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      Baltic PMs going to Ukraine next week  – The Baltic Times
      Apr01

      Baltic PMs going to Ukraine next week – The Baltic Times

      VILNIUS – The prime ministers of the three Baltic states are going to Ukraine next week to meet with the country’s top-ranking officia…… …read more Source: The Baltic...

      China is about to launch its first home-built aircraft carrier
      Apr01

      China is about to launch its first home-built aircraft carrier

      China’s defence ministry has confirmed that the country’s first locally built aircraft carrier has entered its final stage of construction before the hull is launched, which media reports suggest could be as early as April 23, the founding anniversary of the navy. “China’s first home-built aircraft carrier is now being fitted...

      Eurovision threatens to ban Ukraine over Russian singer row
      Apr01

      Eurovision threatens to ban Ukraine over Russian singer row

      Ukraine imposed three-year ban on Yuliya Samoilova over illegally entering Moscow-annexed Crimea to perform in 2015The organisers of the Eurovision song contest have threatened to ban Ukraine from future competitions unless it allows Russia’s entrant to enter the country and take part in this year’s show which Kiev is hosting....

      UN chief urges Ukraine and separatists to honour cease-fire
      Apr01

      UN chief urges Ukraine and separatists to honour cease-fire

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      Tusk appeals to  EU to remain “united”
      Apr01

      Tusk appeals to EU to remain “united”

      European council president Donald Tusk has appealed to the EU to remain “united” after Brexit talks began this week. In a speech, Tusk said, “Five days ago in Rome, right before signing the Rome Declaration, I said, “Europe as a political entity will either be united, or will not be at all. Only a united Europe can be a sovereign Europe in...

      Controversial new amendment puts corruption fighters under pressure in Ukraine
      Mar31

      Controversial new amendment puts corruption fighters under pressure in Ukraine

      Civil servants in Ukraine will not be the only ones required to declare their income in the future. Thanks to a controversial new amendment, so too will NGO workers fighting corruption. Transparency, or revenge? …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Germany pushes back on Trump’s NATO demands
      Mar31

      Germany pushes back on Trump’s NATO demands

      With U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visiting NATO for the first time, Germany pushed back Friday against U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated demands that allies increase their military spending. Tillerson is the third Trump emissary to visit NATO headquarters in recent weeks and insist that allies show his boss the money by...

      When America toes Moscow’s line
      Mar31

      When America toes Moscow’s line

      For someone with personal experience of Russian harassment and full-blown military attack, it is hard to observe the recent debate in the United States about Russian meddling with merely an academic interest. As the president of Georgia from 2004 to 2013, I saw firsthand how Russia treats its neighbors—and now Americans are getting a...

      Levan Koguashvili’s documentary takes Ukrainian festival prize
      Mar31

      Levan Koguashvili’s documentary takes Ukrainian festival prize

      Georgian filmmaker Levan Koguashvili s new documentary Gogita s New Life has received praise of film professionals at the Docudays UA festival after taking the Special Mention of the event on Thursday …read more Source:...

      Denmark offer olive branch to Russia over Arctic despite “unacceptable behaviour” in Ukraine
      Mar31

      Denmark offer olive branch to Russia over Arctic despite “unacceptable behaviour” in Ukraine

      At the meeting of the Arctic Forum, the Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, had a working dinner with representatives from Denmark, Norway and Iceland. The main topic on the agenda was the development of the Arctic, but several other matters of common international significance were discussed. Sustainable development A number of...