: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Section: USA

    House Votes In Favor Of US Lethal Aid For Ukraine, But Obama’s Tipping Point Not Reached Yet
    Mar24

    House Votes In Favor Of US Lethal Aid For Ukraine, But Obama’s Tipping Point Not Reached Yet

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 23:17 (EEST) Section: International Business Times (USA)

    A resolution prompting the White House to offer military assistance to Ukraine has passed in the House by 348-48 votes. The measure calls on President Barack Obama to give lethal aid to Ukraine, as the conflict with pro-Russian rebels nears the one-year mark. …read more Source: International Business...

    Is Russian Literature Dead?
    Mar24

    Is Russian Literature Dead?

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 23:03 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    Speaking at an event in January to launch the “Year of Literature,” a series of public events and projects extolling the virtues of Russian letters, President 
Vladimir Putin laid out his mission to raise the “prestige and influence in the world” of his country’s writers. Generations of American readers weaned on Leo Tolstoy and Boris...

    Disarm and Modernize
    Mar24

    Disarm and Modernize

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 22:17 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    In the early decades of the Cold War, NATO made arrangements to bury what were known as atomic demolition munitions (in essence, nuclear mines) at key points in West Germany, to be detonated if Warsaw Pact forces ever invaded. Although this plan, if enacted, might have slowed the enemy advance, it also almost certainly would have turned vast West...

    Is a Nuclear Iran a Threat or a Distraction?
    Mar24

    Is a Nuclear Iran a Threat or a Distraction?

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 21:32 (EEST) Section: Foreign Policy (USA)

    Once upon a time, no term evoked modernity like “the Atomic Age.” It contained the promise of harnessing the power of the atom for good and for ill. Unleashing the secrets of the atom was what separated the world’s most advanced and powerful nations from the rest. This Damoclean era was ushered in 70 years ago, on July 16, 1945, with the...

    ‘Fake’ Crimean Prosecco Outrages Italian Producers
    Mar24

    ‘Fake’ Crimean Prosecco Outrages Italian Producers

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 21:02 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    A farmers’ association in Italy are outraged that wine-makers in Crimea are producing “fake” prosecco. Domenico Bosco, wine representative for the Rome-based farmers group Coldiretti, says Crimean prosecco is cheaper than the Italian one, offering up unfair competition to the authentic brand and deceiving customers, since it is sold with...

    The Political Perils of a Ukraine Default
    Mar24

    The Political Perils of a Ukraine Default

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 20:47 (EEST) Section: Bloomberg (USA)

    Ukraine’s debt standoff is about more than just the losses creditors might incur. …read more Source:...

    Poland Prepares for ‘Hybrid War’ Amidst Russian Threat
    Mar24

    Poland Prepares for ‘Hybrid War’ Amidst Russian Threat

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 20:47 (EEST) Section: Newsweek (USA)

    Poland is facing a security crisis in the wake of the war in neighbouring Ukraine, and has the potential to become embroiled in a “hybrid war” with Russia – involving propaganda and “information aggression” – according to one of Poland’s most senior generals Stanisław Koziej. General Koziej, who heads the Polish...

    Ukraine’s latest challenge: oligarchs with private armies
    Mar24

    Ukraine’s latest challenge: oligarchs with private armies

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 20:02 (EEST) Section: The Christian Science Monitor (USA)

    Gov. Igor Kolomoisky, who was given political power and the right to create a private army last year, last week used that power to seize the state oil company’s headquarters in Kiev. …read more Source: Christian Science...

    U.K. Upgrades Falklands Defenses to Counter Renewed Argentine Threat
    Mar24

    U.K. Upgrades Falklands Defenses to Counter Renewed Argentine Threat

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 18:32 (EEST) Section: Time (USA)

    Argentina still poses a “very live threat” to the British-ruled Falkland Islands, Britain’s defense minister warned on Tuesday as he announced plans to increase security spending on the South Atlantic islands to counter Argentina’s attempts to improve its military. Michael Fallon told Parliament the government planned to spend...

    Ukrainian women urged to withhold sex from Russian men
    Mar24

    Ukrainian women urged to withhold sex from Russian men

    Tuesday, March 24 , 2015 - 18:03 (EEST) Section: New York Daily News (USA)

    There’s no neighborly love here. Ukrainian women are being urged to boycott sex with Russian men. …read more Source: New York Daily...