Section: Latin American Herald Tribune (Venezuela)
Svitolina Through to 2nd Round of Roland Garros for 5th Time
Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, seeded 5th, won the first round of French Open for the fifth time in her career on Tuesday after beating Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Tusk Surprised by Trump’s Brexit Stance, Calls for Unity on Ukraine
The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said on Friday he was positively surprised by the attitude of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, with regards to the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Portugal’s Salvador Sobral Wins 2017 Eurovision Contest (VIDEO)
Portugal won the Eurovision 2017 song contest late Saturday, for its first time, with the song “Amor Pelos Dois” (For the Both of Us) sung by Salvador Sobral, in the grand final gala of the competition held in Kiev. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Favorites Sweden and Portugal Advance to Eurovision’s Final
The first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, held on Tuesday night in Kiev, came with few surprises: Sweden, Portugal, Armenia and Belgium, among the 10 favorites to win the competition, managed to beat their rivals and will fight for the victory in the grand final on May 13. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
OSCE to Launch Criminal Investigation after Worker Killed in East Ukraine
The secretary general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe said on Tuesday that those responsible for the death of an OSCE worker in eastern Ukraine should be found and brought to justice. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Pope Francis Calls on World Leaders to Prevent Conflict, End Arms Trade
Pope Francis called for an end to all conflict as he gave his traditional Easter Sunday speech from St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, touching upon recent outbreaks of violence in the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukrainian President: Murder of Former Russian MP Is State Terrorism by Russia
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko accused the Kremlin on Thursday of being behind the assassination of a former Russian member of parliament in Kiev, calling it an act of state terrorism carried out by Russia. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Large Explosion at Ammunition Depot in Ukraine Triggers Evacuation, No Victims
Ukrainian officials evacuated around 20,000 people from the vicinity of a huge munitions dump that exploded on Thursday and went up in a ball of flames, authorities said. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Moscow Laments Ukraine’s Entry Ban on Russian 2017 Eurovision Contestant
Moscow denounced Ukraine’s decision to ban a Russian Eurovision contestant from entering the country and called on Thursday upon the Kiev Government to reverse the measure. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine Bans Russian Contestant Ahead of 2017 Eurovision Contest in Kiev
Ukraine’s security services on Wednesday banned a Russian singer from entering the country, just two months before she was due to take part in the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
