Tragedy and Confusion in Odessa Global Voices Online by Andrey Tselikov The besieged Odessa Union building. A Molotov cocktail has just exploded in the top right corner of the frame. Dozens died in the ensuing fire. YouTube screenshot. Tense standoff continues in eastern Ukraine AL JAZEERA ENGLISH (IN DEPTH) Pro-Russian activists in the village of Yasnohirka … Read more
How an Oral History Project Got the Head of Sinn Fein Arrested FP Passport by Thomas Stackpole Try our new time machine, see what’schanged since first EU elections in 1979http://www.europarl.europa.eu/ep_products/infographics/timemachine/index_en.html ? Adams ‘quizzed for 17 hours a day’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is being questioned for up to … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Sinn Féin leader arrested | 02/05/2014 Police in Belfast arrested the former IRA activist and current Irish parliamentarian Gerry Adams on Wednesday. The leader of the Sinn Féin party is suspected of involvement in anIRA killing committed in 1972. Commentators talk of an important step in the Northern Ireland peace process and praise the … Read more
New Russia drills after Ukraine raid BBC News | Europe | World Edition Russia announces new military exercises on its border with Ukraine, after Kiev orders troops to move against separatists in the east. MAIN FOCUS: Russia and US sharpen their tone | 24/04/2014 euro|topics Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov threatened with military intervention should … Read more
Ukraine?s Geneva agreement falters EurActiv.com An international agreement to avert wider conflict in Ukraine began to unravel Sunday (21 April), with pro-Moscow gunmen showing no sign of surrendering seized government buildings MAIN FOCUS: Conflict over Geneva peace plan | 22/04/2014 euro|topics Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday accused Kiev of violating the Geneva agreement on de-escalation in Ukraine. … Read more
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. Separatists in eastern Ukraine call for Russian ‘peacekeepers’ after deadly gunfight Pro-Kremlin rebels in east Ukraine appealed April 20 for Russian … Read more
Ukrainian Crisis: a Quick Guide to Key Internet Links Docuticker Source: Parliamentary Library of Australia This Quick Guide provides Parliamentarians with a list of key resources and commentary about the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. + Direct link to Guide (PDF; 268 KB) Uncle Sam’s Ukraine Failure in Russia Global Voices Online by Kevin … Read more
Occupiers ignore Ukraine deadline BBC News | Europe | World Edition Pro-Russian militants continue to occupy government buildings in east Ukraine, ignoring a deadline to leave or face eviction by Ukrainian forces MAIN FOCUS: Kiev takes action against separatists | 14/04/2014 euro|topics Pro-Russian separatists occupied police and administration buildings in several Eastern Ukrainian cities on the … Read more
Ukraine sends troops to eastern cities Moscow warns that use of force by Kiev against separatists could foil plans to hold four-way talks this week aimed at defusing the escalating crisis Casualties Reported as Ukraine Launches ‘Anti-Terrorist’ Effort The takeover of Ukraine government buildings turned bloody Sunday, as government forces sought to retake a building seized by pro-Russian … Read more
European Parliament Votes to Protect Net Neutrality, Kill Roaming Fees Wired Top Stories The European Union is poised to pass new laws that would protect network neutrality within its borders. Open net gets a huge boost in the EU: net neutrality and no roaming fees Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Andrew sez, “The fight for … Read more
Shots as Crimea observers stopped Warning shots are fired as international observers are turned back from entering Crimea where pro-Russian forces have tightened their grip. On the Front Lines: Exclusive Photos of the Ukraine-Russia Standoff Evgeny Feldman, a staff photographer for the Russian publication, Novaya Gazeta, visited a checkpoint Saturday on a road a few kilometers … Read more
Euro elections 2014: You tell us (05/03/14) part one Young bloggers from across the EU tell us what’s on their minds. Leading this week are the issues of Ukraine, French socialism and northern Italian nationalism. There is always someone more northern than us The west’s moment of truth in Ukraine has finally come – will the … Read more
A Chronology of International Violations by Russian Troops in Ukraine The popular Maidan Translations blog republished a Facebook post by Dmitry Tymchuk, Head of the Ukrainian Center for Military-Political Studies, that describes several alleged international violations and ?irregular actions? since late February 2014. Tymchuk begin this run-down by saying: VIDEO: G8 preparations on … Read more
Revolution in Ukraine: Take three The main threat to the revolution comes not from Crimean separatism nor from far-right groups, writes Mykola Riabchuk. The biggest threat comes from within: from old habits and oldboy networks. New politicians are needed to avoid repeating the missed opportunities of 1991 and 2004. Mobilization. Ukrainians joining the military: Sentiment Analysis of … Read more
Crimea ? from playground to battleground Journalistic speculation about Crimea becoming independent is rife. However, the real dangers lie elsewhere? MAIN FOCUS: Power struggle in Crimea | 28/02/2014 The conflict between Russians and supporters of the new Ukrainian leadership in the Crimean region has escalated after groups of gunmen temporarily seized the regional government and parliament … Read more