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    Pentagon chief Carter: Europe ‘not doing enough’ on defense
    Apr22

    Pentagon chief Carter: Europe ‘not doing enough’ on defense

    By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is calling on Europe to spend more on defense in light of security threats like terrorism and Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. Carter made the plea Wednesday during a question-and-answer sessions with Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets at Georgetown University.read more...

    French president OK to refund Russia if his country doesn’t deliver the Mistral-class warship
    Apr22

    French president OK to refund Russia if his country doesn’t deliver the Mistral-class warship

    French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged for the first time that France will have to give Russia a refund if the country doesn’t sell the Mistral-class warship whose delivery has been suspended last year because of the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: FOX...

    Here’s Why Europe is Taking on Russia’s Gazprom
    Apr22

    Here’s Why Europe is Taking on Russia’s Gazprom

    Europe’s top antitrust regulator wants you to know she isn’t afraid. Only a week after accusing Google Inc. of abusive behavior, she’s now taking aim at another mean 800-pound-gorilla of an altogether different kind. Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager formally sent a “statement of objections” to Russian gas giant OAO...

    Ash Carter: Europe ‘not doing enough’ on defense
    Apr22

    Ash Carter: Europe ‘not doing enough’ on defense

    By ROBERT BURNS WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is calling on Europe to spend more on defense in light of security threats like terrorism and Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. Carter made the plea Wednesday during a question-and-answer sessions with Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets at Georgetown University.read more...

    Ash Carter: Europe ‘not doing enough’ on defense
    Apr22

    Ash Carter: Europe ‘not doing enough’ on defense

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is calling on Europe to spend more on defense in light of security threats like terrorism and Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: U.S....

    EU Charges Gazprom With Abusing Market Position
    Apr22

    EU Charges Gazprom With Abusing Market Position

    Russian energy giant Gazprom has rejected European Union charges that it was abusing its dominant market position, saying the accusations are “unfounded.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine, in snub to Moscow, to adopt British war-time symbol, ditch Soviet war name
    Apr22

    Ukraine, in snub to Moscow, to adopt British war-time symbol, ditch Soviet war name

    By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine, in a break with tradition that is certain to rile Moscow, is ditching the… …read more Source:...

    Walled off: In non-rebel eastern Ukraine, frustrations with Kiev mount
    Apr22

    Walled off: In non-rebel eastern Ukraine, frustrations with Kiev mount

    No one in Russian-speaking Kharkiv wants to follow rebels into open revolt. But locals say Kiev has no idea how badly it’s aggravating the region with its initiatives, including the ‘Great Wall of Ukraine.’ …read more Source: Christian Science...

    Lavrov Says Ukraine’s Neutrality Important, Lambasts U.S.
    Apr22

    Lavrov Says Ukraine’s Neutrality Important, Lambasts U.S.

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Ukraine’s unity and neutrality are in Russia’s interests. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Millions of Ukraine Children at Risk From New Epidemics
    Apr22

    Millions of Ukraine Children at Risk From New Epidemics

    Ukraine is in imminent danger of experiencing the first polio epidemic Europe has seen for decades, health experts have revealed, warning that millions of children are at risk from a range of crippling or fatal infectious diseases, including measles, diphtheria and rubella. The rate of protection against contagious disease in the country has...