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France 24: Little fanfare as Tokyo enters Olympic countdown

Tokyo entered the final Olympic countdown on Friday, but there was little fanfare with just one week until the opening ceremony, as virus infections …
France 24

Reuters: Biden, Merkel fail to resolve differences about Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel failed on Thursday to settle their dispute over Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline …
Reuters

Voice of America: Iranian hackers target US military, defense companies

Iran appears to be intensifying its effort to exploit U.S. and Western targets in cyberspace, running a campaign aimed at manipulating American …
Voice of America

CNBC: Biden and Merkel warn Russia cannot use Nord Stream gas pipeline as weapon against Ukraine

President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Thursday that they will oppose any effort by Russia to use the contentious Nord …
CNBC

Peter Dickinson: Putin’s new Ukraine essay reveals imperial ambitions

Russian President Vladimir Putin has outlined the historical basis for his claims against Ukraine in a controversial new essay that has been likened …
Peter Dickinson

Associated Press: Over 50 dead, dozens missing as severe floods strike Europe

BERLIN — More than 50 people have died and dozens were missing on July 15 as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into …
Associated Press

Constitutional Court believes every Ukrainian citizen must speak Ukrainian

Knowledge of the Ukrainian language is the responsibility of every Ukrainian citizen, according to the country’s Constitutional Court ruling following …
Interfax-Ukraine

EU Council adds Ukraine to the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted

BRUSSELS – The European Union has posted an updated list of countries for which it is recommended to lift the restrictive measures imposed on optional …
Interfax-Ukraine

RFE/RL: Lithuania asks Greece, Iraq for help on migrant surge from Belarus

Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has warned that the Baltic nation may continue to experience a “sudden” surge of migrants due to efforts by …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: Authoritarianism advances as world battles the pandemic

LONDON — Here’s some of what happened while the world was distracted by the coronavirus: Hungary banned the public depiction of homosexuality. China …
Associated Press

Anna Nemtsova: Belarus finds new target for crackdown after nod from Putin

MOSCOW—A brutal new wave of repression began in Belarus on July 14 after Europe’s last dictator traveled to St. Petersburg to get President Vladimir …
Anna Nemtsova

Kyiv Post Cartoons, issue 28

Kyiv Post

UA.TV: A ‘new strategy of public administration’ was presented in Kyiv

The high-quality public services and efficient work of the official bodies. A “New Strategy of Public Administration in Ukraine” was presented in …
UA.TV

‘Almighty’ Arsen Avakov leaves interior ministry after 7.5 years

In February 2014, low-key politician Arsen Avakov became the interior minister in the temporary government created during the EuroMaidan …
Oleksiy Sorokin

IMF welcomes recent decisions of parliament

The adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of several important laws, in particular on the role of international experts when selecting members of …
Reuters, Interfax

Avakov’s dubious legacy to remain intact under his proposed successor

Denys Monastyrsky, who is expected to replace Arsen Avakov as interior minister, is not a reformer and is unlikely to bring much change to the …
Oleg Sukhov

Voice of America: Russia warily eyes a power vacuum in Afghanistan

As US withdraws, Kremlin has concerns over Central Asia.
Voice of America

Olena Makarenko: Ukraine finally adopts all legislation for judicial reform

After years of tribulations, struggles, and setbacks, the Ukrainian parliament finally adopted all the legislation that will, at least theoretically, …
Olena Makarenko
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