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      Tallinn-Riga-Kiev passenger train route may be launched already at beginning of summer
      Feb08

      Tallinn-Riga-Kiev passenger train route may be launched already at beginning of summer

      Friday, February 8 , 2019 - 15:21 (EEST) Section: The Baltic Course (Latvia)

      Representatives of state-owned Estonian railway infrastructure company Estonian Railways last week met with representatives of the Ukrainian counterpart company Ukrzaliznytsia, who affirmed their interest in opening the Tallinn-Riga-Kiev train route, and the route may be opened early in the summer, informed LETA/BNS. …read more Source: The...

      Netherlands pushing for talks with Russia on responsibility about MH17
      Feb08

      Netherlands pushing for talks with Russia on responsibility about MH17

      Friday, February 8 , 2019 - 11:40 (EEST) Section: Baltic News Network (Austria)

      Dutch diplomats have said they were in contact with Russian authorities to arrange formal talks concerning the finding of the Dutch government that Moscow is responsible for supplying the missile that was used to down a passenger airplane in Ukraine, killing 298 people. …read more Source: Baltic News...

      EU Confidential episode 84: The Bellingcat team — Marietje Schaake MEP — US ambassador to EU Gordon Sondland
      Feb07

      EU Confidential episode 84: The Bellingcat team — Marietje Schaake MEP — US ambassador to EU Gordon Sondland

      Thursday, February 7 , 2019 - 21:00 (EEST) Section: European Voice (EU)

       This week we bring you the revenge of the geeks! Bellingcat is the world’s most surprising and one of its more successful journalism ventures. Founder Eliot Higgins and senior investigator Christiaan Triebert explain what open source investigation is, and how they used it to get to the bottom of modern mysteries, including tracking down...

      Belgian exporters found guilty of sending chemicals to Syria
      Feb07

      Belgian exporters found guilty of sending chemicals to Syria

      Thursday, February 7 , 2019 - 19:40 (EEST) Section: European Voice (EU)

      A Belgian court has found three businesses and their owners guilty of shipping 168 tons of a substance potentially used in the making of chemical weapons to Syria between 2014 and 2016 without submitting the appropriate export licenses. The Penal Court of Antwerp fined AAE Chemie Trading, a wholesaler, Anex Customs and Danmar Logistics between...

      North Macedonia crushed Russia’s plan, says Poroshenko
      Feb07

      North Macedonia crushed Russia’s plan, says Poroshenko

      Thursday, February 7 , 2019 - 15:21 (EEST) Section: B92 (Serbia)

      President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko says the path of North Macedonia to NATO was very difficult, but that this country has shown unity.According to the Ukrainian news agency Unian, Poroshenko also said that Russia tried to prevent the entry of North Macedonia into NATO. …read more Source:...

      The comedian running for president in Ukraine
      Feb07

      The comedian running for president in Ukraine

      Thursday, February 7 , 2019 - 3:00 (EEST) Section: BBC (The United Kingdom)

      Polls suggest comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy is a frontrunner in Ukraine’s presidential election. …read more Source:...

      Paris and Berlin rail against merger block in Brussels
      Feb06

      Paris and Berlin rail against merger block in Brussels

      Wednesday, February 6 , 2019 - 17:20 (EEST) Section: European Voice (EU)

      BERLIN — France and Germany are demanding a revamp of the EU’s competition policy after the European Commission decided Wednesday to block a proposed merger between rail titans Alstom and Siemens. Both Paris and Berlin had fought for the creation of a European rail champion, aimed at competing with Chinese rivals, but Brussels concluded the...

      Lithuania to donate EUR 255,000 worth of ammo to Ukraine – The Baltic Times
      Feb06

      Lithuania to donate EUR 255,000 worth of ammo to Ukraine – The Baltic Times

      Wednesday, February 6 , 2019 - 15:00 (EEST) Section: The Baltic Times (Latvia)

      VILNIUS – The Lithuanian government has decided to donate over a million cartridges, worth 255,000 euros, for Soviet-made Kalashnikov …… …read more Source: The Baltic...

      [Feature] Russia’s grey war in Ukraine prompts fatigue
      Feb06

      [Feature] Russia’s grey war in Ukraine prompts fatigue

      Wednesday, February 6 , 2019 - 9:21 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

      Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine has already lasted as long as World War One – leaving civilians, including children, and their minds at risk. …read more Source:...

      Germany promotes champions as EU moves to kill Railbus
      Feb05

      Germany promotes champions as EU moves to kill Railbus

      Tuesday, February 5 , 2019 - 20:20 (EEST) Section: European Voice (EU)

      BERLIN — As in comedy, timing is everything in European politics. Only a day before the European Commission is expected to shoot down a landmark rail merger between France’s Alstom and Germany’s Siemens, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Tuesday laid out a new plan for Europe to switch course and prioritize the formation of...