BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will lift its sanctions on Belarus, including those on authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, for four months after Sunday’s vote barring any last-minute crackdown, diplomatic sources said. EU foreign ministers will take the decision on Monday, diplomats said, ending three weeks of...

Oct09

Ukraine may lose up to 30 percent of winter sowing area due to dry weather

Friday, October 9 , 2015 - 11:13 (EEST) Section: Townhall (USA)

KIEV (Reuters) – The acreage of Ukrainian land sown with winter grain for the 2016 harvest could fall by up to 30 percent due to excessively… …read more Source:...

How the rivalry between Russians and Turks shaped the world

Friday, October 9 , 2015 - 10:58 (EEST) Section: The Washington Post (USA)

On this day in 1853, the Ottoman Empire declared war on Russia. The Crimean War wouldn’t end until 1856. #OnThisDay pic.twitter.com/Xbn1wvAmhg — The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) October 4, 2015 It’s a tense moment for relations between Russia and Turkey. Moscow’s intervention into the conflict in Syria, almost explicitly on...

Oct09

U.S. Keeps Tough Line On Russia Despite Ukraine Truce

Friday, October 9 , 2015 - 8:43 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Victoria Nuland, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, has said the United States will maintain sanctions imposed on Russia over its actions in Ukraine until the terms of the Minsk peace plan are fully implemented. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

Oct09

Belarus’ Veteran Leader Poised for Re-election, Eyes Better Ties With West

Friday, October 9 , 2015 - 3:13 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

President Alexander Lukashenko, in power for 21 years, is virtually certain to win a fifth term in office on Sunday in an election observers say is unlikely to see the kind of violent mass protests that marred the 2010 poll. The West has long ostracized Lukashenko, a feisty, heavily built former state farm manager, over his human rights record...

Oct09

Turkey’s Erdogan Warns Russia on Energy Deals

Friday, October 9 , 2015 - 0:58 (EEST) Section: Voice of America (USA)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, angered by Russia’s bombing campaign in Syria, warned Moscow on Thursday that Ankara may look elsewhere for partners to supply natural gas and build its first nuclear power plant. One of the top importers of Russian gas, Turkey has joined with Moscow in a major effort to construct a new gas pipeline –...

Oct09

‘Winter on Fire’: The Evolution of Ukraine’s Revolution

Friday, October 9 , 2015 - 0:28 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

A conversation with Evgeny Afineevsky, the director of Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom. …read more Source: Foreign...

Oct09

Crossing Borders

Friday, October 9 , 2015 - 0:14 (EEST) Section: The Huffington Post (USA)

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about. – Rumi A man, a woman, and a little girl in pigtails. Three black silhouettes leaning forward, almost desperately, against a bright yellow background. “Caution:...

Oct08

What Syria’s refugees think about Israel might surprise you

Thursday, October 8 , 2015 - 23:58 (EEST) Section: Jewish Telegraphic Agency (USA)

Germany is struggling to process and accommodate the 10,000 refugees streaming into the country every day. (Uriel Heilman) BERLIN (JTA) – Israel’s government is in cahoots with Syrian President Bashar Assad. America wants to keep the Syrian civil war going for as long as possible. Russia is outmaneuvering the United States on the global...

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Ukraine may lose up to 30 percent of winter sowing area due to dry weather

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‘Winter on Fire’: The Evolution of Ukraine’s Revolution

Crossing Borders

What Syria’s refugees think about Israel might surprise you

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