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    EU Pledges Financial Support For Eastern Partnership Members
    Mar30

    EU Pledges Financial Support For Eastern Partnership Members

    The European Commission says it has reallocated more than 140 million euros ($154.4 million) to help Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukrainian Lawmakers Fire Finance, Health Ministers, Fail To Approve Replacements
    Mar30

    Ukrainian Lawmakers Fire Finance, Health Ministers, Fail To Approve Replacements

    Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has approved the firing of Finance Minister Ihor Umanskiy and Health Minister Illya Yemets just weeks into their mandates, but failed to approve new candidates to the posts. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine Dusts off Soviet-Era Ventilator Designs to Help Fight Coronavirus
    Mar30

    Ukraine Dusts off Soviet-Era Ventilator Designs to Help Fight Coronavirus

    By Natalia ZinetsKIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine is dusting off Soviet-era ventilator designs that lay forgotten in a mothballed military factory for… …read more Source:: U.S....

    Ukraine’s Parliament To Hold Special Session On IMF Bills Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
    Mar30

    Ukraine’s Parliament To Hold Special Session On IMF Bills Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

    Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has scheduled an extraordinary session for the afternoon of March 30 to adopt legislation that would protect the eastern European country during the COVID-19 pandemic. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    2020 Time Capsule #10: Projection
    Mar30

    2020 Time Capsule #10: Projection

    At his rally/press conference this evening, Donald Trump effectively said that doctors and hospitals are selling masks “out the back door,” accounting for current shortages.You can see it for yourself here, on this C-Span video, starting at time 12:00. Trump notes the shortage of masks and says: Something’s going on. And you ought to look...

    2020 Time Capsule #9: ‘That Woman in Michigan’
    Mar29

    2020 Time Capsule #9: ‘That Woman in Michigan’

    Just before the 2016 election, and then again after its results became clear, I did a series of Atlantic items on a challenge I thought the press was not prepared for.The challenge was dealing with a major political figure—Donald Trump—who fit no previous pattern of how presidents or other major figures conceived of “truth” versus “lies.”All...

    Pray For Rain: Crimea’s Dry-Up A Headache For Moscow, Dilemma For Kyiv
    Mar29

    Pray For Rain: Crimea’s Dry-Up A Headache For Moscow, Dilemma For Kyiv

    After Russia cut Crimea off from the rest of Ukraine by seizing control in 2014, Kyiv cut off the water supply with the grand-scale equivalent of a twist of the wrist. Now Moscow is scrambling to supply water to the desiccated peninsula and its people, and Kyiv is wondering whether to turn the taps back on. …read more Source:: Radio Free...

    Fox Business Host Who Ranted About Coronavirus ‘Scam’ Gets Axed
    Mar28

    Fox Business Host Who Ranted About Coronavirus ‘Scam’ Gets Axed

    Fox Business announced on Friday that Trish Regan, the host of the network’s “Trish Regan Primetime” program, has been let go in the aftermath of her infamous tirade claiming that the COVID-19 outbreak was part of some kind of anti-Trump scheme run by Democrats and the media. “FOX Business has parted ways with Trish Regan,” the network said...

    The Problem With China’s Victory Lap
    Mar28

    The Problem With China’s Victory Lap

    On January 24, a few days after the United States confirmed its first coronavirus case, President Donald Trump expressed his gratitude for China’s “efforts and transparency” in combatting a virus that the country’s leadership tried for weeks to cover up. On behalf of the American people, Trump wrote, “I want to thank President Xi!”By...

    COVID-19: New Death Reported In Russia; New Restrictions In Effect In Ukraine
    Mar28

    COVID-19: New Death Reported In Russia; New Restrictions In Effect In Ukraine

    The global death toll from the coronavirus is more than 27,700 with almost 600,000 infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions as governments continue to try to slow the spread of the new respiratory illness. Here’s a roundup of developments in RFE/RL’s broadcast countries. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...