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    Greece is flirting with Russia to make Europe jealous
    Jul10

    Greece is flirting with Russia to make Europe jealous

    Friday, July 10 , 2015 - 14:14 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Over the last few months, Greece and Russia have exhibited a serious case of PDA at a time when both countries are somewhat at odds with the EU. Most recently, in June, Russia signed a preliminary $2.27 billion deal to build a pipeline through Greece, and Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras made his second trip to Russia in the last three months...

    Poroshenko Warns Of Rising Terrorist Threat In Ukraine
    Jul10

    Poroshenko Warns Of Rising Terrorist Threat In Ukraine

    Friday, July 10 , 2015 - 11:13 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said the threat of terrorism had “significantly risen” in Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine convent shows scars from conflict’s fiercest battle
    Jul10

    Ukraine convent shows scars from conflict’s fiercest battle

    Friday, July 10 , 2015 - 11:13 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Nikolai Borodulya picks his way past tripwires and unexploded mines when he visits his relatives’ graves in the cemetery of the ravaged Svyato-Iversky convent near the frontline of east Ukraine’s war.”There’s a shell sticking out next to their grave,” the church elder, who lives...

    News Wrap: As deadline looms, Kerry says Iran nuclear talks not ‘open-ended’
    Jul10

    News Wrap: As deadline looms, Kerry says Iran nuclear talks not ‘open-ended’

    Friday, July 10 , 2015 - 4:14 (EEST) Section: PBS (USA)

    GWEN IFILL: The latest deadline in the Iran nuclear talks approached today, amid signs of discord. Iran’s state TV said negotiations are deadlocked because the U.S. won’t respect Iranian rights, especially on lifting sanctions. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry talked of real progress, even as he warned the Vienna talks are not...

    Putin Aide Presses Russians To Quit Facebook Amid Battle Over Ukrainian Slur
    Jul10

    Putin Aide Presses Russians To Quit Facebook Amid Battle Over Ukrainian Slur

    Friday, July 10 , 2015 - 0:58 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin urged Facebook users within the nation to get rid of their accounts after the social networking site blocked several prominent Russian figures for using a derogatory term for Ukrainians on the site. Igor Sjchegolev advised Russians to switch to VKontake, a native social media site, in order to avoid...

    Dutch Police Hunt Missing ‘Sex Rabbi’ Wanted in Israel
    Jul10

    Dutch Police Hunt Missing ‘Sex Rabbi’ Wanted in Israel

    Friday, July 10 , 2015 - 0:28 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    A rabbi and leader of a conservative Jewish movement has gone on the run in the Netherlands to avoid extradition to Israel over accusations of sexual assault. Rabbi Eliezer Berland stands accused of sexually assaulting four female followers and a 15-year-old girl and was arrested on arrival at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam last September....

    Russia Sets Trial Date For Ukrainian Director
    Jul09

    Russia Sets Trial Date For Ukrainian Director

    Thursday, July 9 , 2015 - 23:43 (EEST) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

    A Russian court says the trial of Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who is accused of plotting terrorist attacks, will start on July 21. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Kiev Pushing to Get US Training for its Soldiers
    Jul09

    Kiev Pushing to Get US Training for its Soldiers

    Thursday, July 9 , 2015 - 23:14 (EEST) Section: The American Interest (USA)

    If Ukraine can’t get America to send troops to help it fight Russian-backed rebels, at least can it make its soldiers more like America’s. That, at least, is Kiev’s reasoning as it advocates expanding the U.S. training program for its national guardsmen currently in place outside of Lviv in western Ukraine. The Wall Street...

    Russian Aggression Is Greatest Threat To United States And Ukraine Should Be Armed Against Moscow, US General Says
    Jul09

    Russian Aggression Is Greatest Threat To United States And Ukraine Should Be Armed Against Moscow, US General Says

    Thursday, July 9 , 2015 - 22:43 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    Russia provides a greater threat to the United States’ existence than any other foreign nation, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman nominee Gen. Joseph F. Dunford told a Senate subcommittee Thursday. Dunford added that the United States should consider arming Ukraine to combat “Russian aggression” in the eastern Ukraine conflict, which has...

    ‘Putin’s in the middle of the game’ as Russia looks to meddle in Greece
    Jul09

    ‘Putin’s in the middle of the game’ as Russia looks to meddle in Greece

    Thursday, July 9 , 2015 - 22:13 (EEST) Section: Business Insider (USA)

    Greece is in disarray after voters rejected a proposed bailout agreement that would have kept the Greek banking sector afloat and allowed the country to stay on the euro, in exchange for cuts in government spending and rollbacks in public programs. If Greece can’t reach a deal with its creditors by a Sunday deadline, the country could leave...