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Protesters accused the Georgian government of trying to steer the country away from the EU
Georgia drops 'foreign agents' law after protests
TBILISI — Georgia's ruling party has said it will withdraw a controversial draft law, in the face of mass protests and widespread international criticism.Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Tbilisi this week in anger as a Russian-style law began its passage through parliament.Under the bill, non-government groups and media would be targeted if they take over 20% of funding from abroad.The main ruling party said it was pulling the bill "unconditionally".Describing itself as a party of government responsible to all members of society, Georgian Dream referred to the need to reduce "confrontation" in society.Georgia has applied for candidate status of the European Union and sought to join Nato. EU officials had condemned the draft legislation as...
March 09, 2023

Georgia drops 'foreign agents' law after protests

Cars damaged by the Russian missile strikes in Kyiv
Russian air strikes cut power at Ukraine nuclear plant
KYIV — At least nine people have been killed and power at Europe's largest nuclear plant has been lost after Russia launched missiles across Ukraine.The attacks hit cities from Kharkiv in the north to Odesa in the south and Zhytomyr in the west.Buildings and infrastructure were hit in Kharkiv and Odesa, with power blackouts in several areas. Attacks on the capital Kyiv are also reported.Ukraine said Russia fired 81 missiles, in what is the biggest strike in weeks.The military claimed it successfully shot down 34 cruise missiles and four of the eight Iranian-made Shahed drones fired.In western Ukraine, at least five people were killed in Lviv after a rocket hit their home, the region's governor Maksym Kozytskyi said on Telegram.Russian shelling killed three people in the southern...
March 09, 2023

Russian air strikes cut power at Ukraine nuclear plant

Protesters took to the streets of Athens on Wednesday to protest last week’s crash. — courtesy Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
Greek transport minister announces safety measures to improve national railway system
ATHENS — Greece’s Minister of Transport Giorgos Gerapetritis said that February’s tragic train crash would not have happened if there had been a complete rail telecommunications system in the country at a press conference on Wednesday.His comments came amid an announcement on new rail safety measures which will upgrade the network’s security system and technology.The recently-appointed Gerapetritis also expressed his sorrow for the “unprecedented national tragedy that has left its mark on us all”.“I must again apologize, as I have done from the very first moment I took office, on behalf of the government and myself, personally, to the families of the victims, to all Greek citizens, for not being able to prevent this tragic accident. The apology is completely sincere, not...
March 08, 2023

Greek transport minister announces safety measures to improve national railway system

A makeshift camp, in Iskenderun city, southern Turkey, on Feb. 14, 2023. — courtesy Hussein Malla/ The AP
Discrimination allegations mar Turkey quake response
ANKARA — In the early hours of the morning Daria Gilani, who asked that we not use her real name, awoke to the earth shattering beneath her.She and some friends — all Iranian asylum-seekers — came onto the “tense” and “sleepless” streets of Mersin, a port city on southeastern Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, eventually finding refuge at an improvised shelter set up for survivors of the devastating earthquake and aftershocks.But they were met with hostility. The group said they were told there was “no place for foreigners” and kicked out by a security guard.While they were eventually allowed in, after complaining to the manager of the center, Gilani and her friends say they were separated from Turkish citizens, and put in a different part of the building with other...
March 08, 2023

Discrimination allegations mar Turkey quake response

Migrants look out of a fishing boat docked at the port of Palaiochora in southeastern Crete, Greece, after its arrival, on Nov. 22, 2022. — courtesy InTime News via AP
Fisherman facing 4,760 years in Greek prison receives centuries-long sentence
ATHENS — An Egyptian fisherman who was facing a 4,760-year sentence in a Greek prison has been sentenced to centuries in jail.H. Elfallah was found guilty this week of ‘smuggling’ nearly 500 people from Libya to Greece in November 2022 — including 336 men, 10 women, 128 boys and nine girls — has ended up with a ‘lesser’ sentence of 280 years instead.Activist groups have condemned the court’s decision, saying that the fisherman — who was one of the migrants aboard the ship but was also steering the vessel — is being used as a scapegoat by Greek authorities.The 45-year-old Egyptian fisherman was found aboard the vessel when it arrived in the Crete port of Paleochora at the end of November 2022.The boat, which had lost control in strong winds near the coast, sent a...
March 08, 2023

Fisherman facing 4,760 years in Greek prison receives centuries-long sentence

Sweden’s Defense Minister Pal Jonson, right, and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, in Marsta outside Stockholm, Sweden, Wenesday. — courtesy Christine Olsson/TT News Agency
EU defense ministers mull €2 billion plan to boost ammunition deliveries to Ukraine
STOCKHOLM — The European Union is prepared to disburse a further €2 billion to boost ammunition production and deliveries to Ukraine, Josep Borrell said on Wednesday.Speaking from Stockholm where EU defense ministers had gathered for an informal summit to discuss plans for weapons joint procurement to boost ammunition deliveries to Ukraine and replenish depleted domestic stockpiles, the bloc’s top diplomat stressed that “time is of the essence.”“We need to deliver more, but we need to deliver faster,” he said.Talks in Stockholm were based on a plan put forward by Borrell centered around three pillars: ramp up deliveries from remaining stockpiles, boost production of ammunition across the 27 member states through joint procurement, and increase the bloc’s defense...
March 08, 2023

EU defense ministers mull €2 billion plan to boost ammunition deliveries to Ukraine

Bakhmut has lost most of its pre-war population since the start of the Russian invasion. — courtesy Reuters
Up to 30,000 Russian casualties claimed in Bakhmut
KYIV — Between 20,000 and 30,000 Russian troops have been killed and wounded in the battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut since it began last summer, Western officials say.The epic nature of the battle is out of all proportion to Bakhmut’s strategic significance, they add. But after more than six months of grinding, horrific fighting, the future of Bakhmut still hangs in the balance.Since the fighting began, some 90% of its pre-invasion population has fled. This small administrative city in the Donbas is a wasteland of shattered buildings and trees.Even if it falls to Russia — something that could still take time and is not guaranteed — Moscow will, Western officials say, have gained little and lost much.For Ukraine, one official said, the battle for Bakhmut has been “a unique...
March 08, 2023

Up to 30,000 Russian casualties claimed in Bakhmut

Secretary of State for the Home Department Suella Braverman attends the weekly Cabinet meeting in 10 Downing Street in London. — courtesy Getty Images
Asylum plan will stop people jumping queue — Braverman
LONDON — The UK’s new asylum plan will “stop people jumping the queue” to live in the UK, Suella Braverman has said.The home secretary told the BBC the British public “have had enough” of migrants arriving in small boats.She was defending new legislation aimed at removing all migrants who illegally cross the Channel. Labour’s Yvette Cooper accused ministers of making the issue “even more chaotic”.Under the new proposals announced on Tuesday, anyone found to have entered the country illegally will not only be removed from the UK within 28 days, but also be blocked from returning or claiming British citizenship in future.Those who arrive in small boats would either be returned to their home country, or another “safe third country” like Rwanda.Asked on the Today program...
March 08, 2023

Asylum plan will stop people jumping queue — Braverman

Georgia lawmakers start a brawl over 'foreign agents' law.
Thousands protest at Georgian 'foreign agent' bill
TBILISI — Protesters have clashed with police in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, after parliament backed a controversial draft law which critics say limits press freedom and suppresses civil society.Riot police used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse the crowds outside the parliament building.Some protesters were seen falling on the ground and coughing, while others waved EU and Georgian flags.The government says several policemen were hurt and police gear was damaged.There has been widespread international condemnation of the bill, which would require non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and independent media that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to declare themselves as foreign agents.The opposition described it as a Russian-style law that would stigmatize...
March 08, 2023

Thousands protest at Georgian 'foreign agent' bill

Nord Stream pipelines leaking gas
New intelligence suggests pro-Ukrainian group behind Nord Stream attack
BERLIN — New intelligence reviewed by European and US officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian saboteur group carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines in September last year.The bombing took place in international waters in the Baltic Sea, near the Danish island of Bornholm. The explosions damaged the pipelines, releasing tons of Russian gas into the Baltic.German newspaper Die Zeit says investigators believe the attack was carried out by a team of six people, using a yacht that had been hired by a company registered in Poland and owned by two Ukrainian citizens.Ukraine has denied any involvement in September's attack on the Nord Stream pipelines, which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany.Although US officials have denied finding any evidence connecting the...
March 08, 2023

New intelligence suggests pro-Ukrainian group behind Nord Stream attack

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