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Battered EU Is Loser again in Dutch Referendum on Ukraine
It once seemed a quaint formality, but the Netherlands’ referendum on a European Union free-trade deal with Ukraine amounted to a slap in the face for the EU – and yet another serious challenge to the European dream.Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the EU’s executive… …read more Source:...
Polls Open in Dutch Referendum on EU-Ukraine Trade Deal
Polls have opened in a Dutch referendum on a far-reaching free trade deal meant to foster closer ties between Ukraine and the European Union that has run into opposition in the Netherlands where many see it as evidence of unwanted EU expansionism.Wednesday’s non-binding… …read more Source:...
Pope Francis Announces Special Collection for Ukraine
Pope Francis has announced a special collection to help people in Ukraine suffering amid conflict “who thirst for peace and reconciliation.”The pontiff told the faithful Sunday following a Holy Year Mass that Roman Catholic parishes in Europe will hold a special collection… …read more Source:...
Protesters Call for Ukraine’s General Prosecutor to Resign
Over 500 protesters have gathered outside the administrative headquarters of Ukraine’s president to call for the resignation of the country’s general prosecutor, who they say, has failed to use the full power of his office to deal with endemic corruption.Monday’s protest… …read more Source:...
Kremlin: ‘Hysteria’ over Ukraine Pilot Blocks a Resolution
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman says “hysteria” in Ukraine and the West over imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko is interfering with resolving her court case.Dmitry Peskov, in remarks reported Saturday by the state news agency RIA Novosti, gave no… …read more Source:...
Lawyer for 2 Russian Troops in Ukraine Found Dead
A lawyer for two Russian servicemen on trial in Ukraine has been found dead.Yuri Grabovsky was representing Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev who were captured last year in the rebel-held eastern Ukraine. The men admitted they were Russian officers but Moscow said… …read more Source:...
Russia Accuses Ukraine of Ignoring Peace Deal
Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday accused Ukrainian’s government of dragging its feet on implementing last year’s cease-fire agreement as Moscow sought to press its point in a new round of high-level diplomacy.Fighting in Ukraine’s industrial heartland, which has close… …read more Source:...
Russian Judge Reads Verdict in Trial of Ukrainian Pilot
A Ukrainian pilot who is charged with complicity to murder in the deaths of two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine has arrived to court in southwestern Russia where the verdict in her trial is to continue.Nadezhda Savchenko served in a volunteer battalion… …read more Source:...
Court Finds Ukrainian Pilot Guilty of Complicity to Murder
A Russian court on Monday found Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko guilty of complicity to murder two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine.The judge who began reading the verdict Monday morning said in his opening that Savchenko, who served in a volunteer… …read more Source:...
Rebel Rep: Ukraine Truce Deal Could Take Years to Implement
A rebel representative at peace talks for eastern Ukraine said on Friday a truce deal between the Ukrainian government and separatists could take years to be implemented.Fighting has subsided in eastern Ukraine since the deal was signed in Minsk, Belarus, in February last… …read more Source:...
