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CNN: Trump’s plan to dismember government

President Donald Trump plans to dismember government one dollar at a time. Read more here. 
CNN

Deutsche Welle: Rutte edging Wilders in tight Netherlands vote

Rutte’s VVD party was predicted to win 24 seats in the 150-seat parliament in the March 15 vote, according to three different polls cited by the DPA …
Deutsche Welle

New York Times: Brexit fuels feeling in Scotland that time is right for independence

Scotland’s nationalists wasted no time: Just minutes after the country’s leader, Nicola Sturgeon, called on March 13 for a new independence …
New York Times

Deutsche Welle: France’s Fillon placed under formal investigation

French presidential candidate Francois Fillon has been put under formal investigation over the misuse of public funds. In January Fillon said he would …
Deutsche Welle

Reuters: Turkey’s Erdogan warns Dutch, minister floats economic sanctions

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on March 14 warned the Netherlands that he could take further steps in a deepening diplomatic row, while a government …
Reuters

Reuters: IS Mosul commander killed, government forces battle for bridge

Iraqi government forces killed the Islamic State commander of Mosul’s Old City on March 14 as the battle for the militants’ last stronghold in Iraq …
Reuters

RFE/RL: UN rights chief says Syria ‘worst man-made disaster since WWII’

The UN’s human rights chief has described the Syrian conflict as the “worst man-made disaster since World War II,” citing widespread torture and a …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

BBC: North-eastern US states hit by huge snowstorms

The north-eastern US states of New York and New Jersey have declared states of emergency as a huge winter storm sweeps in, bringing heavy snow. Read …
BBC

Financial Times: Populists seize the moment as Dutch fall out of love with EU

Like so many Dutch, Alice and Willem Schippers never much worried about the EU. But last week they were at a political event at Erasmus University in …
Financial Times

BBC: Saudi Arabia launches girls’ council – without any girls

It was an encouraging initiative for a country not known for giving women a platform in public life. But when Saudi Arabia wanted to show off its …
BBC

Reuters: Merkel warns against cyber attacks on infrastructure

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on March 14 protecting infrastructure from potential cyber attacks was a top priority and the federal government …
Reuters

Reuters: Merkel postpones trip to meet Trump due to winter storm

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was already on her way to the airport on March 13 to fly to Washington for her first meeting with U.S. …
Reuters

Reuters: Canadian statistics agency hacked, security flaw patched

Canada’s federal government said on March 13 that its statistics agency was hacked last week and its website plus several other government portals …
Reuters

Reuters: Merkel meets Trump in clash of style and substance

She is controlled and cautious, a physicist from East Germany who takes her time making decisions and has never relished the attention that comes from …
Reuters

Reuters: Turkey may hit Netherlands with sanctions as ‘Nazi’ row escalates

The Turkish cabinet was on March 13 expected to consider imposing sanctions on the Netherlands in a deepening row with its NATO ally over a ban on its …
Reuters

BBC: Sturgeon to seek second referendum

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will ask for permission to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence. Read more here.   
BBC

Georgia never to recognize legitimacy of Abkhaz elections

Tbilisi will never recognize the parliamentary elections in Abkhazia as legitimate in any form, Georgian parliamentary speaker Irakli Kobakhidze said …
Interfax-Ukraine

UkrInform: EU extends sanctions against representatives of Putin’s regime

The European Union has extended for next six months the personal sanctions against Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean residents involved in encroachment …
UkrInform
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