Section: US & Canada
Ukraine wins 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Ukraine wins 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. …read more Source:...
Glitz, Glam, Glory of Eurovision Song Contest Come to US
U.S. television viewers are finally getting a look at the biggest pop culture event in Europe: the Eurovision song contest, which is being broadcast on the U.S. Logo channel as well as on networks across Europe Saturday. The talent contest known for wild costumes and over-the-top performances drew 200 million viewers for its final round last...
The Latest: TV chief: Eurovision Song Contest unifies Europe
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest (all times local): 9 p.m. The director of the TV alliance that produces the Eurovision Song Contest says the show’s message of unity is particularly significant at a time when Europe is seeing its internal borders returning. European Broadcasting Union Director-General Ingrid...
Pentagon seeks 35 percent budget increase to fight ISIL
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty The Pentagon on Feb. 2 will provide a preview of its 2017 budget requesting more funds to beef up U.S. forces in Eastern Europe and fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant extremist group. Ashton Carter.The Pentagon’s request for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 will total...
A world in need of leadership: Picking up the post-Cyprus geopolitical pieces
Sol W. Sanders It’s early on but some new disturbing geopolitical trends are emerging or being emphasized from the Cyprus financial crisis that go far beyond continuing the very real threat to the Euro and the whole economic structure of the European Union. Offstage, it has exposed the growing deterioration of the Russian regime of Vladimir...
Four Reasons It Would Be Dangerous To Ban Russian Rocket Engines
Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D and Constance Baroudos, M.A. | Lexington Institute After Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014, everybody in Washington agreed it was time to stop relying on Russian rocket engines for getting U.S. military satellites into orbit. So it’s no surprise that Congress is considering legislation to do just that. But if...
200 million people will tune in Saturday night to see the Eurovision Song Contest winner
AP Photo/Martin MeissnerSTOCKHOLM (AP) — It’s got kitsch, international intrigue and an array of eclectic musical performances from Belgium to Armenia. The winner of the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be crowned at the end of a live show Saturday night that is being broadcast to an estimated 200 million viewers in Europe...
Russia and Ukraine set to battle it out on stage at Eurovision
By Daniel Dickson and Martin Lindstam STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Politics could take center stage at the usually kitsch Eurovision Song Contest… …read more Source:...
Who Are the Crimean Tatars?
The Tatar people have lived in settlements all across Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union since the Middle Ages. The Tatars traditionally espouse the Sunni branch of Islam and have historically enjoyed a close relationship with Turkey and other Muslim peoples in the nearby Balkans, Caucasus and Central Asia. The Tatar language is also part...
U.S. To Move Forward With $1 Billion Loan Guarantee For Ukraine
U.S. Vice President Biden told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that the United States will move forward with a third loan guarantee agreement to support reforms against corruption. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
