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    Never mind Navalny, Germany won’t get tough with Russia
    Aug29

    Never mind Navalny, Germany won’t get tough with Russia

    BERLIN — Alexei Navalny’s family might be counting on Germans to save the Russian opposition leader’s life. But if they’re expecting justice, they’ve come to the wrong place. As Navalny lay in a coma at Berlin’s Charité hospital on Friday, Angela Merkel held court in front of the press corps just around the corner,...

    Macron wants to avoid a repeat of Ukraine in Belarus
    Aug29

    Macron wants to avoid a repeat of Ukraine in Belarus

    PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron wants to avoid a repeat in Belarus of what happened in Ukraine, he said on Friday. He warned against Russian armed involvement in Belarus and said he had enlisted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s help in convincing Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to accept mediation from the Organization...

    House Democrats launch contempt proceedings against Mike Pompeo
    Aug28

    House Democrats launch contempt proceedings against Mike Pompeo

    Committee says secretary of state has refused to comply with subpoenas for documents connected to Ukraine scandalCongressional Democrats have launched contempt proceedings against Mike Pompeo for his refusal to comply with subpoenas for documents connected to the Ukraine scandal that led to Donald Trump’s impeachment.The move is the...

    Merkel demands tougher EU response to poisoning of Russian opposition leader
    Aug28

    Merkel demands tougher EU response to poisoning of Russian opposition leader

    BERLIN — Angela Merkel demanded a joint EU reaction to the poisoning of Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny, saying the bloc must produce a similar response to the aftermath of the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal in the U.K. 2018. But the German chancellor said the case should not impact on the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline project....

    Vladimir Putin prepares security force to put down Belarus election protests
    Aug28

    Vladimir Putin prepares security force to put down Belarus election protests

    Description Alexander Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin Credits Mikhail Metzel/AFP via Getty Images Alt Text Alexander Lukashenko welcomes Vladimir Putin prior to a Collective Security Treaty Organisation summit in 2017 Russian president confirms he is ready to send support to bolster Alexander Lukashenko’s rule …read more Source:: The...

    How to rescue Belarus and Europe’s ‘gray zone’ from Russia
    Aug28

    How to rescue Belarus and Europe’s ‘gray zone’ from Russia

    Paul Taylor, a contributing editor at POLITICO, writes the Europe At Large column. PARIS — The sight of hundreds of thousands of Belarusian citizens demonstrating peacefully for an end to dictatorship and election-rigging is a welcome and hopeful one for democrats across Europe and throughout the West. Yet the mass movement in Minsk also raises...

    Eco-activists look for sustainable solutions for Tundzha, Prut and Dnieper rivers
    Aug27

    Eco-activists look for sustainable solutions for Tundzha, Prut and Dnieper rivers

    The carelessly discarded plastic cup can easily reach the nearby river and wastewater can pollute its waters even further. However, humans can not only destroy. They can create and build things as well. This is proven by the Earth Forever Foundation which, together with three foreign non-governmental organizations will seek environmental...

    Ukraine considering border closure as virus cases remain high
    Aug26

    Ukraine considering border closure as virus cases remain high

    The Ukrainian government is looking into the option of closing its borders to foreign citizens for a month in September, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has stated, according to Ukrinform news agency. …read more Source:: Baltic News...

    Ukraine Closes Its Borders to Foreigners
    Aug26

    Ukraine Closes Its Borders to Foreigners

    The Ukrainian government will close the state border to foreigners by the end of September, Prime Minister Denis Shmigal said. He noted that this decision was made due to the situation with the coronavirus pandemic, BGNES reports. “In connection with the level of diseases, we must protect our fellow citizens and show responsibility to our...

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy: ‘high chance’ of ending war in Ukraine ‘this year’.
    Aug25

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy: ‘high chance’ of ending war in Ukraine ‘this year’.

    Zelenskyy: ‘high chance’ of ending war in Ukraine ‘this year’. …read more Source::...