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      A Crude Heroine: Nadiya Savchenko’s Assault on Ukraine’s Elite
      Sep07

      A Crude Heroine: Nadiya Savchenko’s Assault on Ukraine’s Elite

      After her release from a Russia prison, Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko was celebrated as a hero. Now, though, she is making powerful enemies with her coarse verbal attacks against the country’s political elite. …read more Source: Der...

      Council of Europe appoints new author of Smolensk crash report
      Sep07

      Council of Europe appoints new author of Smolensk crash report

      The Council of Europe’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights has started work on a report on the 2010 Smolensk plane crash, in which all 96 passengers died, including President Lech Kaczyński and his wife. The Council of Europe may pass a resolution on the issue after the report is prepared. On September 6, Dutch MP Pieter Omtzigt,...

      Russia frees Crimean dissident from psychiatric clinic
      Sep07

      Russia frees Crimean dissident from psychiatric clinic

      MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities freed a prominent Crimean dissident from a psychiatric clinic on Wednesday after he was held there for almost a month and subjected to enforced examinations, his lawyer and a colleague said; but he still faces a possible jail sentence. …read more Source:...

      Orban hails whoever supports Bulgaria against migration
      Sep07

      Orban hails whoever supports Bulgaria against migration

      At a forum in Krintsa Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban praised the countries which assist Bulgaria for the protection of its borders from illegal migration in Southeastern Europe. With the prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine attending Orban demanded protection of EU borders from uncontrolled migration and once...

      Visegrad Group will present its stance on EU reform
      Sep07

      Visegrad Group will present its stance on EU reform

      The leaders of the Visegrad Group (Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary) have expressed their support for Ukraine’s European aspirations and announced they will present their proposal on how to reform the EU at the next informal EU summit in Bratislava. The meeting was divided into two parts. The first was related to the EU future… This...

      Kremlin: new U.S. sanctions not consistent with talks over cooperation
      Sep07

      Kremlin: new U.S. sanctions not consistent with talks over cooperation

      MOSCOW (Reuters) – Expanded U.S. sanctions on Russia are not consistent with talks over possible cooperation between Russia and the United States in other areas, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday. …read more Source:...

      OSCE-Ukraine-Russia contact group resumes talks in Minsk
      Sep07

      OSCE-Ukraine-Russia contact group resumes talks in Minsk

      The meeting was preceded by a meeting of the coordinators of the working groups and also the talks of the working groups. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine decides against hosting Kosovo teams
      Sep07

      Ukraine decides against hosting Kosovo teams

      Ukraine’s basketball and football teams will play their EuroBasket and World Cup qualifiers against Kosovo at neutral venues outside Ukraine.Ukrainian Ambassador to Serbia Oleksandr Aleksandrovych announced this Tuesday. …read more Source:...

      Talks on Ukraine resume in Minsk with meeting of working group coordinators
      Sep07

      Talks on Ukraine resume in Minsk with meeting of working group coordinators

      The previous meeting of the trilateral contact group took place in the Belarusian capital on 26 August. Back then, OSCE special representative Martin Sajdik called for ceasing fire in the conflict zone in the country’s east due to the start of the new academic year. …read more Source:...

      Bulgaria Wouldn’t Back Waiver of EU Sanctions on Russia
      Sep07

      Bulgaria Wouldn’t Back Waiver of EU Sanctions on Russia

      Russia disregarded international law and Bulgaria will not support an end to sanctions imposed by the EU, Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has said.Mitov has told Reuters in an interview that Russia’s actions with regard to the Ukraine crisis “can’t be left without consequences and the only peaceful instrument is...