Category: Євросоюз

A week-long surge in violence in and around the government-held town of Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine appeared to be winding down on Monday, as schools reopened and power and water supplies resumed following the worst clashes in months. Last week aid agencies warned of a looming humanitarian crisis after heavy shelling between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russia separatists cut off power and water supplies to tens of thousands on both sides of the front line. A decrease in fighting around Avdiyivka on Sunday allowed emergency repairs to downed power lines and its around 20,000 residents were able to turn their lights …

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The speaker of Britain’s lower house of parliament says he is “strongly opposed” to letting U.S. President Donald Trump address parliament during a state visit to Britain later this year. John Bercow said Monday that a speech to parliament is “not an automatic right, it is an earned honor.”   He said he would have opposed the invitation even before Trump’s temporary ban on immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries. “After the imposition of the migrant ban by President Trump I am even more strongly opposed,” he said.   Bercow said that while Britain values its relationship with the United States …

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