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      War shatters  lives in eastern Ukraine as the world looks away
      May25

      War shatters lives in eastern Ukraine as the world looks away

      Eurovision night bloodshed highlights continued suffering caused by three-year-old conflict …read more Source: The Irish...

      Tusk: EU and USA agree on Russia for the most part
      May25

      Tusk: EU and USA agree on Russia for the most part

      The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk expressed the view that the US and the EU agreed on a number of issues, following his meeting with US President Donald Trump in the presence of European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker. “We discussed a number issues regarding foreign policy, security, the climate and trade”, Mr. Tusk...

      Russia NO, Trade NO: Trump and Tusk fail to agree on ANY major issues in EU war of words
      May25

      Russia NO, Trade NO: Trump and Tusk fail to agree on ANY major issues in EU war of words

      DONALD Trump’s visit to Brussels has got off to a terrible start with the US leader and the bloc failing to agree on the most troubling issues on the table. …read more Source:...

      Trump meets top EU officials on his first Brussels trip
      May25

      Trump meets top EU officials on his first Brussels trip

      Donald Trump, whose “American First†instincts and Euroskeptic campaign rhetoric rattled his European allies, made his first official visit to Brussels Thursday to meet top EU officials ahead of a summit at NATO — an alliance he once described as “obsolete.” While EU leaders are pleased he decided to visit them...

      Russia looms over Trump’s meetings with European leaders
      May25

      Russia looms over Trump’s meetings with European leaders

      When German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited President Donald Trump at the White House in March, she brought a visual aid to help Trump understand the menace posed by his would-be friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Merkel brought out a 1980s map of the former Soviet Union and noted the way its borders stretched for hundreds of miles to the...

      Fighting corruption, Ukraine starts to judge its judges
      May25

      Fighting corruption, Ukraine starts to judge its judges

      KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian judge Artur Yemelianov has acknowledged in an online declaration that he owns a Breguet watch worth nearly a third of his annual salary and keeps piles of cash. …read more Source:...

      EU Defence Union: The end of soft power?
      May25

      EU Defence Union: The end of soft power?

      Brexit, Trump, but also Macron’s victory have given fresh impetus to EU defence cooperation. Concrete initiatives were launched last week. After years of languishing in the long grass, the process of European defence cooperation has recently been kicked into top gear. Brexit, Donald Trump repeatedly calling into question US commitment to...

      NATO cheers Trump’s military budget
      May24

      NATO cheers Trump’s military budget

      Analysts of U.S. President Donald Trump’s initial budget plan are slamming it as built on fuzzy math. But if Trump’s numbers are fuzzy, his proposal on military spending has NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg feeling all warm and cuddly toward the White House. Trump’s fiscal blueprint, released in Washington just as...

      Contact group on Ukraine to reconvene in Minsk on 7 June
      May24

      Contact group on Ukraine to reconvene in Minsk on 7 June

      Martin Sajdik said that during the meeting on 24 May they discussed protection and maintenance of civilian infrastructure among other things. Participants of the meeting welcomed the comprehensive approach to addressing ecological matters in the conflict zone. …read more Source:...

      Creator of Ukrainian anti-graft database accused of embezzlement:  prosecutor
      May24

      Creator of Ukrainian anti-graft database accused of embezzlement: prosecutor

      KIEV (Reuters) – The head of a Ukrainian software firm tasked with building a landmark anti-corruption computer program is suspected of stealing Western funds from the project and funneling the cash overseas, General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said on Wednesday. …read more Source:...