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      Bulgaria calls for reducing roaming tariffs with Eastern Partnership countries
      Feb28

      Bulgaria calls for reducing roaming tariffs with Eastern Partnership countries

      A study of the possibility for creating an international roaming space between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries is underway. The Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications Rosen Zhelyazkov declared Bulgaria’s support for this initiative during the 3rd Eastern Partnership Ministerial meeting on...

      Ukraine president tries to salvage corruption law as tough election looms
      Feb28

      Ukraine president tries to salvage corruption law as tough election looms

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko proposed fresh legislation on Thursday aimed at fighting corruption, after the constitutional court threw out a previous anti-graft law, raising concerns that the country was backtracking on the issue. …read more Source:...

      Iohannis: Consistent approach needed on NATO’s Eastern Flank; Russia still threatens Black Sea stability
      Feb28

      Iohannis: Consistent approach needed on NATO’s Eastern Flank; Russia still threatens Black Sea stability

      AGERPRES special correspondent to Kosice, Slovakia, Florentina Peia reports: Romania's President Klaus Iohannis said he is worried about the latest developments in the Black Sea region as Russia “is threatening the stability of the region,” underscoring the need for “a consistent approach across the entire NATO eastern...

      Revisiting Chernobyl: ‘It is a huge cemetery of dreams’
      Feb28

      Revisiting Chernobyl: ‘It is a huge cemetery of dreams’

      The 1986 nuclear disaster blighted Ukraine and changed the world. Serhii Plokhy, who won the Baillie Gifford prize for his history of the tragedy, returns to the once sought-after Soviet town‘These buildings are the tombstones of the dreams and lives that were lived here. It’s a huge cemetery of dreams, if not of people.” From the top of an...

      Counting Sheep review – feverish show recreates Kiev uprising
      Feb28

      Counting Sheep review – feverish show recreates Kiev uprising

      The Vaults, LondonThis viscerally powerful piece about the 2014 revolution divides the audience into protesters and observersOriginally conceived by Mark and Marichka Marczyk, this piece of immersive theatre about the Kiev uprising of 2014 was first seen at the Edinburgh festival three years ago.Natalia Kaliada and Nicolai Khalezin of the Belarus...

      Ukrainian Presidential Election: Yulia Tymoshenko Attempts a Comeback
      Feb28

      Ukrainian Presidential Election: Yulia Tymoshenko Attempts a Comeback

      Yulia Tymoshenko was once Europe’s best-known political prisoner. Now, five years after the revolution in Ukraine, she is hoping to win the country’s presidential election. Is she too rooted in the old system to win? …read more Source: Der...

      Candidates are the biggest flaw in Ukraine’s presidential polls
      Feb28

      Candidates are the biggest flaw in Ukraine’s presidential polls

      None of this trio inspires confidence that they would lose habits of overt and veiled government by oligarchy …read more Source: Financial...

      BGN 5.8 million Have Been Spent by the Bulgarian MFA on Projects Abroad
      Feb28

      BGN 5.8 million Have Been Spent by the Bulgarian MFA on Projects Abroad

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spent BGN 5.8 million on the financing of 67 development projects abroad. The biggest aid is for Serbia and Northern Macedonia, BGNES reported. For comparison, BGN 4.96 million was spent in 2017, BGN 4.6 million in 2016, and BGN 3.5 million in 2015. “The figures undoubtedly testify to a successful increase in...

      No gas? No votes. Subsidy cuts imperil Ukraine leader’s reelection bid
      Feb28

      No gas? No votes. Subsidy cuts imperil Ukraine leader’s reelection bid

      Ukrainian pensioner Nadiya Ignatiy says she has had the plum and cherry trees in her garden cut down for firewood since the government raised gas prices late last year. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine accused of politicising Eurovision
      Feb28

      Ukraine accused of politicising Eurovision

      Description Eurovision Song Contest winner Jamala representing Ukraine in 2016 Credits Michael Campanella/Getty Images This year’s entry in doubt after three acts refuse to represent the country following gagging order One-Minute Read Thursday, February 28, 2019 – 6:00am …read more Source: The...