Image by AwOiSoAk KaOsIoWa A wildfire broke out near the entombed Chernobyl reactor Thursday, endangered a nuclear waste storage site in the exclusion zone, and spiked radiation levels to 2.5 times the average level. “According to a radiation survey data, radiation levels measured in the wildfire area at 19:00 on…
Geneva International Discussions The 40th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) was held on June 20-21 in Geneva. The GID is a multilateral mediation forum co-chaired by the EU, OSCE and UN. The GID format was designed after the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 to address security and humanitarian…
Image by kremlin.ru The European Union extended sanctions against the Russian Federation until January of next year due to continued Russian support of separatists in East Ukraine and a refusal to follow the Minsk agreements negotiated to end the conflict. The 28 EU heads of state and government made the…
Image by kremlin.ru Moldova has seen a tug-of-war between a pro-EU government and efforts by Russian security services to bring the country back into Moscow’s fold. A multibillion dollar heist of Moldovan assets from its treasury has brought the conflict out into the open. Currently President Dodon wants closer ties…
Image by The Russian Presidential Press and Information Office Hungary has been locked in a struggle with the European Union over its migrant policy of forcing nations to accept hundreds of thousands of ‘refugees’ that would destroy its culture and way of life. The Hungarian government has made it clear…
Image by Bundesministerium für Europa, Integration und Äusseres The European Commission today launched legal action against three Eastern European countries to retaliate over their refusal to follow orders from Brussels to admit over 160,000 Islamic migrants from Middle Eastern and North African countries per the EU resettlement plan. The three…
Image by https://www.flickr.com/photos/usarmyeurope_images/15243319351/in/set-72157647222797938 Ukrainians were on Sunday celebrating the first day of visa-free access to the European Union, with thousands crossing the border as President Petro Poroshenko proclaimed a dramatic “exit” from Moscow’s grip. The move is symbolic for Kiev, where a pro-EU revolt in 2014 toppled the previous Russia-backed…
Image by Rei-artur Bugaria’s Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva says the nation wants to be free from EU monitoring of its judicial reforms by 2018. She said internal reforms will be completed by the end of that year and the monitoring “can’t go on forever.” On a visit to Bucharest, Romania,…
A war of words between human rights campaigners and Hungary’s right-wing government is set to come to a head on Tuesday (13 June) as a new “Russian-style” law on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is put to the vote. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been accused of trying to silence his critics…