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Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on Ukrainians who left Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion to return and help defend their homeland. Source: Kuleba in an interview with The Irish Times; European Pravda Details: The foreign minister thanked Ireland, which has sheltered more than 100,000 Ukrainians since the start of the full-scale invasion and provided […]

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada on Monday unveiled draft legislation to combat online hate that would force major companies to quickly remove harmful content and would boost the penalty for inciting genocide to life in prison. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau from online predators. The bill says major social media companies […]

Viktor Pavlushchyk was chosen on Feb. 25 as the head of the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) – one of Ukraine’s main corruption fighting bodies. The Cabinet of Ministers has yet to formally appoint him as the head of the NACP. Pavlushchyk is a detective at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). He […]

Spyridon Lambridis, Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic to Ukraine, has expressed confidence that the EU will agree to the scheme to use the profits from Russian sovereign assets on its territory and direct them to help Kyiv. Source: Spyridon Lambridis an interview with AFP, European Pravda reports Details: […]

(Bloomberg) — BYD Co. has been contacted by the Italian government as part of the country’s efforts to attract a second car manufacturer beyond Fiat maker Stellantis NV. Most Read from Bloomberg “We have some contacts to discuss about that,” Michael Shu, managing director of BYD Europe, said in an interview at the Geneva International […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commemorated the occupation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia exactly 10 years ago on Monday. “It all began in Crimea – this Russian revanchism, this Russian war,” Zelensky said in his evening video address. That day determined the fate of international security and international relations, the Ukrainian president said. Russian special […]

LONDON (AP) — Financier and philanthropist Jacob Rothschild, of the renowned Rothschild banking dynasty, has died at 87, his family said Monday. Rothschild began his career in the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, in 1963, before breaking away to start businesses and charitable organizations. His family paid tribute to him in a statement. “Our […]

LONDON (AP) — Financier and philanthropist Jacob Rothschild, of the renowned Rothschild banking dynasty, has died at 87, his family said Monday. Rothschild began his career in the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, in 1963, before breaking away to start businesses and charitable organizations. His family paid tribute to him in a statement. “Our […]

Dozens of people have been shot dead at a mosque on the same day that a church was attacked, say the authorities in Burkina Faso. It was during early-morning prayers that the gunmen surrounded the mosque in Natiaboani town. “The victims were all Muslims, most of them men,” a local resident told the AFP news […]

The German government reported on 26 February that it had sent another batch of military aid to Ukraine. The batch included, among other things, artillery shells, drones and demining vehicles. Source: European Pravda with reference to the website of the German government Details: According to the list, Ukraine has received 14,000 rounds of 155-mm ammunition […]

Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s national energy company, is starting construction of three main power transmission lines this year and is interested in purchasing products from domestic manufacturers for this purpose. Source: Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the chairman of the company’s management board, at the Made in Ukraine forum;  Interfax-Ukraine. “This year, we are starting to build three strategic power […]

A four-legged creature perched atop a rock, its copper-silver eyes scanning its surroundings in an evergreen forest in China. That’s when it emitted a high-pitched, four-note call. At the same time, a group of researchers was trekking through the Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve and heard the creature’s “unique” advertisement. The team spotted the amphibian on […]