Section: News & Summaries
Pope finds popularity at 2-year mark
Pope Francis marks his second anniversary riding a wave of popularity that has reinvigorated the Catholic Church. ||| Vatican City – Pope Francis marks his second anniversary on Friday riding a wave of popularity that has reinvigorated the Catholic Church in ways not seen since the days of St John Paul II. He’s also entering a...
Czechs mum on Russian espionage report
The Czech foreign minister has declined to comment on a magazine report about suspected espionage by Russian diplomats. ||| Prague – The Czech foreign minister declined to comment on Thursday on a magazine report about suspected espionage by Russian diplomats based in the country but he acknowledged that relations with Moscow were “not...
US to support Ukraine in the conflict against pro-Russian terrorists with more non-lethal aid
According to the US White House’s website page of the Office of the Vice President Joseph R. Biden had a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko: “Vice President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko regarding the situation in the east, additional non-lethal U.S. security assistance to...
One of the organizers of the bloody dispersal of Zaporizhzhia Maidan Oleksandr Peklushenko was found dead
In Zaporizhzhia Region on March 12, 2014, was found dead Oleksandr Peklushenko. He was the former head of Zaporizhzhia regional administration of Ukraine (2011-2014), member of Yanukovych’s Party of Regions. Oleksandr Peklushenko was one of the organizers of the bloody dispersal of Zaporizhzhia Maidan. In June 2014 he was accused of law...
Did Kharkiv Just Become Russia’s Next Target in Ukraine War?
A Criminal Case Could Turn the City’s Political Strongman Back into a Kremlin Ally In Russia’s campaign to re-assert control over Ukraine, a logical target for its “hybrid war” is Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city and a center of its Russian-speaking population. And indeed, Russia has been working steadily to destabilize...
IMF wants ‘economic stabilisation’ in Ukraine
The IMF has agreed to pump $10 billion into Ukraine’s troubled economy over the next year. ||| Washington – The International Monetary Fund has agreed to pump $10 billion into Ukraine’s troubled economy over the next year, providing swift assistance for the country’s struggling finances as part of a larger four-year...
Merkel snubs Putin WWII ceremony invite
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII, an officials said. ||| Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an official ceremony in Moscow on May 9 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two due to tensions of the Ukraine crisis,...
The former MP from the Communist Party Gordienko was arrested for supporting the dictatorial laws of Yanukovych regime
The former Verkhovna Rada deputy from the Communist Party Sergiy Gordienko was arrested on March 10, 2015. He was the head of the Counting Commission during the voting MPs for dictatorial laws against civilians on January 16, 2014. As the statement of Pechersk District Court of Kyiv says, Sergiy Gordienko signed the Counting Commission protocol...
Ukraine’s Shrinking Hryvnia: How Alarming Is It?
Kyiv Has Begun the Hard Steps of Reform; IMF and Allies Must Now Deliver Quickly The dramatic plunge last month in the value of the hryvnia, Ukraine’s currency, sparked speculation about an immediate, national economic collapse. Despite the drama—the hryvnia lost more than half of its value against the dollar in February, hitting a record...
Donald Tusk talked with Barack Obama about the ways how to stop Russian agression to Ukraine
President of the European Council Donald Tusk in his interview with the New York Times before meeting with the U.S. President Barack Obama said that Europe needs to draw clear lessons from the war in Ukraine: “We have to use this Ukrainian crisis also as something like an education” for the whole of Europe about “how serious the situation can be”...