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Soros warns of EU disintegration
Billionaire investor George Soros has warned that Britain`s vote to leave the European Union makes the disintegration of the bloc ”practically irreversible,” the BBC reports.However, he called for thorough reconstruction of the EU in an attempt to save it, according to the BBC.Before Thursday`s UK referendum, Mr. Soros had warned of financial...
Russian proxies attack Ukraine 55 times in last day
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 55 times in the past 24 hours, including 25 times in the Donetsk sector, 19 times in the Mariupol sector, six times in the Luhansk sector and five times on different parts of the area, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO)...
EU referendum petition signed by more than 2.5m
More than 2.5 million people have signed a petition calling for a second EU referendum, after the vote to leave, according to the BBC.It has more signatures than any other on the parliamentary website and as it has passed 100,000, Parliament will consider it for a debate, the BBC wrote.The UK voted to leave the EU by 52% to 48% in Thursday`s...
Savchenko receives Jan Karski award in Poland
Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian pilot who was recently released by Russia after spending two years behind bars, has been handed the Jan Karski award for ”her tempered heart in the fight for human dignity and pride,” according to Radio Poland.”She was kidnapped from the territory of her country, falsely accused and imprisoned in Russia, despite the...
Blasts, gunfire hit hotel in Somalia`s Mogadishu
Huge blasts rock a hotel in Mogadishu, followed by heavy gunfire as gunmen fight their way inside, according to Al Jazeera.A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gate of a Mogadishu hotel, followed by a second explosion heard inside the hotel as gunmen fought their way inside, police said Saturday, Al Jazeera...
Ukraine may get additional $660 mln of U.S. assistance
In a new bill registered in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress the American legislators suggest allocating the additional $660 million in assistance for Ukraine, as reported by Ukraine Today.The document titled ”Making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending...
Kyiv authorities seeking to host Eurovision-2017
The Kyiv city authorities have started to prepare an official bid to host the international song contest Eurovision-2017, according to the press service of Kyiv City State Administration citing Deputy Chairperson of the KCSA Hanna Starostenko as saying.Ms Starostenko has expressed hope that Kyiv meets all the requirements put forward before a...
EU ministers press UK for quick exit: BBC
EU states have urged Britain to hold speedy talks on leaving the bloc after it voted to end its membership in a historic referendum, according to BBC.German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said negotiations should begin as ”soon as possible,” BBC reported.He made the comments after an urgent meeting of the six EU founder members to...
Brexit opponents demand another referendum: over 1 mln people in UK sign petition
The opponents of a Leave campaign in the United Kingdom are massively signing a petition demanding a new referendum to be held on the UK-EU relations.”We the undersigned call upon HM Government to implement a rule that if the remain or leave vote is less than 60% based a turnout less than 75% there should be another referendum,” reads the...
Escalation in Donbas: Militants shell Ukraine troops 61 times in last day
The situation in the area of the Anti-Terrorist Operation remains tense, though the Ukrainian side reports it keeps it under control. In the last day, 61 episodes of shelling of the Ukrainian positions were recorded. Of these, 28 episodes were recorded in Mariupol direction, 24 – in Donetsk direction, and nine – in the direction of Luhansk, the...