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    Ukraine’s Parliament Approves Draft Energy Bills
    Jul04

    Ukraine’s Parliament Approves Draft Energy Bills

    Ukraine’s parliament has approved a draft law that would give the government more control over the energy sector. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    German Intel Worker Suspected Of U.S. Spying: Report
    Jul04

    German Intel Worker Suspected Of U.S. Spying: Report

    BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said Friday that she had been informed of the arrest of a German man who, according to media reports, is an intelligence service employee accused of spying for the United States. Federal prosecutors said a 31-year-old German man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of spying for...

    Empty Beaches At Crimea’s Tourist Resorts
    Jul04

    Empty Beaches At Crimea’s Tourist Resorts

    The Crimean peninsula has traditionally thrived on tourism along its Black Sea coast. But after Russia’s annexation of the region in March, the number of tourists has plummeted, leaving restaurants, hotels, and tourist agencies struggling to survive. (RFE/RL) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Bulgaria hosts NATO naval drills in Black Sea, just few hundred miles off Ukraine’s coast
    Jul04

    Bulgaria hosts NATO naval drills in Black Sea, just few hundred miles off Ukraine’s coast

    Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry says that NATO ships are taking part in international drills amid stepped-up presence of alliance forces in the Black Sea, at the same time that Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is on maneuvers. …read more Source: FOX...

    Ukraine OKs Preliminary Emergency Energy Plans
    Jul04

    Ukraine OKs Preliminary Emergency Energy Plans

    Ukraine’s parliament gave preliminary approval on Friday to a draft law that would allow the Kyiv government to exert tighter control over the energy sector in the face of dwindling natural gas supplies after Russia cut off exports last month. The parliament also approved, in a first reading, a bill that would allow consortiums with...

    UN Rights Chief Says Eastern Ukraine Fighting Imperils Civilians
    Jul04

    UN Rights Chief Says Eastern Ukraine Fighting Imperils Civilians

    UN human rights chief Navi Pillay says renewed fighting in eastern Ukraine is putting civilians at increasing risk. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Ukraine: 17 villages cleared of separatists, govt forces control most of 2 eastern regions
    Jul04

    Ukraine: 17 villages cleared of separatists, govt forces control most of 2 eastern regions

    A top Ukrainian security official says government troops have cleared more than a dozen towns of armed pro-Russia separatists and now control two-thirds of the eastern regions at the center of the insurgency. …read more Source: FOX...

    Kyiv Claims 150 Separatists Killed Near Mykolayivka
    Jul04

    Kyiv Claims 150 Separatists Killed Near Mykolayivka

    A spokesman for the Ukrainian army’s operation in eastern Ukraine says government forces killed 150 militants near the town of Mykolayivka, outside of Slovyansk in Donetsk region. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...

    Putin Calls for Better US-Russia Relations
    Jul04

    Putin Calls for Better US-Russia Relations

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for better relations between Russia and the United States in a congratulatory message to President Barack Obama on the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Putin expressed hope in his message Friday that the currently strained relations between the two nations will develop on a “pragmatic and equal...

    Angry Crowd Attacks Governor Of Ukrainian Town
    Jul04

    Angry Crowd Attacks Governor Of Ukrainian Town

    An angry crowd physically attacked the governor of the Ukrainian town of Khmelnytsky at the regional administration building on July 2. In a video made public on July 4, residents are seen striking Governor Leonid Prus and shouting “Resign!” and “Disgrace!” before chasing him out of the building. It was not immediately...