Section: US & Canada
Slovak spy agency: Russian spies increase activities in EU, NATO countries over Ukraine crisis
Slovakia’s spy agency says Russian agents have significantly increased their activities in Slovakia and all other NATO and European Union countries in connection with the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...
Russia ‘Alarmed’ By Kyiv’s Refusal To Negotiate With Rebels
Russia says Ukraine’s failure to agree with separatists on implementing a peace deal is “alarming.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Dutch back UN tribunal for Malaysia Airlines crash
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he supports moves to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine last year. …read more Source: CNS...
Netherlands supports UN tribunal to prosecute those responsible for MH17 crash
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he supports moves to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine last year. …read more Source: FOX...
Dutch back UN tribunal for Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he supports moves to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those responsible for shooting down a Malaysian Airlines plane over Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Global...
Ukrainian Pilot Savchenko’s Trial May Start Late July, Lawyer Says
The trial of Ukrainian pilot and parliament member Nadia Savchenko, who has been jailed in Russia since July 2014, may start within weeks, her lawyer said. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Beyond Influence: Rethinking Elites in the Brave New World
By Katharina Schramm, Graduate Student in Accounting & Finance, University of St. Gallen Aldous Huxley was fascinated with elites. In his novel Brave New World (1931) he creates a society of Alphas ruling over Betas, Deltas, Gammas and Epsilons in a caste system state order. The rules of society are simple. 1. Stability is valued over...
Despite past quarrels with Russia, Georgians are returning to its orbit
TBILISI, Georgia – In this fiercely pro-Western nation that fought a brief war with Russia in 2008, few thought the Kremlin could ever regain a toehold. But with the West backing away from Georgia’s path to E.U. and NATO membership after a year of conflict in Ukraine, pro-Russian sentiments are on the rise.Read full article >>...
Russian Cargo Ship Successfully Launched; Will Bring Critical Supplies To International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian booster rocket on Friday successfully launched an unmanned cargo ship to the International Space Station, whose crew is anxiously awaiting it after the successive failures of two previous supply missions.A Soyuz-U rocket blasted off flawlessly from Russia-leased Baikonur launch pad in Kazakhstan, placing the Progress M-28M...
EBRD to invest up to $1 billion in Ukraine in 2015 if reforms made
By Alessandra Prentice KIEV (Reuters) – The head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said it plans to invest up… …read more Source:...
