Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)
Mapping Chernobyl’s Radiation Hot Spots
Automated drones have been deployed to map in 3D radiation distribution in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, site of the 1986 nuclear disaster. The U.K. researchers behind the project say the drones could be deployed in nuclear emergencies to quickly identify danger areas. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Poland Proposes Closer Ties For EU Eastern Partnership Nations
The Polish foreign minister has called for an upgraded Eastern Partnership, including closer ties with the European Union and the creation of a free-trade zone among the six member nations. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
EU, Eastern Partners Downgrade Anniversary Statement Due To Objections From Baku
Foreign ministers from the EU and the six Eastern Partnership countries have downgraded a celebratory statement marking the 10th anniversary of the partnership that aims to bring the countries closer to the bloc without the concrete offer of membership. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump’s Personal Lawyer Cancels Plans To Visit Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, says he is canceling plans to visit Ukraine to encourage investigations by the country’s incoming government that he thinks would help Trump politically. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Fifth Anniversary Of Sentsov’s Arrest Marked In Ukraine
Activists in Ukraine have marked the fifth anniversary of the arrest of Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year prison term in Russia on charges of terrorism. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Latvian Lawmakers Label 1944 Deportation Of Crimean Tatars As Act Of Genocide
The Latvian parliament has recognized the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 by the government of the Soviet Union as an act of genocide. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Oleh Sentsov, Five Years Behind Bars
It is five years since Ukrainian director Oleh Sentsov, was arrested by Russia on terror charges which are widely seen as politically motivated. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv: UN Tribunal Should Order Russia To Release ‘Illegally’ Seized Ukrainian Sailors, Ships
Ukraine has called upon the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to order the immediate release of 24 Ukrainian sailors and three navy ships that were seized by Russia in the Kerch Strait in November 2018, off the coast of Russia-occupied Crimea. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Vandals Smash New Monument To Crimean Tatar WWII Victims
Unknown vandals on May 9 desecrated a memorial outside the city of Sevastopol in Ukraine’s Crimea region to Crimean Tatars who died during World War II. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Media Watchdogs ‘Appalled’ By Brutal Attack On Ukrainian Journalist
International media freedom watchdogs said they were “appalled” by the recent brutal attack on Ukrainian journalist Vadym Komarov, and urged the country’s authorities to do their utmost to ensure that it does not go unpunished. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
