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    See how Trump welcomed Merkel to the White House
    Mar17

    See how Trump welcomed Merkel to the White House

    President Donald Trump regularly criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the presidential campaign. But both managed to smile, at least a bit, for photographers recording the first face-to-face meeting between the two world leaders since Trump won election. The Associated Press reported that the two planned to talk about NATO, battling...

    EU Slams Russia Over Crimea Annexation On Third Anniversary
    Mar17

    EU Slams Russia Over Crimea Annexation On Third Anniversary

    The European Union on March 17 condemned Russia’s seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea territory, calling Moscow’s annexation of the Black Sea peninsula a “direct challenge to international security.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    WATCH: Trump and Merkel hold joint news conference
    Mar17

    WATCH: Trump and Merkel hold joint news conference

    President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Merkel will hold a joint news conference at 1:20 p.m. EDT. Watch in the player above. WASHINGTON — It was all smiles as President Donald Trump welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House on Friday, their first personal encounter since he frequently criticized her during the 2016...

    Here’s how Trump welcomed Merkel to White House
    Mar17

    Here’s how Trump welcomed Merkel to White House

    President Donald Trump regularly criticized German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the presidential campaign. But both managed to smile, at least a bit, for photographers recording the first face-to-face meeting between the two world leaders since Trump won election. The Associated Press reported that the two planned to talk about NATO, battling...

    Kremlin says Ukraine cuts off rebel east with its own hands
    Mar17

    Kremlin says Ukraine cuts off rebel east with its own hands

    The Kremlin says that Ukraine is ruining its own territorial integrity with a blockade of rebel regions in the east …read more Source: ABC...

    Ukraine halts cargo traffic with the occupied Donbas
    Mar17

    Ukraine halts cargo traffic with the occupied Donbas

    KYIV – Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council halted the flow of road and rail cargo traffic in the occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, following a decision during an ad hoc meeting on March 15. The measure also ordered the Security Service of Ukraine (known as the SBU) to probe the banks that have capital […] …read more...

    Russian Embassy implicated in campaign to discredit Minister Chrystia Freeland
    Mar17

    Russian Embassy implicated in campaign to discredit Minister Chrystia Freeland

    OTTAWA – The day after Chrystia Freeland was appointed Canadian foreign affairs minister in January, the Russian Embassy in Ottawa contacted a member of the Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery with information about her late Ukrainian maternal grandfather, Michael Chomiak. Justin Ling, features editor of VICE News Canada, told The Ukrainian...

    Advocates promote Ukraine issues on Capitol Hill
    Mar17

    Advocates promote Ukraine issues on Capitol Hill

    WASHINGTON – Nearly four dozen Ukrainian Americans representing New Jersey, the District of Columbia, New York, Illinois, Virginia, Connecticut, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Colorado, North Carolina, Washington state and Michigan convened in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday, March 8-9, for the first in a planned series of Ukrainian Days...

    At The Hague, Ukraine accuses Russia of terrorism, discrimination
    Mar17

    At The Hague, Ukraine accuses Russia of terrorism, discrimination

    On the first day of hearings into its case against Russia at the International Court of Justice, Ukraine presented a weight of arguments and examples to back its accusations against Russia over its annexation of Crimea and gross violations of human rights under occupation, and over its financing of terrorism in the Donbas. While Russia […]...

    Kyiv imposes sanctions on five Russian banks
    Mar17

    Kyiv imposes sanctions on five Russian banks

    KYIV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has imposed sanctions on five banks with Russian capital functioning in Ukraine. A statement on the presidential website on March 16 said that Mr. Poroshenko signed a decree introducing sanctions on Sberbank, VS Bank, Prominvestbank, VTB Bank and BM Bank for a one-year period. The proposal to introduce...