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Ukraine’s new president set to be sworn in next week
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to swear the new president into office next week, opening the possibility of a snap parliamentary election. …read more Source: FOX...
Ukraine’s new president set to be sworn in next week
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to swear the new president into office next week, opening the possibility of a snap parliamentary election. The Supreme Rada on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to set … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Ukraine’s new president set to be sworn in next week
Ukraine’s parliament has voted to swear the new president into office next week, opening the possibility of a snap parliamentary election …read more Source: ABC...
Inauguration Of Ukraine’s President-Elect Zelenskiy Set For May 20
Ukrainian lawmakers have set May 20 as the day of inauguration of incoming President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Eva.Stories: Telling A ‘Terrifying’ Holocaust Tale Via Instagram
The Ukrainian city of Lviv helped create Eva.Stories, the viral Instagram project that brought a Holocaust victim’s diary to social media. But filming amid the Ukrainian presidential election campaign in March presented some challenges. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Sri Lanka’s hotels, beaches, eateries now empty of tourists
Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note. Bomb blasts can happen “anywhere, anytime,” he said, adding … Click to Continue » …read more Source: Miami...
Lonely Planet’s top destination suffers a blow after blasts
Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note. Bomb blasts can happen “anywhere, anytime,” he said, adding … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
German Biscuit Heiress Apologizes for Nazi Forced Labor Remarks
The heiress of a German biscuit empire has apologized for comments that seemed to downplay the use of forced labor in Nazi Germany. Verena Bahlsen, who is part owner of her father’s Bahlsen bakery, said she “deeply regrets” her remarks about the way the company treated those forced to work under Hitler’s regime. “It was a mistake to...
Germany’s Merkel Welcomes European Unity Over Iran
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Europe needs to “reposition” itself in a changing world and is welcoming European powers’ unity over Iran, a contrast with their deep divisions over the Iraq war 16 years ago. Merkel said in an interview with Germany’s daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung released Wednesday that Europe needs...
Piano Voting: Ukrainian MP Breaking The Law While Making The Law
Two years after an RFE/RL investigation showed members of Ukraine’s parliament illegally voting on an electronic system, one MP was still pushing others legislators’ buttons. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
