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Ukraine celebrating 20th anniversary of Constitution
Today, 28 June, the Ukrainians celebrate the 20th anniversary of the moment when the country`s current Constitution came into force.Constitution Day is a public holiday, therefore June 28 is an official day-off in Ukraine.The country`s main law was adopted by the Verkhovna Rada overnight June 28, 1996 – on the fifth year after the proclamation of...
New EU policy document calls Russia ”strategic challenge”
A new European Union policy document describes Russia as ”a key strategic challenge,” wording that constitutes a compromise between member states that are more hawkish toward Moscow and those resisting an escalation of rhetoric, RFE/RL reports.The document, which is set to be endorsed at a June 28 summit of leaders, was produced by the bloc`s...
Poroshenko expects positive messages on sanctions against Russia at EU summit
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko expects positive messages about anti-Russian sanctions to come during the EU summit to be held June 28-29, the president told the reporters in Brussels following his meeting with the EU leadership June 27, the press service of the Head of State reported.”Today we discussed in detail the issue of sanctions....
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...