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What Brexit Means for Ukraine
After British voters approved a referendum to leave the EU on June 23, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for European Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said: “We respect the British citizens’ decision, but Ukraine feels sorry for these events. To my mind this will weaken the EU and it will have to concentrate on its own...
Brexit: Russia and Europe’s Far Right
The British referendum offers Russia a welcome opportunity to further undermine European stability. For the Russian government a divided Europe is a goal that would allow it to exert greater economic and political influence in the region and regain influence in the Eastern European states that are increasingly looking west instead of east. The...
Brexit to have no effect on EU readiness towards visa-free regime with Ukraine – Schultz
European Parliament President Martin Schulz stated that the procedures related to UK exit from the EU will not affect the European Parliament`s willingness to introduce a visa-free regime with Ukraine, the Ukrainian president`s press service reported.The relevant statement Schulz made while meeting Ukraine`s President Petro Poroshenko in...
#Brexit could undermine EU-NATO defence strategy
Britain’s departure from the EU risks undermining Europe’s new defence strategy, officials say. ||| Brussels – Britain’s departure from the European Union risks undermining Europe’s new defence strategy, days before NATO and EU governments sign a landmark pact to confront a range of threats from Russia to the...
The Dangerous Perspective of Theo Sommer
This time, Theo Sommer has outdone himself. After closing his eyes to the mass murders of the Soviet regime in an article published on May 31, the editor-at-large of Germany’s prestigious Die Zeit newspaper has now demonstrated in a just-published piece an alarming ignorance not just of Ukraine but of elementary strategic logic. The former...
Ukraine Prosecutor General dismisses prosecutor of Mykolaiv region
Ukraine`s Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko has dismissed Mykolaiv region prosecutor Viacheslav Kryvoviaz, the press service of the Prosecutor General`s Office of Ukraine (PGO) reported.”Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko has dismissed Mykolaiv region prosecutor Viacheslav Kryvoviaz having issued the relevant order dated June 24, 2016,”...
Israel, Turkey restore ties in deal spurred by energy prospects
Israel and Turkey announced on Monday they would normalize ties after a six-year rupture, a rare rapprochement in the divided Middle East driven by the prospect of lucrative Mediterranean gas deals as well as mutual fears over growing security risks, Reuters reported.Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the two countries would exchange...
Erdogan apologises to Putin over warplane shooting
Turkey`s president has apologized for the downing of a Russian warplane, the Kremlin said on Monday.According to a statement published on the Kremlin`s website, Turkey`s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a message to the Russian president expressing his interest ”in settling the situation concerning the downing of a Russian military aircraft”...
Kremlin makes no parallels between current EU`s turbulence and Soviet Union`s collapse
The Kremlin believes that the outcome of Britain`s referendum in favor of exit from the European Union indicates that the EU is entering turbulent times, but it would be wrong to draw parallels with the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian news agency TASS reported.”Russia is the country that went through very difficult periods in its history …...
Rapid Trident 2016 NATO drills kick off in western Ukraine
More than 1,800 soldiers from 14 NATO member states and their partners will participate in joint military drills held at Yavoriv military training site in western Ukraine from June 27 till July 8, the Europeiska Pravda news portal.The exercises are part of the Rapid Trident program, which brings together NATO members and its allies in eastern...