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      Operator of Tallinn-St Petersburg bus line keen to launch route to Kiev
      Apr17

      Operator of Tallinn-St Petersburg bus line keen to launch route to Kiev

      The company Baltic Shuttle which at present operates a regular bus service between Tallinn and St. Petersburg wishes to launch a daily Tallinn-Kiev-Tallinn bus service with partners, informed LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The Baltic...

      President Iohannis says unitary, consolidated, consistent NATO presence needed on Eastern Flank
      Apr17

      President Iohannis says unitary, consolidated, consistent NATO presence needed on Eastern Flank

      Romania's President Klaus Iohannis firmly supports NATO's unitary, consolidated and consistent presence all across its Eastern Flank. “Such a presence is required, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea, in order to achieve an efficient deterrence and defence posture for NATO,” Iohannis said at the Cotroceni Presidential...

      Bulgaria and Romania to build third bridge over Danube
      Apr17

      Bulgaria and Romania to build third bridge over Danube

      Bulgaria and Romania will turn the first sod of the third bridge over the Danube, Bulgaria’s Premier Boyko Borissov announced. The bridge will connect the Bulgarian town of Svishtov and the Romanian town of Zimnicea. This option was chosen due to the existing local railway link on both sides of the river. According to Professor Marin Rusev...

      Bulgarian with 90 kg of Amphetamine Detained in Russia
      Apr17

      Bulgarian with 90 kg of Amphetamine Detained in Russia

      The Russian Federal Security Service (FSS) broke the pipeline for the supply of amphetamine by road from the Netherlands to Russia and detained a Bulgarian citizen from whom 90 kilograms of this substance was seized. This was announced by the FSF press center quoted by TASS and BTA. The Federal Security Service has conducted a joint operation...

      Hungry for change, Ukrainians set to elect comedian as next president
      Apr17

      Hungry for change, Ukrainians set to elect comedian as next president

      Ukrainians fed up with entrenched corruption and hungry for change are likely to elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian with no previous political experience, as their next president in a run-off vote on Sunday. …read more Source:...

      The comedian and the oligarch
      Apr17

      The comedian and the oligarch

      KIEV — With the second round of Ukraine’s critical presidential election less than a week away, it’s looking increasingly likely that the 41-year-old comedic actor Volodomyr Zelenskiy will trounce incumbent Petro Poroshenko on April 21. Zelenskiy — a young comedian who rose to fame playing a humble schoolteacher who becomes president...

      Ukraine election rivals trade taunts and media tricks
      Apr17

      Ukraine election rivals trade taunts and media tricks

      A TV comic is tipped to become Ukrainian president, but his rival is a political heavyweight. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine’s Zelensky has plenty of form, but little substance
      Apr16

      Ukraine’s Zelensky has plenty of form, but little substance

      Voters hoping for change risk being disappointed by the frontrunner comedian …read more Source: Financial...

      Donbass: true lies from the Ukrainian frontline
      Apr16

      Donbass: true lies from the Ukrainian frontline

      Sergey Loznitsa’s absurdist satire of the Russian propaganda machine falls foul of a similar selective storytelling, writes former Moscow correspondent Shaun WalkerDonbass, unlike much of Ukrainian director Sergey Loznitsa’s previous work, is a feature film, not a documentary. But most scenes in the movie, which deals with the...

      Mutual friends and borrowed cars: how Ukraine’s would-be leader is linked to tycoon
      Apr16

      Mutual friends and borrowed cars: how Ukraine’s would-be leader is linked to tycoon

      Volodymyr Zelenskiy, front runner to be the next Ukrainian president, has connections to one of the country’s wealthiest tycoons that are undermining his image as an insurgent who will sweep aside the powerful moneyed elite. …read more Source:...