‘Cosmonauts’, ‘The Hollywood’, ‘Trans-Lit’ – award-winning productions

    “Cosmonauts” (Russia) by Danila Gulin, “The Hollywood” (USA) by William Austin Speis, and “Trans-Lit” (Pakistan, 2019) by Muhammad Umar Saeed, are among the award-winning productions presented at the Wallachia Int'l Film Festival Gala. The second edition of the Wallachia Int'l Film Festival took place...

    COVID-19 case count of Romanians abroad keeps constant at 6,599
    Sep13

    COVID-19 case count of Romanians abroad keeps constant at 6,599

    The case count of Romanians abroad confirmed with the novel coronavirus remains at 6,599 and the death toll at 126, as no changes have been recorded since previous reporting, the Strategic Communication Group (GCS), the official novel coronavirus communication task force, reported on Sunday. Of the 6,599 Romanian citizens confirmed as infected...

    220 athletes take part in Kyustendil marathon
    Sep13

    220 athletes take part in Kyustendil marathon

    220 athletes from 10 countries are taking part in the first edition of the Kyustendil marathon today, with prize fund 10,000 euro. The event is on the calendar of the Bulgarian and the Balkan athletics federations, bgathletic.com writes. Competitors from Bulgaria, Turkey, North Macedonia, Romania, Albania, Ukraine etc., are taking part in the...