Section: News & Summaries

      Chewbacca arrested in Ukraine

      Man dressed as Star Wars star failed to provide ID after driving candidate Darth Vader to polling station. ||| A man dressed as Star Wars character Chewbacca was detained and fined for disobeying police during local polls in Ukraine on Sunday. The Wookiee warrior – an activist from a marginal political party – was apprehended by...

      As Ukraine Moves Toward Decentralization, Challenges Loom
      Oct26

      As Ukraine Moves Toward Decentralization, Challenges Loom

      Kyiv, Ukraine – On Sunday, October 25, Ukrainians went to the polls to elect mayors and representatives to municipal councils. Under normal circumstances, local elections would go more or less unnoticed by international observers, but with no elections taking place in occupied territories, including Crimea and the Luhansk and Donetsk...

      Parody posters featuring ‘Game of Thrones’ characters dedicated to elections in Ukraine
      Oct26

      Parody posters featuring ‘Game of Thrones’ characters dedicated to elections in Ukraine

      Denis Gritsfeldt, 29, a graphic artist and designer from Kyiv, created a series of parody posters featuring Game of Thrones characters. Local elections in Ukraine on 25 October 2015 inspired the artist for this creation. This time elections were distinguished by fantastic populism of the candidates who have not even tried to make their promises...

      A New Generation for a New Ukraine
      Oct26

      A New Generation for a New Ukraine

      Editor’s Note: This piece is adapted from a speech Carl Gershman gave to the Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation in Lviv, Ukraine, on October 24, 2015.Preparing for tonight’s talk has been an unexpected process of learning and discovery. I had thought I understood Ukraine, having given a number of talks and written articles urging...

      Ukraine Goes to the Polls: Kolomoyskyi Is King Again
      Oct26

      Ukraine Goes to the Polls: Kolomoyskyi Is King Again

      As the ballots are counted in Ukraine’s October 25 local elections, early returns and exit polls indicate some surprises. The big story is that oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi came out on top. Kolomoyskyi, former governor of Dnipropetrovsk who was dismissed in March by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for his overreach, backed candidates who...

      Russian Neo-Nazi Milchakov trains future Donbas fighters and teaches children to kill Ukrainians
      Oct25

      Russian Neo-Nazi Milchakov trains future Donbas fighters and teaches children to kill Ukrainians

      Neo-Nazi Milchakov trains future Donbas militant fighters and is supported by Russia to teach children to kill Ukrainian’s with automatic weapons. Neo-Nazi Milchakov is supported by @KremlinRussia to teach CHILDREN to kill Ukrainian’s w/ automatic weapons. @AP pic.twitter.com/K5TIMot2nk — Silver Surfer (@RobPulseNews) October 20, 2015...

      Poroshenko faces election test

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko faces a major test on Sunday as “brutal and dirty” local elections get underway. …read more Source:...

      Imperial Gamble Doesn’t Pay Off: New Book Gets Ukraine’s History Wrong
      Oct23

      Imperial Gamble Doesn’t Pay Off: New Book Gets Ukraine’s History Wrong

      In his new book, Imperial Gamble: Putin, Ukraine and the New Cold War, the renowned American journalist Marvin Kalb touches on an issue outside his traditional area of expertise in domestic politics: the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and its implications for US-Russia relations. …read more Source: Atlantic...

      Ericsson misses expectations

      Ericsson reports third-quarter profitability and sales that missed analysts’ estimates. ||| Stockholm – Ericsson reported third-quarter profitability and sales that missed analysts’ estimates as business in Japan, Russia and Brazil slumped and spending slowed in China on fourth-generation networks that power smartphones and...

      AIIA National Conference: Contributing to Global Issues
      Oct22

      AIIA National Conference: Contributing to Global Issues

      Professor Brian Schmidt AC, Nobel Prize in Physics and incoming Vice-Chancellor of the ANU: “Australia’s future prosperity will be tied to the science we engage with.” With his opening comment, Professor Schmidt postulated that science was an international pursuit, with knowledge and science a shared, almost entirely open, global asset. He...