Section: US & Canada
A Conservative Case for German Leadership in Europe
Since Reunification in 1991, Germany has intermittently and ambivalently contemplated a more significant leadership role in international politics, including the Atlantic Alliance. The central question here is where relations with the United States are headed. For the past 30 years, German leaders have chosen to leave this question for a more...
8 die of measles in Ukraine this year as outbreak worsens
Authorities say eight people have died of measles in Ukraine since the start of the year, already half as many as died in the whole of 2018. The Health Ministry … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
U.N. Official Says Peace Negotiations For Ukraine Have ‘Lost Momentum’
Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca made the comment in a speech before the U.N. Security Council at an event marking the fourth anniversary of the accords. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
UN: 2015 Peace Accord for Ukraine’s East Not Implemented
A 2015 agreement to bring peace to Ukraine’s volatile east remains largely unimplemented and civilians are paying the highest price, with more than 3,300 killed and 3.5 million needing humanitarian aid this year, U.N. officials said Tuesday. Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in early 2014 and support for separatist rebels...
UN: 2015 peace accord for Ukraine’s east not implemented
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – U.N. officials say a 2015 agreement to bring peace to Ukraine’s volatile east remains largely unimplemented and civilians are paying the highest price, with more than 3,300 killed and 3.5 million needing humanitarian aid this year. Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in early 2014 and …...
UN: 2015 peace accord for Ukraine’s east not implemented
U.N. officials say a 2015 agreement to bring peace to Ukraine’s volatile east remains largely unimplemented and civilians are paying the highest price, with more than 3,300 killed and 3.5 million needing humanitarian aid this year. …read more Source: FOX...
The EU May Have Just Put an End to Russia’s Pipeline Project
Amid much shock and confusion, as of last Friday the EU appears to have decisively moved to put a stop to Gazprom’s long-running pipeline gambit—a series of moves designed to gain pricing leverage over Europe’s energy market while also isolating Ukraine. The Ukrainian element was not incidental, and the strategy had three goals:...
Court Extends Inter RAO Top Manager’s Pretrial Detention In Spying Case
Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court on February 12 ruled to extend the pretrial detention of Karina Tsurkan, an executive with energy holding company Inter RAO charged with spying, until at least mid-April, Russian media reported. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin Threatening Democracies Worldwide, Pompeo Tells Slovaks
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is on a tour of Central Europe, warned on February 12 that Russian President Vladimir Putin poses a threat to democracies worldwide. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Moscow Court Upholds Prolongation Of Ukrainian Sailors’ Pretrial Detentions
A Moscow court on February 12 upheld the extension of the pretrial detention of four of 24 Ukrainian sailors detained by Russian forces along with their three naval vessels in November near the Kerch Strait, which links the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
