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      Forgotten Ukrainians feel the bite of winter food cuts
      Mar06

      Forgotten Ukrainians feel the bite of winter food cuts

      As winter tightens its grip on war-torn eastern Ukraine, hundreds of thousands of people are struggling to put food on the table due to a lack of funding for emergency humanitarian aid. Last week, the World Food Programme wound up its food assistance operations in the east of the country, where a four-year conflict has killed more than 10,000...

      Neo-Nazi groups recruit Britons to fight in Ukraine
      Mar06

      Neo-Nazi groups recruit Britons to fight in Ukraine

      Hope Not Hate watchdog says at least two men have travelled from UK to war-torn nationNeo-Nazi groups involved in the fighting in Ukraine are actively seeking to recruit British far-right activists, a leading anti-fascist watchdog has warned.At least two Britons are thought to have travelled to the war-torn eastern European country in recent...

      Mueller investigation: Manafort accused of secretly funding European pro-Russia group
      Mar06

      Mueller investigation: Manafort accused of secretly funding European pro-Russia group

      Ex-Trump aide was working on behalf of then Ukrainian leader when he allegedly paid ‘Hapsburg Group’, which included former top European officials, in 2012 and 2013The investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 US election by the special counsel Robert Mueller has brought to light a secretly financed pro-Russian lobbying effort that...

      Today at Commission: Trade war, radio spectrum and Ukrainian gas crisis
      Mar06

      Today at Commission: Trade war, radio spectrum and Ukrainian gas crisis

      On the agenda: Trump’s steel and aluminum import duties announcement, radio spectrum policy, EU infrastructure connectivity, Russo-Ukrainian gas dispute U.S.-EU trade war: Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker released a statement on Thursday evening addressing Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imports of EU steel and...

      Living with the ghosts of Maidan
      Mar06

      Living with the ghosts of Maidan

      KIEV, Ukraine — I’m staying in a suite on one of the top floors of Hotel Ukraine. It’s February 20, four years to the day since dozens of protesters in Independence Square in Kiev were shot dead by snipers hiding in these very rooms. It’s silent as death in the halls and rooms. The ghosts live down below, in the lobby and...

      Former Austrian chancellor appears to have lobbied as part of Manafort scheme
      Mar06

      Former Austrian chancellor appears to have lobbied as part of Manafort scheme

      New filings made public by special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday shed fresh light on the Washington lobbying campaign orchestrated by Paul Manafort on behalf of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his allies. Manafort “secretly retained” several former senior European politicians to covertly promote Ukrainian interests in Washington....

      From Britain to Ukraine, the far right is thriving on shared emotion | Natalia Antonova
      Mar06

      From Britain to Ukraine, the far right is thriving on shared emotion | Natalia Antonova

      British neo-Nazis fighting in Ukraine are part of a wider scene. If we are to fight it, facts and reasoning will not be enoughWhile reports of Britons being recruited by Ukrainian neo-Nazis to fight in a war against Russia appear to be somewhat exaggerated – two men hardly constitutes some sort of far-right stampede to the eastern edge of Europe...

      Why is the world at war?

      Syria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Afghanistan, Ukraine – the globe is scarred by violenceWe live in a world of trouble. Conflicts today may be much less lethal than those that scarred the last century, but this brings little comfort. We remain deeply anxious. We can blame terrorism and the fear it inspires despite the statistically...

      Minister not worried about Russian gas supplies to Serbia
      Mar06

      Minister not worried about Russian gas supplies to Serbia

      There is no danger for Serbia if Russia halts gas supplies through Ukraine, Energy Minister Aleksandar Antic has said.Antic was responding journalists when he said that this will not affect our country, because of the contract it has with Gazprom, that includes “three points for the delivery of gas to Serbia.” …read more Source:...

      Latvia’s voting system is old–and therefore safe, says ‘stratcom’
      Mar06

      Latvia’s voting system is old–and therefore safe, says ‘stratcom’

      In a March 6 interview with the Diena newspaper, Janis Sarts, the head of the Riga-based NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence (StratCom COE), said that in comparison with attempts to hack into digital voting systems in the United States, France, the Netherlands and Ukraine, nothing like this can happen in Latvia due to the...