Thousands of Ukrainians are entering Russia in recent months to be safe from violence engulfing the eastern regions of the country, where the central authorities in Kiev on Tuesday resumed military operations against insurgents and pro-Russian separatists after failed truce to be such. Women, children and, to a lesser extent, men, come to Russia by […]
Jul 4 2014 | Posted in
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy not only launched a counterattack yesterday after corruption charges, but suggested more clearly than ever his likely return to the political forefront since leaving the Elysee. In defense of his innocence, and the branding process that is “humiliating” and “grotesque”, the former president of the France questioned the impartiality of […]
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After last October, nearly 400 African immigrants died in two consecutive shipwrecks off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy launched solo, with minimum support of the European Union (EU), rescue operation Mare Nostrum. So far this year, the Italian Navy has rescued 67,696 people trying to cross the Strait of Sicily crammed aboard barges. But not […]
Jul 2 2014 | Posted in
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It is an exceptional measure that France has taken. Early in the morning, the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy had to go to the office of the judicial police specializing in financial offenses and prosecutors to testify about the alleged crimes of influence trafficking and violation of investigation secrecy. Just 24 hours earlier, the same […]
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The incidents that marred last week in France by historical celebrations after Algeria football team progressed to the knockout stages of the World Cup in Brazil have provided a new opportunity to the leader of the French extreme right to limit nationality. The president of the National Front (FN) Marine Le Pen, has demanded an […]
Jul 1 2014 | Posted in
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The British leader David Cameron’s strong opposition to Jean-Claude Juncker as presidetnt of Eruopean Commission will force member states vote the president which has always been chosen by consensus without a formal vote. Germany and the main Member States have tried until the last moment to maintain the UK as an ally in the choice […]
Jun 27 2014 | Posted in
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The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko fulfilled the word that he gave after his election, and made his first trip of the Donetsk province on Friday. As reported by the press service in Kiev, Poroshenko traveled to “the center of the anti-terrorist operation ” where a military commander briefed him on account of the operation […]
Jun 23 2014 | Posted in
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Minimize the progress of the jihadists in Iraq as it will encourage further terrorist attacks, has warned British Prime Minister David Cameron, after chairing a meeting of the Homeland Security Committee devoted to the crisis in Iraq. Cameron, facing a reluctant public to any military intervention from the second Gulf War, ruled out involvement of […]
Jun 20 2014 | Posted in
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The UK has announced plans to reopen its embassy in Tehran, which remains closed since 2011 after assault by hundreds of angry students, as “an important step” to thaw relations between the two countries. The move comes in the context of rapprochement between the Western Allies and the Iranian regime, which is committed to assist […]
Jun 19 2014 | Posted in
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The correspondent of the Russian State Television Radio (VGTRK), Igor Korneliuk, died Tuesday after being wounded in a barrage of mortar on the outskirts of the eastern city of Lugansk Ukraine, as reported by Sergey Babenko, deputy director of the hospital in which he died. “The man who was admitted with documentation on behalf of […]
Jun 18 2014 | Posted in
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The pro-Russian militias have destroyed Saturday Ukrainian military cargo plane and killed all 49 passengers of the aircraft. The attack occurred when the plane of the Ukrainian Army landed at the airport in Lugansk (east), as reported by a military spokesman. It is one of the most serious attacks of the current period of instability […]
Jun 15 2014 | Posted in
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Ukrainian – National Guard troops and Interior Ministry say the control of Mariupol city in the east of the country has been retaken from the separatists this Friday, as part of its operations against pro-Russian militia forces that control several region. The Interior Minister Arsen Avakov, announced at 10.34 hours, the Ukrainian flag was hoisted […]
Jun 15 2014 | Posted in
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