Section: News & Summaries

      One of Brussels bombers had worked in EU Parliament: Reuters
      Apr07

      One of Brussels bombers had worked in EU Parliament: Reuters

      One of the Islamic State suicide bombers who killed 32 people in Brussels on March 22 had worked as a cleaner for a short period in the European Parliament six years earlier, a spokesman for the EU assembly said on Thursday, Reuters reports. In 2009 and 2010, ”one of the perpetrators of the Brussels terrorist attacks worked for a period of one...

      Media show key videos filmed in 2014 of separatists seizing govt buildings in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk
      Apr07

      Media show key videos filmed in 2014 of separatists seizing govt buildings in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk

      On April 6, 2014, pro-Russian citizens began seizing government buildings in three cities simultaneously – the regional administrations in Donetsk and Kharkiv, as well as the SBU regional headquarters in Luhansk.Several key videos showing most elaborately the assault on buildingswere put together, according to TSN news service.The Donetsk...

      Japan to raise issue of Ukraine settlement at G7 Summit
      Apr06

      Japan to raise issue of Ukraine settlement at G7 Summit

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held negotiations with Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe in the course of the official visit to Japan, noting that ”Ukraine and Japan share the same position on the inadmissibility of changing the internationally recognized borders by force and in violation of generally accepted principles of the...

      Pfizer walks away from Allergan deal: WSJ
      Apr06

      Pfizer walks away from Allergan deal: WSJ

      Pfizer Inc. and Allergan PLC terminated their planned $150 billion merger after the Obama administration took aim at the deal that would have moved the biggest drug company in the U.S. to Ireland to lower its taxes, according to The Wall Street Journal.Pfizer will pay Dublin-based Allergan a breakup fee of $150 million. The breakup fee is...

      Obama Silent on Violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, While Putin Plans Shuttle Diplomacy
      Apr06

      Obama Silent on Violence in Nagorno-Karabakh, While Putin Plans Shuttle Diplomacy

      Absence of US Leadership May Have Consequences in Syria, Ukraine, and Beyond The United States has been conspicuously absent during the latest crisis over Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK). The White House has not yet issued a statement on this unprecedented uptick in violence. US Secretary of State John Kerry’s...

      Gryzlov warns of possible escalation in Donbas if OSCE police mission deployed
      Apr06

      Gryzlov warns of possible escalation in Donbas if OSCE police mission deployed

      Deployment of an international police mission in Donbas is contrary to Minsk agreements, as such calls will only provoke escalation; all parties should be as careful as possible at promotion initiatives, that`s according to Russia`s Envoy to the Trilateral Contact Group on Donbas conflict settlement Boris Gryzlov, RIA news agency...

      Putin fears revolt in Russia ahead of elections, creates national guard under own command
      Apr06

      Putin fears revolt in Russia ahead of elections, creates national guard under own command

      Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the creation of a Russian national guard in a surprise announcement on Tuesday signaling that his administration is worried about instability, in Russia as well as the Kremlin itself, according to U.S.-based private intelligence company Stratfor.Putin is not the first Russian president to propose the...

      New Schedule for Minsk Implementation Urgently Needed
      Apr06

      New Schedule for Minsk Implementation Urgently Needed

      For several months, the Minsk peace process has been in a stalemate. Meetings of the Trilateral Contact Group and the Normandy Four have failed to make progress on the issue of elections in the Russian-occupied areas of the Donbas.The fourth provision of the Minsk II agreement envisages that local elections should be discussed “in accordance with...

      Turchynov delivers burning response to loud statement of Russian official on possible Ukraine-Russia war
      Apr06

      Turchynov delivers burning response to loud statement of Russian official on possible Ukraine-Russia war

      Secretary of Ukraine`s National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov responded to a resounding declaration Russian State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin that the war between Ukraine and Russia would last ”four days max.””Apparently, Russia has a really serious problem, if even Russian State Duma Speaker Naryshkin said that they would...

      Dutch Foreign Minister: Whatever referendum`s outcome, we need to remain friends with Ukraine
      Apr06

      Dutch Foreign Minister: Whatever referendum`s outcome, we need to remain friends with Ukraine

      Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders calls on the Dutch people to vote for the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement and at the same time, mulls steps to be taken in case of a negative outcome, Europeiska Pravda reported.At the polling station, the minister expressed hope for a positive outcome of the referendum: ”I hope it`s a Yes. If it`s a No,...