"EuroMaidan" is among the seven nominees for the Sakharov Prize 2014 for freedom of thought. A short list will be announced on October 7 and the vote on a final decision comes on October 16. From the press release:
- Mahmoud Al ‘Asali (post mortem) and Louis Raphael Sako, nominated by the ECR group, Anna Záborská and 66 other MEPs,
- Mouad Belghouate, Ala Yaacoubi and Alaa Abdel Fattah, nominated by the GUE/NGL group,
- CHREDO, Open Doors, Oeuvre d'Orient and Aid to the Church in Need, nominated by Philippe Juvin and 60 other MEPs,
- EuroMaidan, represented by Mustafa Nayem, Ruslana Lyzhychko, Yelyzaveta Schepetylnykova and Tetiana Chornovo, nominated by Jacek Saryusz-Wolski and 52 other MEPs,
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, nominated by the EFDD group,
- Denis Mukwege, nominated by the S&D and ALDE groups and Barbara Lochbihler, and
- Leyla Yunus, nominated by The Greens/EFA group and Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Marietje Schaake and Ramon Tremosa.
Reuters flashes:
RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER MEDVEDEV SAYS HISTORY SHOWS THAT ALL ATTEMPTS OF PUTTING PRESSURE ON RUSSIA HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL
RUSSIAN PM MEDVEDEV SAYS RUSSIA READY TO LISTEN TO EUROPEAN, US PARTNERS IF THEY LEARN TO LISTEN TO RUSSIA
That's noon UTC.
Latvian conductor and violinist Gidon Kremer dedicated a concert by his Kremerata Baltica chamber orchestra last night in Dresden to Ukraine, our Russian Service reports.