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share Print The European Union and the United States have rejected the idea of redrawing borders in the Western Balkans in response to an unofficial proposal to break up Bosnia-Herzegovina and merge Kosovo with Albania. A document that has circulated among EU officials proposes incorporating parts of Bosnia into Serbia and Croatia to help the regions EU integration, according to Reuters, which said it had seen the document but could not verify its authenticity. "We are absolutely not in favor o...

Russia Fines Apple $12 Million For Abusing Apps Market April 27, 2021 14:42 GMT Share share Print A Russian government regulator has slapped a fine of more than $12 million on U.S. tech giant Apple for "abusing" its dominant market position by giving preference to its own applications. "Apple was found to have abused its dominant position in the iOS distribution market through a series of sequential actions which resulted in a competitive advantage for its own products," the Federal Anti-Monopo...

Kazakh Activist Starts Hunger Strike In Detention April 27, 2021 13:59 GMT Share share Print SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan -- An activist arrested in January in Kazakhstan’s southern city of Shymkent for alleged ties with two banned opposition groups has Nurzhan Mukhammedovs wife, Baghila Tekebaeva, told RFE/RL that her husband started the hunger strike on April 27, demanding that the charges against him -- of being associated with the Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DVK) movement and the Koshe (Str...

By Jason Hall Apr 27, 2021 The New England Patriots are reported to be considering a blockbuster trade into the Top 10 of the NFL Draft on Thursday (April 29) night. Albert Breer reports that the Patriots "have sniffed around on a trade up into the top 10, presumably for a quarterback" in his latest mock draft published on Tuesday (April 27.) While Breers mock draft has the Pats staying at No. 15 and selecting former Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons, he acknowledges that New England has co...

Ukrainian Security Service Says It Prevented Cyberattack Ordered By Moscow April 27, 2021 19:31 GMT Share share Print Ukraines SBU security service says it has arrested a local resident suspected of planning a Russian-ordered cyberattack on Ukrainian state institutions. "The attack targeted central and local governments, and the aim was to block the operation of information and critical infrastructure facilities," an The SBU said the hacker was meant to send a disguised file containing spyware...

Activities At Navalnys Offices, FBK Suspended By Russian Court April 26, 2021 07:29 GMT Updated April 26, 2021 08:53 GMT Share share Print A Russian court has approved a motion by prosecutors to suspend all activities at the offices of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalnys team, as well as his Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). "The activities of the Navalny and FBK headquarters have been immediately suspended. They are screaming out with this move: We are afraid of your activities, we a...

In a joint statement on April 26, the prime ministers of Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia expressed "full solidarity" with the Czech Republic, and condemned "this yet another deplorable act of aggression and breach of international law committed by Russia on European soil." On April 23, Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhanek said the number of people allowed by the Czech Republic and Russia at their respective embassies would be limited to 32. The Czech Foreign Ministry has given Russia until the end of ...

Kyrgyzstan Bids Farewell To Writer And Journalist Beksultan Jakiev April 26, 2021 14:45 GMT Share share Print BISHKEK -- Thousands of people have paid their last respects to to Kyrgyz writer and journalist Beksultan Jakiev, who died at the age of 85 after a long unspecified illness on April 25. Prime Minister Ulukbek Maripov, Parliament Speaker Talant Mamytov, former President Sooronbai Jeenbekov, and other officials attended the farewell ceremony on April 26 at Bishkeks Opera and Ballet Theate...

Bulgaria's new antiestablishment party, There Is Such A People (TSN), says that it will not try to form a government, increasing the odds that the southeastern EU member will hold fresh elections.

In 1990, photographer Viktoria Ivleva became the first journalist known to have entered the fourth block of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Soviet Ukraine, where a deadly explosion and fire on April 26, 1986, triggered the world's worst civilian nuclear accident and sent a radioactive cloud drifting across the Soviet Union and Europe. In an interview with RFE/RL's Belarus Service, Ivleva recalls how she managed to sneak into the destroyed reactor with the help of some scientis...