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      Georgian Saakashvili quits as Ukraine Odessa governor
      Nov07

      Georgian Saakashvili quits as Ukraine Odessa governor

      Ex-Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili quits as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Dutch activists close in on Ceta referendum
      Nov07

      [Ticker] Dutch activists close in on Ceta referendum

      Activists in the Netherlands have gathered almost two-thirds of the signatures needed to initiate a referendum on Europe’s free trade deal with Canada, Ceta. Under Dutch law, 300,000 signatures are enough to trigger an advisory vote on any bill passed by parliament. On Monday morning, 190,000 people had signed the Ceta petition. A Dutch...

      Delo points to low media profile of Poroshenko visit
      Nov07

      Delo points to low media profile of Poroshenko visit

      The front-page commentary in Monday’s issue of Delo notes the low media profile of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s visit to Slovenia tomorrow, compared to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit in July. …read more Source:...

      Russia’s boom (farming) economy
      Nov07

      Russia’s boom (farming) economy

      The Kremlin claims it has won the sanctions war with the West — and points to the good news coming out of its agriculture sector. It is half right. When the West slapped sanctions on Russia in 2014 and Moscow retaliated with a trade embargo, the consensus was that Moscow was shooting itself in the foot by banning fresh produce from the EU. A...

      Why I declared my wealth and made Ukraine’s elite follow suit | Volodymyr Groysman
      Nov06

      Why I declared my wealth and made Ukraine’s elite follow suit | Volodymyr Groysman

      The prime minister of Ukraine explains how his government is using a landmark system to force senior officials to declare their assetsWe made history in Ukraine last week. For the first time ever, more than 100,000 top officials, including the president, members of the cabinet, MPs, judges, prosecutors and civil servants, declared their assets...

      Opinion: Black Sea – no place for provocations
      Nov05

      Opinion: Black Sea – no place for provocations

      Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the Black Sea has become a strategic priority for NATO. Now troops will be stationed there. That is the right move, says DW’s Robert Schwartz. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Russia’s Putin unveils provocative statue
      Nov05

      Russia’s Putin unveils provocative statue

      There is controversy over a vast new statue in Moscow honouring the 10th Century prince who founded the forerunner to the Russian state, but who is claimed by Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      Russia is preying on Bulgaria’s next president
      Nov05

      Russia is preying on Bulgaria’s next president

      Russia is the dominant topic as Bulgarians prepare to go to the polls to pick a new president. The two favorites to come out on top in Sunday’s presidential election are lobbying for the lifting of EU sanctions on Russia, while the sitting president warns of Moscow’s growing influence in the country. Tsetska Tsacheva, the candidate of...

      Bushati receives Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin
      Nov05

      Bushati receives Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin

      TIRANA, Nov 4 /ATA/ – Minister of Foreign Affairs Ditmir Bushati received his Ukrainian counterpart Pavlo Klimkin on Friday to discuss bilateral cooperation and ways to further boost the existing good relations between the two countries. Bushati and the Foreign Minister of Ukraine, on a working visit to Albania, exchanged views on matters of...

      Ukranian President Poroshenko duped in phone hoax
      Nov04

      Ukranian President Poroshenko duped in phone hoax

      Ukranian President Poroshenko shared news of a conversation with his Kyrgyz counterpart this week, only to later discover he had been talking to a prankster. It remains unclear who was responsible for the hoax. …read more Source: Deutsche...