Website to fact-check EU election campaign claims
EurActiv.com by Laurens Cerulus
As European politicians hit the campaign trail for the May EU elections, the online project FactcheckEU documents how truthful their campaign speeches really are.
Russian outrage at Ukraine killing
BBC News | Europe | World Edition
The Russian foreign ministry expresses outrage at a fatal shooting incident in eastern Ukraine which it blames on Ukrainian nationalists
Religious leaders show Ukraine split
BBC News | Europe | World Edition
Orthodox Easter messages from patriarchs in Kiev and Moscow reflect Ukraine’s deep divide, as a tense stand-off continues in the east.
Official: German electoral oversight is unique in EU
EurActiv.com by Ewald König
In Germany, elections are a ?self-organised act of the people?: it is the only EU member state where EU elections are overseen by ordinary citizens, and an independent returning officer, who spoke in Berlin on Wednesday (16 April). EurActiv Germany reports.
MAIN FOCUS: Nato boosts its presence in Eastern Europe | 17/04/2014
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Nato on Wednesday announced plans to increase its military presence in Eastern Europe. Meanwhile the foreign ministers of Russia, the US and Ukraine are meeting with the EU foreign affairs chief in Geneva today, Thursday, for crisis talks. This dual strategy is the right way to deal with Russia, some commentators write approvingly. Others see little hope for a diplomatic solution to the crisis
The proportion of ?likes? on the official Facebook pages for Macedonian presidential candidates has turned out to be surprisingly similar to their proportion of the official vote count ? both in the 2009 elections and in the 2014 presidential elections.
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