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Belarus goes against the grain by embracing Russian tongue
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Easter customs: Orthodox and Catholic April 15, 2017
Safe food: Would Ukraine guarantee European quality of products? April 14, 2017
Defense Ministry: Over 2,600 Ukrainian troops deceased in Donbas conflict April 14, 2017
Donbas conflict: Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded over past day April 14, 2017
"DPR" separatist leader Zakharchenko wants to negotiate with Poroshenko April 14, 2017
Kremlin: Normandy Four meeting could take place soon April 14, 2017
OSCE: No use of missile launchers in Donbas – first time in six weeks April 14, 2017
Germany before its fateful elections: 4 new trends April 14, 2017
Canada imposes new sanctions against Syria April 14, 2017
Decision to drop "mother of all bombs" in Afghanistan did not need Trump's approval April 14, 2017
Yefremov remains in custody until June April 14, 2017
EBU does not exclude that Russia may be excluded from participation in Eurovision-2018 April 14, 2017
Eurovision 2017 guests to cross Ukraine's custom border under simplified procedure April 14, 2017
Five regional landfills agreed to take Lviv garbage April 14, 2017
Holy Fire to reach Kyiv late on Saturday April 14, 2017
Kyiv police expect no provocations during Easter holidays April 14, 2017
Large fire occurred near "Elektronmash" factory in Kyiv April 14, 2017
Media publishes video of American MOAB bomb explosion in Afghanistan April 14, 2017
Passenger dragged off United Airlines flight requires reconstructive surgery April 14, 2017
Terrorist attack occurs in Jerusalem: British student killed April 14, 2017
United Airlines to refund every passenger of scandalous flight April 14, 2017
Ex-head of traffic police Makarenko arrested with right to pledge $185 thousand April 14, 2017
Fatherland party registered draft decree on unsuccessful performance of Cabinet of Ministers April 14, 2017
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK: Apr. 10 – 14 April 14, 2017
Ukraine ends up in last 10 of safety and security rating April 14, 2017
Belarus has obtained gas and oil concessions from Russia: but what did Russia get in exchange? April 11, 2017
Hrodna is Learning to Handle More Foreign Tourists April 13, 2017
Lukashenka and Putin, justifying repression, EEU economy back on track – Belarus state press digest April 7, 2017
Citizens of Ukraine from occupied Crimea and Donbas to enjoy visa waiver, – Foreign Ministry April 14, 2017
"Putin is patient," – Peskov on US-Russia relations April 14, 2017
Normandy Four leaders will hold talks in near future, – Peskov April 14, 2017
Two Russians charged with plotting coup in Montenegro April 14, 2017
Primary healthcare workers will receive up to 25,000 hryvnia salary, – Health Ministry April 14, 2017
"Moving east is our task, main thing not to leave own border behind," – NSDC secretary on Ukrainian Army objectives April 14, 2017
Russians question efficiency of US airstrike on Afghanistan, expect evidence April 14, 2017
Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded as terrorists mortared positions near Vodiane, Avdiivka, Verkhniotoretske, Zaitseve, Kamianka, Katerynivka, – ATO HQ April 14, 2017
Prosecutor general dismisses ill-famed PGO investigator Sus, – media April 14, 2017
EBU may exclude Russia from Eurovision in 2018 April 14, 2017
Pyongyang vows to launch preemptive strike on US targets, – DW April 14, 2017
Rally outside Presidential Administration: activists demand holding officials-separatists accountable. VIDEO+PHOTOS April 14, 2017
SBU averts shipment of engine components for Russian Navy vessels. PHOTOS April 14, 2017
Airborne unit drills loading military hardware onboard IL-76 carrier in Zhytomyr region. PHOTOS April 14, 2017
Slidstvo.Info journalists came under fire while filming Akhmetov's new manor near Kyiv. VIDEO April 14, 2017
PM believes gas royalty should be cut to 12% from 2018 April 14, 2017
Stockholm arbitration to hear joint activity termination lawsuit between Ukrgazvydobuvannia, Karpatygaz April 14, 2017
SCM ready to protect ownership rights to Ukrtelecom, TriMob in court April 14, 2017
Ukroboronprom sees net income rise by 31.2% in 2016 April 14, 2017
Kyivmetrobud signs UAH 4 bln contract with Turkey's Limak to complete metro in Dnipro April 14, 2017
Turchynov says he did not consult with Western partners on ATO start, they were afraid to irritate Russia April 14, 2017
Court extends Yefremov's arrest until June 12 April 14, 2017
Militants shell Ukrainian army positions 24 times on Friday, 4 Ukrainian soldiers wounded – ATO HQ April 14, 2017
Donetsk filtering station shelled over 200 times since beginning of 2017 – OSCE SMM April 14, 2017
Kholodnytsky chides NABU for burnishing its image April 14, 2017
Human Rights Defenders: 43 Persons Have Involuntary Disappeared In Crimea March 24, 2017
Doctors fighting for life of Ihor Halushka, "Angel of Instytutska" April 14, 2017
The government of Ukraine is one year old. Let's look at its results April 14, 2017
Experts say the Kremlin may have been behind the St. Petersburg terrorist acts April 15, 2017
Five reasons why supporting Ukraine is in the USA's interests April 14, 2017
Five things to know about the Eurovision song contest in Kyiv April 15, 2017
Russian language use in post-Soviet space declining precipitously April 15, 2017
The many designs of traditional Ukrainian pysanka Easter eggs, by region April 15, 2017
Extra EUR 83 million may be raised for health care by lifting reduced VAT on medicines – The Baltic Times April 15, 2017
Grybauskaite: Developments in North Korea and Syria threaten world peace – The Baltic Times April 15, 2017
Kucinskis, Zhang note opportunities for expanding economic cooperation between Latvia and China – The Baltic Times April 15, 2017
NATO Center to organize one-day hackathon aimed at detecting fake news – The Baltic Times April 15, 2017
Lithuanian MP Steponavicius says won't step down, denies abusing powers – The Baltic Times April 15, 2017
Russia found in violation of the right to life over Beslan School attack
Batons & gunshots in new arrests of Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea
Ukrainian Prosecutor’s strange attempt to help Russian FSB foiled
ATO spokesperson: Donetsk sector: enemy opened mortar fire at Avdiivka and Opytne, having fired 50 bombs April 14, 2017
ATO spokesperson: Militants used mortars in Talakivka, Hnutove and Shyrokyne April 14, 2017
ATO spox: Over the previous day, 19 enemy attacks, including 5 with heavy weapons, were registered in the Donetsk sector April 14, 2017
ATO spox: Over the previous day, UAF incurred no fatalities, two troops were wounded. April 14, 2017
Col. Andriy Lysenko: Luhansk sector: militants violated cease-fire in Stanytsia Luhanska and Popasna districts April 14, 2017
Col. Andriy Lysenko: Mariupol sector. The situation in Pavlopil-Shyrokyne area deteriorated April 14, 2017
Col. Lysenko: Militants used mortars in Svitlodarsk area April 14, 2017
Col. Lysenko: Over the previous day, 43 enemy attacks, including 6 with heavy weapons, were registered in the Mariupol sector April 14, 2017
Dodon of Moldova asked Euroasian Economic union to provide Moldova monitor status April 14, 2017
Hug: Reduction in violence was observed by OSCE SMM in all main hotspots, except Avdiivka-Yasynuvata-Donetsk airport triangle April 14, 2017
OSCE Hug: Number of civilian fatalities recorded last week is down compared to previous week: from 6 to 1 April 14, 2017
UkrOboronProm video of recent missile launches April 14, 2017
4 Ukrainian soldiers wounded in 45 attacks on Ukrainian positions yesterday April 15, 2017
Video: drills in ATO April 15, 2017
Russia not to participate in Eurovision Song Contest April 14, 2017
Austrian MP made scandalous statement about Crimea April 14, 2017
Canada: UN system has weaknesses April 14, 2017
Ukraine filed new evidence with ECHR on "Crimean case" April 13, 2017
US threatens to strike North Korea April 14, 2017
Kurbedinov: Zeytullaev being on hunger strike hardly speaks April 14, 2017
Occupants rendered decision on detainees in Bakhchysarai April 14, 2017
"Embassy of Civil Society of Russia in Ukraine" opened in Kyiv April 14, 2017
Sushchenko's parents received a letter from their son April 14, 2017
Militants violated another ceasefire in ATO zone April 14, 2017
T72B1 tanks drill in Rostov region at Kadamovsky firing range April 14, 2017
4 reasons U.S should care about Ukraine – USA Today April 14, 2017
Moving east, main thing not to leave own border behind – National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine about Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas April 14, 2017
Ukraine`s Verkhovna Rada votes to introduce competitive electricity market April 14, 2017
Ukraine`s energy holding DTEK, controlled by Akhmetov, to buy 600,000 tonnes of deficit coal from South Africa April 14, 2017
Ukrainian analyst and Poroshenko`s advisor Volodymyr Horbuli assesses probability of Russian annexation of occupied Donbas April 14, 2017
Bulgaria's GERB, nationalist United Patriots agree on ruling programme April 14, 2017
FILM REVIEW: Soaring with Qatar's super-rich in artful documentary "The Challenge" April 14, 2017
ISTANBUL BLOG: Turkey braces for epoch-making referendum April 14, 2017
Naftogaz supervisory board head quits as Ukraine's energy reforms teeter April 14, 2017
Behaving Badly on Big Things and Small, Core of Russia's National Strategy under Putin April 13, 2017
New Report: Ukraine Soldiers Dying Faster Than First Three Years Of US Coalition In Iraq April 15, 2017
Novaya Gazeta on Threats of Retribution Against Journalists from Chechen Clergy over Articles on Persecution of LGBT April 14, 2017
Your farm is trying to kill you April 12, 2017
If Trump Fired Bannon, Would He Seek Revenge? April 14, 2017
Activists plan 'Tax March' to Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort Saturday to demand he release tax returns April 14, 2017
Manchin hauls in $552K for reelection bid April 14, 2017
White House showdown on Paris deal set for next week April 14, 2017
Trump claims he can't be sued for inciting rally violence April 15, 2017
Trump to speak at NRA's April leadership forum April 14, 2017
Trump taps Ex-Im critic to head agency April 14, 2017
White House innovation office holds first conference call with CEOs April 14, 2017
White House says it won't make visitor logs public April 14, 2017
The Daily Vertical: Putin Revives The Brezhnev Doctrine
Hard-Line Cleric, Seen As Main Rohani Rival, Files To Run For President
Kosovo Authorities Boost Security, Warn Of Possible Easter Attacks
Podcast: After The Bombs
Iran's Incumbent President Registers To Run In May Elections
Russia Hosts Afghanistan Meeting Boycotted By Washington
Russia, Iran, And Syria Issue Warning To U.S.
Russia, West Moving Towards New Cold War, Gorbachev Warns
Russian Newspaper Seeks Kremlin Help After Angry Chechen Reaction To Report
The Morning Vertical, April 13, 2017
Biden Says White House Should Prod Kremlin Over Abuse Of Chechen Gays
U.S. Lawmaker Visits Possible Kremlin Money Laundering Sites On Cyprus
Uzbekistan Says Had Warned West About Stockholm Attack Suspect
14 people in Montenegro, including two Russians, were charged in connection with attempted coup April 14, 2017
Belarus settles with Russia for gas April 14, 2017
Kremlin 'outraged' by ECHR's decision to make Russia pay 3 million euros for Beslan massacre April 14, 2017
Polish Foreign Minister: Russia may respond to US attack on Syria by escalating situation in the Donbas April 14, 2017
Russia will not participate in or broadcast the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine April 14, 2017
Shares of Ukraine's largest telecommunications company were seized in connection with a Yanukovych case April 14, 2017
Spanish politicians and businessmen visit Russian-annexed Crimea. Ukraine calls it 'an element of Russia's hybrid war' April 14, 2017
The U.S. refuses to participate in the conference on Afghanistan in Russia April 14, 2017
Ukraine's Foreign Minister: Tillerson's visit confirms that Russia cannot be worked with on the basis of trust April 14, 2017
US prepares preemptive strike against North Korea before another nuclear test April 14, 2017
Finnish-style baby boxes take over London April 14, 2017
Helsinki police beef up security for Easter crucifixion play April 14, 2017
Mail carriers to become walking data collectors April 14, 2017
Ukraine, Georgia agree to develop Baltic-Black-Caspian sees transport corridor April 13, 2017
Kyiv police arrest suspect Russian terrorist April 14, 2017
Rada legalizes private eyes April 14, 2017
Ukraine's losses since start of war in Donbas in 2014 April 14, 2017
US diplomat gives four reasons why America must support Ukraine April 14, 2017
Border controls extended without justification April 13, 2017
Fewer refugees to get relocated as Commission revises targets April 12, 2017
Commission pleads with nations to protect child refugees April 13, 2017
Turkish referendum pivotal in EU-Turkey relations April 14, 2017
[Opinion] Central Europe's decline into authoritarianism April 13, 2017
[Ticker] Trump changes his mind on Nato, 'no longer obsolete' April 13, 2017
[Ticker] Lithuania to push military spending above Nato target April 13, 2017
[Ticker] Hungary signals compromise over Soros-founded university April 13, 2017
[Ticker] EU workers 'particularly important' to UK labour market April 13, 2017
[Ticker] Germany backs Serbia on EU membership, asking for reforms April 13, 2017
FrolovLeaks: Goebbels of the Patriarch, Recruitment of Ukrainian Generals and Baptism by Fire in Syria. Episode IV April 14, 2017
Serviceman of Russian Railway Troops served in Somalia Battalion April 13, 2017
Volunteers identified the militant Olkhon, the commander of a division of special forces of "Novorossiya" April 12, 2017
"It hurts that they don't understand that Ukrainians work here.". Employees of Ukrainian Sberbank subsidiaries comment on protests at their branches April 13, 2017
Mufti of Chechnya promises Novaya Gazeta journalists Allah's retribution April 14, 2017
Novaya Gazeta: Religious leaders encourage retaliation against journalists at Grozny mosque meeting April 14, 2017
1917, Tweeted: Chronicle of the Russian Revolution (Part 6, April 4 – 9) April 14, 2017
Airbnb Checks Out of Russia April 14, 2017
Dear America, Russia Wants You to Know Its Bombs Are Bigger April 14, 2017
Pushkin Boundaries April 14, 2017
Chinese Farming Firms Target Russia's Far East, Officials Claim April 14, 2017
Wrongly Imprisoned Russian Activist Gets a 'We're Sorry' Letter From His Old Warden April 14, 2017
Russia Rejects Ban on Foreign Homes for Politicians April 14, 2017
Russian Rocket Company Thinks the International Space Station Would Make a Sweet Hotel April 14, 2017
Russian Repair Truck Shows Up to Repair Pothole, Falls Into It April 14, 2017
Moscow Unveils Egg-Squisite Easter Decorations April 14, 2017
Bloomberg: Russia says evidence growing Syria chemical attack was staged April 14, 2017
Foreign Policy: Lavrov announces visit to open embassy in Abkhazia April 14, 2017
E-declarations of military prosecutor's office employees temporarily closed for public April 14, 2017
OSCE SMM chief calls for ceasefire in Donbas during Easter holidays April 14, 2017
Al Jazeera: 'Ready for war if Trump wants it' – North Korean official April 14, 2017
Associated Press: Lobbying by Trump associates highlightes foreign agent law April 14, 2017
Bloomberg: France's Le Pen ready to be 'crucified' for France as she slides in polls April 14, 2017
Deutsche Welle: Poland welcomes 'historic' NATO deployment near Kaliningrad April 14, 2017
New York Times: China warns of 'storm clouds gathering' in US-North Korea standoff April 14, 2017
Reuters: US general says 'right time' to use huge bomb in Afghanistan April 14, 2017
Ukrainian businesses expect revival of commercial activity – NBU study April 14, 2017
NBU continues forex easing: banks allowed early loan repayment to non-residents April 14, 2017
Groysman: "Insanely corrupt fiscal service system" developed over 25 years April 14, 2017
NBU confirms Donbas trade blockade affects GDP forecast April 14, 2017
Deficit of Ukraine's foreign trade in goods shrinks by 44.5% April 14, 2017
Reuters Exclusive: Ukraine could miss out on up to $3.65 bln of China energy loans April 14, 2017
Poroshenko's advisor assesses probability of Russian annexation of occupied Donbas April 14, 2017
Ukraine MFA explains how Ukrainians from occupied territories may enjoy visa waivers April 14, 2017
Poroshenko simplifies registration procedure for IDPs April 14, 2017
Hromadske journalist reports shooting amid filming Akhmetov's estate with UAV April 14, 2017
Poroshenko: Over 2,650 Ukrainian troops killed in Donbas war April 14, 2017
OSCE SMM chief monitor Apakan calls for Donbas truce at Easter time April 14, 2017
15 Ukrainian WIA's rushed from Donbas to Odesa on Friday, 5 in critical condition April 14, 2017
Syria's Jolak Sawfan: Assad just stands "on the stage," while Russia controls everything behind the scenes April 14, 2017
AP reports on Trump strategy on NKorea: 'Maximum pressure and engagement' April 15, 2017
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