January 22, 2011

Moldova's new centre-right coalition mirrors old one

Moldova's new centre-right coalition mirrors old one

Jan 19, 2011
Chisinau/Kiev - A centre-right ruling coalition was formally announced in Moldova on Wednesday that keeps the country's top jobs unchanged.
The three-party group will put forward Democratic Party head Marian Lupu for the post of president, while Liberal Party boss Mihai Gimpu will be nominated as parliament speaker, the Infotag news agency reported.

January 18, 2011

УНIАН - Харків - Українську бібліотеку в Москві знову обшукали, директора побили

УНIАН - Харків - Українську бібліотеку в Москві знову обшукали, директора побили
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Українську бібліотеку в Москві знову обшукали, директора побили


Харків. 17 січня. УНІАН. У Бібліотеці української літератури (БУЛ) у Москві пройшов третій обшук, вилучено сервер, директора побив співробітник міліції.
Про це власному кореспонденту УНІАН у Росії повідомила сама директор бібліотеки Наталія ШАРІНА.
«Обшук проводили ті ж співробітники 11-го відділу МВС по боротьбі з екстремізмом. Минулого разу було вилучено системні блоки співробітників, зараз вилучили 4 блоки сервера, який обслуговує бібліотеку», - сказала Н.ШАРІНА.

January 5, 2011

EUobserver / Lukashenko to go back on EU visa ban list

EUobserver / Lukashenko to go back on EU visa ban list

Lukashenko to go back on EU visa ban list

Lukashenka (far left) at a summit of post-Soviet countries in Moscow: the Belarusian leader is the only one on the EU's persona non grata list (Photo: kremlin.ru)
04.01.2011 @ 09:27 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has said that Belarusian leader Aleksander Lukashenko will be put back on an EU visa ban list along with dozens of officials responsible for post-election beatings and arrests.

January 4, 2011

Ukraine Can't Combine Putinism And European Integration - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011

Ukraine Can't Combine Putinism And European Integration - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2011

Ukraine Can't Combine Putinism And European Integration

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (left) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his working visit to Kyiv in October. Is Russia the model Yanukovych's government aspires to bring to Ukraine?
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (left) shakes hands with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during his working visit to Kyiv in October. Is Russia the model Yanukovych's government aspires to bring to Ukraine?
December 28, 2010
By Taras Kuzio
Opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been placed under de facto house arrest and is threatened by a prison term of up to five years, as leaked to the newspaper "Segodnya" on December 22.