An Austrian man who fought alongside Ukrainian government forces against pro-Russian separatists, in the battle for Donetsk airport in Donbass, has been arrested in Poland for possible war crimes. The 25-year old is accused of “having killed soldiers involved in fighting at the Donetsk airport who had already surrendered and/or…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has assured European Union officials that Hungary will quickly meet EU demands on a new law that could target a university in Budapest started by George Soros after the Iron Curtain fell. Orban also assured the European Union on attempts to limit activities of Soros-funded…
The Russian spy ship, Liman, collided with a livestock freighter in foggy conditions off the Turkish Coast in the Black Sea today and sank. All 78 crew members were rescued by Turkish sailors. The Youzarsif H was unharmed with slight damage to the bow. The collision tore a hole in…
The previous governor of the Ukrainian central bank, Valeria Gontareva, resigned recently in the face of death threats, and other obstruction of her reform efforts. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Develeopment, or EBRD, has backed Volodymyr Lavrenchuk, the head of Raiffeisen’s (RBIV.VI) Ukrainian unit, to replace her and continue…
The Group started by former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khordorkovsky, called Open Russia, has been banned by the Kremlin. The group had called for a protest this coming Saturday against the Russian government. Khordorkovsky spent ten years in a prison colony after Vladimir Putin’s government broke up his oil company, Yukos,…
Hungarian President Janos Ader signed into law a bill that detractors accuse of targeting Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, established by Leftist billionaire George Soros after the fall of the Iron Curtain in the 1990s. The bill forces any education institution to close if it does not have a…
Ukrainian authorities have arrested a former lawmaker and deputy head of the state-owned gas company, Naftogaz, in an anti-corruption sting, run by the National Anti-corruption Bureau, or NABU. The country has spent a lot of resources setting up the new investigative body to root out the corruption from the former…
Russia warned the United States on Monday about a unilateral strike on North Korea. Foreign Minister Lavrov made Moscow’s feeling know about military action against its client state. American Vice President Pence visited the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea and said the “era of strategic patience is over.”…
Good Friday Good Friday is the most significant day in the religious calendar for Orthodox Christians around the globe and in Georgia. This day marks the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Good Friday is also the beginning of a four-day official Easter holiday in Georgia and other Orthodox societies. …
Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan are going to increase freight shipments to the European Union by ensuring uninterrupted traffic on a regional railway. They’ll join forces to make sure transit of goods between member countries on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM) increases. Today Heads of all four countries’ railway…