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      US to be lone Paris accord holdout at G7
      May27

      US to be lone Paris accord holdout at G7

      TAORMINA, Sicily — The U.S. will be the lone holdout on endorsing the Paris accord on climate change when leaders of the G7 will issue their 2017 declaration Saturday, officials said. President Donald Trump had said he would give European leaders a chance to make their case for the climate change accord, but will make a final...

      Trump aides facing perilous stage of Russia probe
      May27

      Trump aides facing perilous stage of Russia probe

      Robert Mueller’s special investigation may just be starting, but for President Donald Trump and his aides, it’s already entered one of the most legally treacherous phases. Now that Trump’s current and former aides and allies officially know a probe exists, they’re responsible for preserving...

      European festival to open in Vancouver
      May27

      European festival to open in Vancouver

      Today, the 20th edition of the annual European Festival opens in the Canadian town of Vancouver. More than 30 European countries, including Bulgaria Bosnia and Herzegovina, Russia, Albania, Armenia, Ukraine, Moldova and Turkey. The festival takes place on 27 and 28 May. The Vancouver European Festival opens with a 45-minute presentation of the...

      Putin, Macron to air tough issues at Versailles meet
      May27

      Putin, Macron to air tough issues at Versailles meet

      France’s new President Emmanuel Macron will hold delicate talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday with the two countries harbouring longstanding differences over Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source: The Local...

      Cohn: White House won’t roll back Russia sanctions
      May26

      Cohn: White House won’t roll back Russia sanctions

      The White House will not move to reduce U.S. sanctions on Russia and may even pursue further action against Moscow, top White House adviser Gary Cohn told reporters on Friday, clarifying previous remarks. “We’re not lowering our sanctions on Russia,†said Cohn, Trump’s chief economic adviser and one...

      Trump confirms Europe’s worst fears
      May26

      Trump confirms Europe’s worst fears

      BRATISLAVA — If “hope dies last,†as a favorite German aphorism goes, Europe needs to find a Plan B for dealing with Donald Trump. For months, Europe’s leaders quietly hoped the American president’s bark wasn’t as bad as his bite, that his cartoonish public persona was...

      Edgy Eastern Europe seeks reassurance in Trump’s NATO talk
      May26

      Edgy Eastern Europe seeks reassurance in Trump’s NATO talk

      KIEV — These are worrying times for those members on NATO’s eastern edge, especially for countries such as Ukraine that are dependent on the alliance for support against a newly assertive Russia. And Donald Trump’s comments at this week’s summit in Belgium did little to alleviate their...

      G7 must face down Russia or suffer disaster
      May26

      G7 must face down Russia or suffer disaster

      KIEV — In 1936, when Winston Churchill cautioned that the “era of procrastination” was coming to an end and that the world was entering a “period consequences,” his warning had already gone unheeded for too long. Two years earlier, the British statesman had warned Europe about the impending peril and was dismissed as an alarmist....

      Putin’s words about Slavonic Script unite Bulgarian politicians
      May26

      Putin’s words about Slavonic Script unite Bulgarian politicians

      On May 24, the day of Bulgarian Education, Culture and the Slavonic Script, Bulgarians learned that in Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a meeting with Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov that the Slavic script had come to Russia from Macedonian lands. The news provoked a surprise, strong enough for a famous historian to say...

      Juncker: Trump wasn’t aggressive in saying Germany was ‘very bad’
      May26

      Juncker: Trump wasn’t aggressive in saying Germany was ‘very bad’

      TAORMINA, Italy — Jean-Claude Juncker appeared to confirm reports that Donald Trump had complained in private about Germany being “very bad†for selling so many cars to the United States. The European Commission president described a “very frankly constructed meeting†with the U.S. president...