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VIDEO: US helping train Ukraine soldiers
Anastasiya Gribanova has been given exclusive access to watch US troops train their Ukrainian counterparts …read more Source:...
Ukraine crisis makes EU eastern partnership more important: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – The crisis in Ukraine makes the European Union’s partnership with the bloc’s eastern neighbors more important than ever, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday, insisting that the initiative is not directed against Russia. …read more Source:...
If I ruled the world: Antony Beevor
© mikko stig/rex_shutterstock As world ruler, I would prevent countries from attempting to control history. One saw the way the historian David Irving, who in 2005 was sent to prison by an Austrian court for denying the Holocaust, could make himself out to be a victim and a martyr. Then there was former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who tried...
Anti-booing measures in place for Russian Eurovision act
Organisers say they do not want a repeat of last year when Russia was booed in an apparent response to its involvement in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The Guardian view on eastern Europe and the EU: get it right in Riga | Editorial
One year after war broke out in Ukraine, the EU’s review of its eastern policy will have profound consequences for the continentThe Riga summit on the European Union’s eastern partnership policy may not make many headlines, but the issues that will be debated on Thursday and Friday in Latvia are major ones all the same. They will...
Ukraine crisis: Petro Poroshekno warns Russia will invade in the summer
The Ukrainian president has warned that Russia could soon attempt to stage an invasion, as the two nations are in the midst of a “real war”. …read more Source: The...
Eurovision song contest installs ‘anti-booing’ technology over Ukraine crisis
Amid fears singer Polina Gagarina will bear the brunt of the ill-will Europe feels towards Russia, Eurovision contest organisers have installed ‘anti-booing’ technology for the final in Vienna. …read more Source: Daily...
EU Eastern Partnership summit will highlight failure of plan to check Russia
Shadow of Ukraine conflict will loom heavily over Riga conference, showing flagship programme to woo eastern Europe away from Moscow to be in turmoilA summit in Riga this week is likely to highlight the failure of the EU’s flagship programme designed to entice six former Soviet states out of Moscow’s orbit and into the embrace of...
Germany to pay Soviet prisoners-of-war
Diplomats say Germany is ready to restore good relations with Russia despite Ukraine tension …read more Source: Financial...
International Red Cross visits two soldiers detained in Ukraine
GENEVA (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday that it had visited two men captured in eastern Ukraine at the weekend who are now in hospital in Kiev. …read more Source:...
