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    COVID-19: Ukraine Widens State Of Emergency; Putin To Address Nation
    Mar25

    COVID-19: Ukraine Widens State Of Emergency; Putin To Address Nation

    The global death toll from the coronavirus has almost reach 19,000 with more than 425,000 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...

    Ukrainian Cabinet Submits IMF-Required Bill On Banks To Parliament
    Mar25

    Ukrainian Cabinet Submits IMF-Required Bill On Banks To Parliament

    Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has submitted to parliament a revised bill on banking regulations needed to meet requirements set by the International Monetary Fund for a new lending package as the country’s feeble economy braces for the effects of the coronavirus outbreak. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    News of the Day From Around the World, March 24
    Mar25

    News of the Day From Around the World, March 24

    1 Soldiers killed: Boko Haram extremists killed at least 50 Nigerian soldiers in an ambush near Goneri village in northern Yobe state, according to military officials. The attack, one of the deadliest against troops recently, came as the military tried to launch an offensive against the militants that began over the weekend, according to a...

    Coronavirus Further Complicates Life At Line Of Contact In Eastern Ukraine
    Mar24

    Coronavirus Further Complicates Life At Line Of Contact In Eastern Ukraine

    The global crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been acutely felt in eastern Ukraine, where the line of contact between government-controlled territory and regions held by Russia-backed separatist formations has become even more complicated than usual. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Polish court convicts 3 men in western Ukraine arson attack
    Mar24

    Polish court convicts 3 men in western Ukraine arson attack

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in southern Poland has convicted three Polish men of terrorism charges related to the torching of a Hungarian center in Ukraine in early 2018. The court in Krakow sentenced two of the men to prison terms and one to supervised release and community service. Ukrainian officials have suggested Russian links to the two...

    Polish court convicts 3 men in western Ukraine arson attack
    Mar24

    Polish court convicts 3 men in western Ukraine arson attack

    A court in southern Poland has convicted three Poles of terrorism charges related to the torching of a Hungarian center in Ukraine in early 2018 …read more Source:: ABC...

    The Imitation Games That Authoritarians Play
    Mar24

    The Imitation Games That Authoritarians Play

    In their book The Light That Failed, Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes tell a story that they attribute to Gleb Pavlovsky. He is a Russian “political technologist” who aided both Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin in achieving and holding on to political power. Pavlovsky recounts interviewing voters in the period leading up to the 1996 elections in...

    Could Trump Spark a New Balkan Ethnic War?
    Mar24

    Could Trump Spark a New Balkan Ethnic War?

    As it struggles to manage the coronavirus crisis, the White House has begun casting around for policy victories that could fortify President Trump’s re-election chances. It has set its sights on a corner of the world that hasn’t topped American news cycles in some two decades—and which, if Trump has his way, may yet break down into...

    Polish Court Convicts Three Men For Torching Hungarian Center In Ukraine
    Mar24

    Polish Court Convicts Three Men For Torching Hungarian Center In Ukraine

    A court in Krakow has found three Polish men with right-wing, pro-Russian leanings guilty of committing terrorist acts for their roles in firebombing a Hungarian cultural center in western Ukraine last year. …read more Source:: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    U.N. chief urges global cease-fire to fight coronavirus outbreak
    Mar24

    U.N. chief urges global cease-fire to fight coronavirus outbreak

    UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Monday for an immediate cease-fire in conflicts around the world to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The U.N. chief said: “It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of our lives.” Guterres said the world faces “a common enemy — COVID-19” which...