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EU plans to boost Russian sanctions as more Ukrainian soldiers killed
EU has prepared a draft statement for the foreign ministers of its 28 members to agree to extend sanctions against Russia by six months …read more Source: The Globe and...
Lies And Deception In Ukraine’s Energy Sector
The Ukrainian government has repeatedly claimed it is doing its best to improve the oil and gas investment climate, but official statements are the opposite of the reality, as Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is leading the great deception. …read more Source: Canada Free...
Freedom declines worldwide as terrorism, authoritarianism rise
NEW YORK – Global freedom has suffered a disturbing decline with 60 per cent of the world’s population, or 2.6 billion people, living in countries that are not completely free, according to a report released Wednesday. Freedom House’s annual study which evaluated the state of freedom in 195 countries and 15 territories determined that...
U.S. loans Ukraine $2B, says more Russian sanctions could occur
The United States on Wednesday signed an agreement providing war-torn Ukraine with $2 billion in loan guarantees to help it with “near-term social spending” in 2015 and said it was prepared to step up sanctions against Russia if necessary. …read more Source:...
Back to Parliament: Legislation
Foreign policy continues to dominate the headlines in Canada, but for all the focus on hotspots like Ukraine, Iraq and Syria, only a few outstanding pieces of legislation brought forward by the government have implications for international affairs. Energy, the economy and anti-terrorism are the primary focus of these bills. Expect more...
Russia’s new ambassador faces ‘loudspeaker diplomacy’ over Ukraine
Just two months on the job, the Russian Federation’s new ambassador, Alexander Darchiev, faces some difficult challenges in Canada-Russian relations that had not, save for the last year, dominated the decade-long posting of the previous ambassador, Georgiy Mamedov. read more …read more Source:...
Ukraine labels pro-Russian rebels terrorists, ending possibility of peace talks
The Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday declared the Russia-backed separatist republics in the east to be terrorist organizations, formally eliminating the possibility of holding peace talks with their representatives, as fighting escalated. …read more Source:...
Cohen: The selective Conservative memory
On February 15, 1965, 10,000 people gathered on Parliament Hill. They were there, in the shadow of the Peace Tower, to watch the raising of Canada’s new flag. At noon, amidst a muffled 21-gun salute, a gust of wind gave the flag “the first flutter of life,” Peter C. Newman observed. “If our nation by God’s grace endures a thousand...
Jewish leader warns of rise of anti-Semitism on Auschwitz anniversary
Russian President Vladimir Putin absent – even though the Soviet Red Army liberated the camp – the result of the deep chill between the West and Russia over Ukraine …read more Source: The Globe and...
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Auschwitz’s last survivors urge a troubled Europe not to forget [Photos]
World leaders joined around 300 Auschwitz survivors at the site of the former Nazi death camp on Tuesday to mark 70 years since its liberation by Soviet troops, an anniversary held in the shadow of war in Ukraine and a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe. …read more Source: The Toronto...
