After wrenching the power to select the next president of the European Commission away from the leaders of the member states, the European Parliament is now moving to take control of the selection of individual commissioners away from national governments.
David Cameron has pledged to look at ways to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), in the light of the sacking of his most senior legal advisor, according to the Daily Telegraph. The Prime Minister is believed to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine accuses Russia of shooting down military transport plane Egypt proposes a cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza war Palestinian lawyer says that proving Israeli war crimes would be difficult Ukraine accuses Russia of shooting down
Ukraine claims Russia was involved in an airstrike on Tuesday that killed eleven people. Eight people were wounded, including one child. “Today at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) an unknown plane carried out a bombing attack on Snizhne. The flight can
Attempts led by the Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski to stop the Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini, whom he considers to be soft on Russia, becoming the new EU foreign policy chief look likely to fail when her appointment is
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine accused Russian army officers on Monday of fighting alongside separatists in the east of the country and said Moscow was once more building up its troops on the joint border. A missile that downed a Ukrainian
Although it may already seem a while back, the second quarter of 2012 marked a true milestone in British international trade. Namely, for the first time since Britain’s joining the European Common Market in the 1970s, we exported more to countries outside
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said Russian soldiers and officers are fighting next to the pro-Russian forces in east Ukraine. At the same time, NATO claimed Russia added more troops along the Ukraine border. “In the past three days a new
A military transport plane was shot down in Luhansk and Kiev claims the rocket probably came from Russia. This comes a day after Russia said a shell from Ukraine territory hit Russian territory and killed one person. The Donetsk People’s
The Cuban communist government has arrested 100 women affiliated with the dissident group the Ladies in White–friends and family of male political prisoners–for organizing a march on Sunday to commemorate the mass drowning of refugees twenty years ago this weekend.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin on Monday told the Russian delegation at the Farnborough air show to go home after being snubbed by the British government over the Ukraine conflict. “I recommend our delegation to wind up its participation
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Riot police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a group of rock-throwing vandals who disturbed a rally by Argentines celebrating their team’s gutsy performance in a 1-0 loss to Germany in the World
The European Union previously threatened very harsh sanctions against Russia if the violence in east Ukraine did not die down. Now, the EU has decided to target eleven Ukrainian separatists with travel bans and asset freezes, and the men on
A Ukraine shell landed on a Russian border town of Donetsk in the Rostov region and killed one person. Moscow told Kiev there will be “irreversible consequences” for the action. “At about 09:02 from Ukraine into the territory of the
The BBC is reporting Ukraine forces are storming Luhansk and Sabivka in the east. Pro-Russian leader Igor Strelkov said helicopters are landing inside Luhansk. “Heavy fighting is under way on the outskirts of Luhansk,” Strelkov said. “The enemy has thrown
Due to ongoing violence in Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko will not make the trip to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup final between Germany and Argentina. “The president believes it is impossible to attend the World Cup final match due
On July 12 Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Fidel Castro during a visit to Cuba. The visit was part of Putin’s Latin American tour, and one in which he stressed the modernization Russia is prepared to help bring about
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The European Union must renew a focus on foreign policy that was neglected as it dealt with a debt crisis, Italy’s president Giorgio Napolitano said in an interview on Saturday. Napolitano, an 89-year old former Communist hard-liner, told the newspaper
Russia hosts the 2018 World Cup, and Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko insists that the conflict in Ukraine will not impact preparations. He also said that security should not be an issue. “It’s a different subject and it will not
Britain said Saturday it had barred a Russian delegation from attending the Farnborough air show because of the Ukraine crisis, sparking an angry reaction from Russia. The Russian embassy in London expressed “regret” that Britain had not issued visas to
If he’s not on the golf course during his downtime, President Obama is likely to befound either at a Democratic fundraiser or chatting up some celebrities, orsometimes both. And if hehas to sidestep the illegal-immigration crisis at the border to
Russian President Vladimir Putin started his Latin America tour, and the first stop is Cuba, an old ally from Cold War days. He will also visit Argentina and Brazil. Russia’s State Duma forgave 90% of Cuba’s debt, which was mostly
The US Embassy in Moscow demanded Russia immediately release Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is detained on suspicion of killing two Russian journalists. She was arrested in June and the Voronezh Regional Court said she will remain in pretrial
WASHINGTON (AP) — An online magazine reported Wednesday that the National Security Agency and the FBI covertly scanned the emails of five prominent Muslim-Americans under the government’s secret surveillance program aimed at foreign terrorists and other national security threats. The
