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    The four consequences of Israel’s plan to annex West Bank territories
    Jun17

    The four consequences of Israel’s plan to annex West Bank territories

    Annexation will destroy any hope of a two-state solution and hasten the end of Israel’s democratic character. The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has set a deadline of 1 July for the annexation of parts of the Palestinian West Bank to Israel. In two weeks’ time, Israel is expected to formalise what since the 1967 Six-Day...

    How the US helped leading Nazis escape Europe
    Jun17

    How the US helped leading Nazis escape Europe

    As Phillips Sands’ The Ratline explores, Nazis complicity in genocide didn’t stop Americans trying to recruit them. A new, fascinating literary genre has recently emerged. The best examples include Louise Kehoe’s In This Dark House (1995), Edmund de Waal’s The Hare With Amber Eyes (2011), East West Street (2016) by...

    Moody’s upgrades Ukraine’s rating to ‘B3’
    Jun17

    Moody’s upgrades Ukraine’s rating to ‘B3’

    Moody’s Investors Service has raised Ukraine’s sovereign credit rating to “B3” from “Caa1” and assigned a stable outlook, Trading Economics reports. …read more Source:: Budapest Business...

    Workers from Ukraine, Belarus can come to Lithuania more easily after lockdown ends
    Jun17

    Workers from Ukraine, Belarus can come to Lithuania more easily after lockdown ends

    Workers from Ukraine and Belarus can come to Lithuania more easily after the end of quarantine in the country, informs LETA/BNS. …read more Source:: The Baltic...

    Qualified Worker Programme for non-EU foreigners partly restored
    Jun16

    Qualified Worker Programme for non-EU foreigners partly restored

    Monday did not just see the Czech government remove a wide-range of travel restrictions. A green light has also been given for workers from some non-EU states to apply for work in the Czech Republic. This is particularly relevant when it comes to Ukraine, the Czech Republic’s second largest source of foreign labour. However, restrictions...

    Ukraine president’s wife hospitalized with moderate COVID-19
    Jun16

    Ukraine president’s wife hospitalized with moderate COVID-19

    The wife of Ukraine’s President, Olena Zelenska, was hospitalized after contracting coronavirus and her condition was stable, the presidential office said on Tuesday, adding a fresh test of her husband showed he remained negative. …read more Source::...

    Transatlantic blues as Pompeo holds EU talks
    Jun16

    Transatlantic blues as Pompeo holds EU talks

    Transatlantic relations are seemingly so bad, even speaking English didn’t help EU foreign ministers get their message across to Donald Trump’s top diplomat. After leading a 90-minute videoconference Monday with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — during which they discussed a range of topics they disagree on — EU foreign policy...

    ‘Iron Lady’ runner in ‘hellish and merciless’ marathon race collapses and dies
    Jun15

    ‘Iron Lady’ runner in ‘hellish and merciless’ marathon race collapses and dies

    Kateryna Katiushcheva, 33, was taking part in the annual Odessa Ultra-Trial Kuyalnik 2020 race in Ukraine when she collapsed. There were fears she had been kidnapped before she was found six miles from the finishing line …read more Source::...

    Briefing: EP AFCO – Exchange of views on the outcome of the Croatian Presidency of the Council EU
    Jun15

    Briefing: EP AFCO – Exchange of views on the outcome of the Croatian Presidency of the Council EU

    On June 8, the European Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional Affairs held an exchange of views with Nikolina Brnjac, Ministre délégué, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Republic of Croatia, on the outcome of the Croatian Council Presidency. Ms Brnjac gave a brief overview of the work of the Croatian Presidency, focusing on...

    The stranded babies of Kyiv and the women who give birth for money
    Jun15

    The stranded babies of Kyiv and the women who give birth for money

    Lockdown exposed the scale of the commercial baby business in Ukraine, and now women hired for their wombs are speaking outSome are crying in their cots; others are being cradled or bottle-fed by nannies. These newborns are not in the nursery of a maternity hospital, they are lined up side by side in two large reception rooms of the improbably...