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Chief of Moscow’s Ukrainian library gets suspended sentence
A Moscow court has convicted the director of a Ukrainian library of inciting ethnic hatred to Russians and imposed a four-year suspended sentence. Natalya Sharina was first detained in October … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
War crimes suspect in Ukraine conflict extradited to Austria
Austrian authorities say Poland has extradited a man they suspect of war crimes after he allegedly killed civilians and enemy troops who had already surrendered while he was fighting on … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Dutch Senate approves ratification of EU-Ukraine pact
The upper house of Dutch Parliament has approved ratification of a pact between the European Union and Ukraine, despite voters in the Netherlands rejecting the so-called Association Agreement in an … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Germany to host Ukraine talks in Berlin as fighting persists
Germany’s Foreign Ministry says envoys from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France will meet this week in Berlin to try and push forward the implementation of a peace deal for eastern … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
$95.6M awarded to Philadelphia building collapse survivor
An arbitrator has awarded $95.6 million to a Ukrainian immigrant who was seriously injured in a 2013 Philadelphia building collapse. Mariya Plekan’s attorney, Andrew Stern, announced the division of the … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Merkel wants to restart Minsk talks on eastern Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Ukraine’s president that she wants to initiate new talks on the stagnant peace process in his country. The German news agency dpa reported that … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
16 Ukrainian tourists injured in accident in Turkey
Turkish officials say 16 Ukrainian tourists have been injured in a traffic accident in western Turkey. The Mugla governor’s office said in a statement that the bus was traveling Thursday … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
Eurovision winner greeted by ecstatic Portuguese nation
Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral was greeted as a national hero upon his return home to Portugal on Sunday, a day after winning the song contest in Ukraine’s capital. The 27-year-old … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
The Latest: Eurovision winner arrives home to Portugal
The Latest on the Eurovision song contest (all times local): 4:45 p.m. Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral has arrived in his native Lisbon after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine. … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...
‘You’re just meat’ – Ukrainian soldiers get chilling texts
The Associated Press has found that Ukrainian soldiers are being bombarded by text messages likely dispatched by cell site simulators. Some are crude threats, while others play on allegations that … Click to Continue » …read more Source: The Bellingham...