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February 18, 2023
Hungary Must Bolster Judiciary 'Very Soon' To Recover Billions From EU, Says Top Official

Hungary must bolster the independence of its judiciary "very soon" to stand a realistic chance of getting any of the 15.4 billion euros ($16.5 billion) envisaged for Budapest from the European Union's COVID recovery stimulus
February 18, 2023
U.K. Will Help Other Countries Willing To Send Aircraft To Ukraine, Sunak Says

Britain offered to help other countries that were willing to send aircraft to Ukraine now, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on February 18, as he urged allies to maintain their support in the war against Russia.
February 18, 2023
Kazakhstan Challenges Large Asset Transfer By Ex-President's Foundation

Kazakh prosecutors have filed a lawsuit seeking to nullify the transfer of a local bank's ownership from ex-president Nursultan Nazarbaev's nonprofit foundation to a foreign company, they said on February 16.
February 18, 2023
WFP Boss Says Renewing Black Sea Grain Deal Critical For Africa

The head of the U.N. food agency warned on February 18 that failure to renew a U.N.-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export grain from ports blockaded by Russia would be catastrophic as millions in Africa are on the cusp of famine.
February 18, 2023
Ukraine Foreign Minister Discusses Future Tank Supplies With Rheinmetall CEO

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on February 18 he met with the chief executive of German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall to discuss future supplies of tanks and armored vehicles to Ukraine.
February 18, 2023
Russia Proposes February 24 Launch Of Relief Ship After Space Station Leak

Russia's space agency proposed the launch of a ship on February 24 to bring two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut back from the International Space Station.
February 17, 2023
Russia Summons Dutch Ambassador Over MH17 Probe

Russia said it summoned the Dutch ambassador over what it called "obsessive attempts" by the Netherlands to hold it responsible for the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine in 2014.
February 17, 2023
World Athletics Will First Address Status Of Russian Doping Before Ukraine, Coe Says

World Athletics will look at the issue of Russian athletes competing while the Ukraine war continues only after it has been decided whether the country has cleaned up its act on doping sufficiently enough to be reinstated, President Sebastian Coe said on February 17.
February 17, 2023
Former Bodyguard Arrested Over Shooting Of Former Afghan Female Lawmaker

Afghan police have arrested the former bodyguard of a female member of parliament who was shot to death at her home in Kabul last month, the Taliban administration said on February 17.
February 16, 2023
U.S. Vice President To Discuss Ukraine, China In Talks With Foreign Leaders In Munich

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and French President Emmanuel Macron during the Munich Security Conference, which will take place February 17-19, a White House official said on February 16.
February 16, 2023
U.S. Lawmakers Want Terrorist Designation For Russia's Wagner Group

A group of U.S. senators said on February 15 that they would try again to pass legislation that would require the State Department to designate the Russian mercenary company Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO).
February 15, 2023
EU Chief Calls For Sanctions On Iranian Entities Linked To Ukraine War

The head of the European Union's executive body has said the bloc will for the first time propose sanctions targeting Iranian entities involved in Russia's war on Ukraine.
February 14, 2023
Russian Ruble Dips To 10-Month Low Versus Dollar

The Russian ruble struck its weakest mark since late April on February 14, hurt by lower foreign currency revenue inflows from hydrocarbon exports and a continued recovery in imports as companies build new supply chains.
February 14, 2023
Russia's Gymnastics, Wrestling Federations Invited To Asian Games

Russia's gymnastics and wrestling federations said on February 14 that they had been invited to take part in this year's Asian Games, a move that could potentially pave the way for their athletes to qualify for next year's Paris Olympics.
February 13, 2023
Argentina Says 'Mafia' Groups Spurring Russian Birth Tourism

Argentinian officials have blamed organized "mafias" for promoting birth tourism to the South American country by Russian mothers-to-be amid a boom in numbers traveling there since the invasion of Ukraine looking to get their children citizenship.
February 13, 2023
Afghan Journalists Partially Win Case Against U.K. Government Over Relocation

Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC and other British media organizations partially won a legal challenge on February 13 against the British government's refusal to relocate them from Afghanistan.
February 13, 2023
United States Tells Citizens To Leave Russia Immediately

The United States has told its citizens to leave Russia immediately due to the war in Ukraine and the risk of arbitrary arrest or harassment by Russian law enforcement agencies.
February 12, 2023
Ukraine, U.S. Defense Chiefs Talk 'Priorities' Ahead Of Allies' Meetings

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov discussed "priorities," including air defense and artillery, ahead of upcoming meetings of Kyiv's allies in Brussels, both sides said late on February 11.
February 11, 2023
Ukraine's Zelenskiy Sacks Top Official, Says Cleanup Drive Continues

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on February 11 issued a decree sacking a senior security figure and said separately that his drive to clean up the government would continue.
February 11, 2023
Iranian-French Academic Awaits Decision On When She Can Return To France

The release of Iranian-French academic Fariba Adelkhah is final, though it is still unclear how much longer she will have to stay in Iran before returning to France, her lawyer said on February 11.

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