Section: USA

Alexievich Receives Nobel Literature Prize

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 18:59 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich has received her Nobel Prize in Literature from the king of Sweden in Stockholm. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Russia’s 19th-Century Approach in Syria

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 18:29 (EET) Section: The American Interest (USA)

The Obama Administration has argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pursuing 19th-century policies in his foreign adventures, implying thereby that Putin is playing a losing hand. The Administration is right that Putin belongs to the 19th century, but that does not necessarily mean that he is bound to lose in the contest for more global...

Invaders Can’t Expect Debt Repayment

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 17:44 (EET) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

Negotiating over a $3 billion bond, Russia and Ukraine are fighting about Crimea without mentioning Crimea. …read more Source:...

Ukraine Jumps Into Stolen Dutch Paintings Mystery With Eye To Referendum

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 17:44 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Word that a trove of heisted Dutch masterpieces was being peddled in Ukraine has put Kyiv in an awkward position ahead of a key test of Dutch-Ukrainian relations. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Russian Journalist Suspected of Espionage Forced to Leave Poland

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 16:44 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

A Russian journalist who has come under suspicion of espionage in Poland – but who has never been confronted with specific spying accusations by Polish authorities – is being forced to leave Poland. Leonid Sviridov told The Associated Press on Thursday that he will leave Warsaw on Saturday after running out of legal options for...

Ukraine Says Breaks Up Armed Insurgent Group in Kyiv, 2 Killed

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 16:29 (EET) Section: Voice of America (USA)

Ukraine’s security service said on Thursday it had broken up an armed insurgent group that operated out of Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities and that two people had been killed during the operation. The SBU security service said it had detained three Russian and four Ukrainian citizens after a shootout in which a special forces officer...

Back in 2000, the CIA made 8 predictions on what life would be like in 2015 — here’s what it got right (and really wrong)

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 16:29 (EET) Section: Business Insider (USA)

REUTERS/STR NewBack in 2000, just before George W. Bush became president, the CIA published a 70-page report on what the world would be like in 2015. 2015 is winding down fast, and it turns out that several of these predictions were on the money. Others were completely wrong. Here’s a rundown of some of the predictions, according to a...

What’s Behind Italy’s Step Back On Extending Sanctions Against Russia?

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 15:44 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

It was supposed to be a done deal: EU envoys had been expected to approve a six-month extension of sanctions against Russia over its interference in Ukraine, as agreed by EU leaders last month. But Italy has upended that plan. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 15:29 (EET) Section: KXAN (USA)

An instructor watches Denis, left, a Ukrainian soldier who was seriously injured during the anti-terrorist operations in Eastern Ukraine, playing with dolphins during a dolphin-therapy session at an aquarium in Kiev, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Ukrainian movement “Alliance soldiers and volunteers” organizes sessions for the rehabilitation...

International observers: Eastern Ukraine fighting continues

Thursday, December 10 , 2015 - 15:29 (EET) Section: The Bellingham Herald (USA)

International observers still witness fighting and the use of banned weapons in eastern Ukraine months after a cease-fire deal was signed, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Thursday. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...