Saturday, May 18, 2013


News and Features from Eastern Europe

Video Scuffles Amid Rival Ukraine Rallies

Pro- and antigovernment protesters square off in rival demonstrations in the Ukrainian capital soon after leaders of the three main opposition factions in the Ukrainian parliament agree to cooperate on backing a single candidate to oppose incumbent Viktor Yanukovych in presidential elections in 2015.
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Moldovan LGBT March Changed

A march scheduled for May 19 in downtown Chisinau by Moldova's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community will take place in another part of the city.
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Moldova’s LGBT Festival Seeks To Build On Recent Successes

Moldova’s LGBT community is launching a weeklong festival celebrating sexual minorities in the conservative country. Organizers are optimistic the country has come a long way since a gay march in 2008 was scuttled by rock-throwing counterdemonstrators.
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Video Ukraine Protests Delay Antidiscrimination Debate

Ukraine's lawmakers have postponed a debate over a new antidiscrimination law after demonstrators protested outside the parliament in Kyiv.
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Russian Nationalists Held Over Killings

Two members of a Russian ultranationalist group allegedly involved in high-profile killings have been arrested in Serbia and Ukraine.
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Belarusian, Armenian Presidents Meet

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka holds talks in Yerevan with Armenia’s leadership, including President Serzh Sarkisian.
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Lavrov: Belarus Base No Threat To Europe

Russia's foreign minister has given assurances that the Russian military’s plans to establish an air base in Belarus is not aimed at Europe.
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Ukraine To U.S.: Look Past Tymoshenko

Ukraine's foreign minister says he will urge U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to look beyond the case of Ukraine's jailed former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, and focus on areas of cooperation between the countries.
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Video Interview: EU's Enlargement Chief Finds Many Ways To Say ‘More Work Needed’

Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, has called on the EU-hopeful countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans to do more to prove their commitment to democratic values. Correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Fuele during his visit to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on May 9.
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Lukashenka: Belarus 'At Gunpoint In Undeclared Cold War'

The president of Belarus says his country is "constantly at gunpoint in an undeclared Cold War."
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