The association of Polish lawyers called on the government on Monday to abandon a plan for legal reform it says could undermine attorney-client confidentiality as part of a broader campaign to take control of the judiciary. The Dziennik Gazeta Prawna daily and other media say the plan would enable prosecutors to ask lawyers to divulge …
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Будапешт має відкликати свого консула в Берегові до кінця поточного тижня, інакше Україна вишле його сама, заявив міністр закордонних справ Павло Клімкін. За його словами, про цю вимогу вже повідомлено голову МЗС Угорщини Петера Сійярто. «Я запропонував угорському міністру закордонних справ відкликати цього консула. Якщо це не буде зроблено цього тижня, ми надішлемо ноту угорській …
У своїх заявах він посилається на «волю народу» й нагадує, що серед учасників референдуму 91,46 відсотка проголосували за договір із сусідньою Грецією …
Twenty-five years ago, President Boris Yeltsin cracked down on political opponents who had barricaded themselves inside the Russian parliament. I recall those turbulent days out on Moscow’s streets. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect those of RFE/RL.) …
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President Petro Poroshenko has presented Francois Hollande with one of Ukraine’s highest awards in Kyiv, praising the former French leader’s support in the face of Russia’s “aggression.” …
The Pentagon has canceled plans for U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to visit China after his counterpart in Beijing could not be made available, a U.S. defense official told VOA on Monday. The trip was never finalized or formally announced. The Pentagon decided not to participate late last week after trying to schedule security talks …
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Seven members of a single Tajik family were wiped out when their truck plunged off a high cliff in the northern district of Lakhsh, police say. …
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s toughest net neutrality measure Sunday, requiring internet providers to maintain a level playing field online. Advocates of net neutrality hope the move in the home of the global technology industry will have national implications, prompting Congress to enact national net neutrality rules or encouraging other states to follow …
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Special courts in Iran set up to deal with financial crimes have sentenced three suspects to death over corruption, the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday. According to the deputy chief of judiciary, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejehi, said the three were among 35 suspects recently brought to trial, IRNA reported. Ejehi said the rest were sentenced …
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The National Weather Service has announced flash flood watches for the Southwest United States and a tropical storm warning for northwest Mexico as Hurricane Rosa churns closer. According to the National Hurricane Center, Rosa is weakening but is still expected to be a tropical storm when it hits the Baja California Peninsula and Mexico’s Sonora …
The vast majority of voters in Macedonia’s referendum on September 30 accepted a name change that could pave the way for the Balkan nation’s entrance into the European Union and NATO, but the vote was marred by low turnout. …