Category: Європа
Posted on November 12, 2018
US, EU Call Election in Pro-Russian E. Ukraine a Sham
Voters in the Kremlin-backed Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine cast ballots Sunday for local government leaders in what Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called a “fake election.” Denis Pushilin, the 37-year-old acting leader of Donetsk, was elected …
Posted on November 12, 2018
Merkel Coalition Won’t Hold, SPD Youth Leader Says
The leader of the German Social Democrats’ youth wing said Monday that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition with the SPD would not survive the next year. The awkward alliance has been marred by disputes about immigration and the fate of the domestic …
Posted on November 11, 2018
Poland Marks Centenary of Its National Rebirth at End of WWI
Poland is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its rebirth as an independent state on Sunday with a multitude of events across the country, including marches, Masses, and the national hymn being sung in more than 600 public places. …
Posted on November 11, 2018
Russia Protests Journalist’s Interrogation at US Airport
Russia’s Foreign Ministry is complaining that the interrogation of a website editor at a U.S. airport shows authorities are persecuting Russian journalists. Alexander Malkevich, editor of the USA Really website, reportedly was detained and questioned for several hours …
Posted on November 11, 2018
Commemoration Ceremony for Armistice Day in France
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month — precisely 100 years after fighting halted in the first world war — leaders from 70 nations gathered at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, …
