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CONFLICT2h agoDrone debris falls on shopping mall premises in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district, woman injuredUkrinform [en]
POLITICS12h agoDacian Cioloș, Romanian candidate for OIF: "My advantage is that I come from a country that is not a source of tension"Et si Dacian Cioloș devenait le prochain secrétaire général de l’Organisation internationale de la francophonie ? Le Roumain veut y croire et apparaît comme un candidat sérieux à quelques semaines du vote, notamment face à la sortante rwandaise, Louise Mushikiwabo.Jeune Afrique
CONFLICT23h agoRussian drone strikes house in Sumy region, woman injuredUkrinform [en]
POLITICS1d agoKosovo Protests Grow Over Killing Of Woman Who Pleaded For Police ProtectionProtests are spreading across Kosovo after a woman who repeatedly pleaded for protection was killed, allegedly by her brother-in-law. An official investigation found multiple institutional failures, including a prosecutor's refusal to act on a death threat. Eleven police officers and two prosecutors have been suspended, but as RFE/RL's Doruntina Baliu explains, the justice and interior ministers are refusing to resign despite mounting public pressure.RFE/RL
POLITICS1d agoSofia Sapega, ex-girlfriend of former Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, recounts her time in prison and his testimony against her after the 2021 Ryanair diversionThe Belarusian news outlet Zerkalo has published the second part of an extensive interview with Sofia Sapega, the former girlfriend of Roman Protasevich, a former editor-in-chief of the opposition Telegram channel Nexta. In May 2021, Belarusian authorities used false pretenses to force a plane flying from Athens to Vilnius to land in Minsk so they could arrest Protasevich. Sapega was detained along with him. Since then, she has lived under house arrest with Protasevich and broken up with him, been sentenced to six years in prison, spent a year in a penal colony, received a pardon, and returnedMeduza [en]
POLITICS1d agoLongtime associates of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich founded a paid consular appointment service, investigation findsA company that charges Russians abroad to find available appointments at Russian consulates has ties to people in Roman Abramovich’s circle, Verstka reported.Meduza [en]
CONFLICT2d agoRussian attack on humanitarian mission bus in Zaporizhzhia region kills woman, injures threeUkrinform [en]
POLITICS2d ago‘I went to prison while he played video games’: Sofia Sapega, arrested alongside journalist Roman Protasevich after Belarus forced their Ryanair flight to land in Minsk, tells her side of the storyOn May 23, 2021, Belarusian security services tricked a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius into landing in Minsk. On board were Roman Protasevich (Raman Pratasevich) and his girlfriend, Sofia Sapega. Protasevich had been the former editor-in-chief of the popular Telegram channel Nexta, which coordinated the 2020 protests in Belarus. Sapega administered the Telegram channel “Black Book of Belarus,” which published the personal data of security officials involved in violence against protesters. The couple was detained. Both cooperated with investigators, and both managed to avoid the lengthy Meduza [en]
WORLD2d agoThe phrase by Marcus Ulpius that reflects the harshness of the daily life of Roman legionaries: "The bugle sounds, a new day begins in the Danube fortifications"El exigente ritmo habitual durante la expansión de ese imperio.El rol de esta figura fundamental en el primer siglo de la era cristiana.Clarín
POLITICS2d agoRomania extends pre-trial detention of far-right politician Calin GeorgescuThe Bucharest court has extended the pre-trial detention of Calin Georgescu by 30 days, appealing a lower court ruling.Al Jazeera [en]