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5 Stolen Golden Age Paintings Returned to Dutch Museum
Five Dutch Golden Age paintings that were among a trove of art stolen from a Dutch museum more than a decade ago have been returned after being recovered in Ukraine earlier this year.Now the Westfries Museum in the northern town of Hoorn is crowd-funding to pay to restore… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Rebels, Govt Report Partial Weapons Withdrawal
Ukrainian government forces and separatist rebels say they have pulled back heavy weapons in only one out of three planned locations on the front line in eastern Ukraine.Both sides in the conflict that has killed more 9,600 people since it began in 2014 said Saturday they… …read more Source:...
Finns: The Dutch Asked us to Keep Buk Missile Test Secret
Finland’s president says the Netherlands had asked the Nordic country to keep secret some tests it made with Russian-built missiles similar to the one believed to have downed a Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine in 2014.President Sauli Niinisto said Friday that Finland… …read more Source:...
Ukraine Marks Babi Yar Massacre’s 75th Anniversary
Ukrainians have marked the 75th anniversary of the Babi Yar massacre, one of the most infamous mass slaughters of World War II.Babi Yar, a ravine in the Ukrainian capital, is where nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within 48 hours in 1941, when the city was under Nazi… …read more Source:...
The Latest: Russian Missile Maker Disputes Dutch MH17 Probe
The Latest on the probe into the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 (all times local):5:10 p.m.The Russian maker of the Buk air defense missile system is contesting the conclusions of the Dutch-led investigation into the 2014 downing of Malaysia… …read more Source:...
Moldova Bans Ukraine Meat over African Swine Fever Fears
Moldovan authorities are banning the import of live animals and meat from Ukraine due to fears of African swine fever.Agriculture Minister Eduard Grama says the ban begins Wednesday after several suspected cases of the disease emerged 200 kilometers (125 miles) north of the… …read more Source:...
Dutch Investigators to Give Results of MH17 Criminal Probe
Relatives of victims of the shooting-down of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner over Ukraine more than two years ago were gathering Wednesday to learn the preliminary results of a Dutch-led criminal probe of the disaster that claimed 298 lives.The team that is conducting the… …read more Source:...
Protesters Block Russian Embassy in Kiev on Election Day
Dozens of right-wing activists are blocking the entrance to Russia’s embassy in the Ukrainian capital, where a polling station has been set up for Russian citizens who wish to vote in their country’s parliamentary elections.One demonstrator has been detained in a scuffle… …read more Source:...
French, German Ministers in Ukraine to Revive Peace Deal
French and German foreign ministers are visiting Ukraine to shore up a 2015 peace deal that has floundered amid continuing fighting in eastern Ukraine.Jean-Marc Ayrault and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko Wednesday to discuss ways to… …read more Source:...
Retired US General to Advise Ukraine’s Defense Minister
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has appointed a retired U.S. Army general as a special adviser to Ukraine’s defense minister.The Pentagon says John Abizaid (AB’-ih-zayd) will advise defense chief Stepan Poltorak as Ukraine tries to strengthen democratic civilian control… …read more Source:...
