The third annual European Film Festival (EFFA) is coming back May 8-11 (Photo courtesy EEFA).The third annual European Film Festival of Atlanta (EFFA) is coming back May 8-11. Presented by the Alliance Française Atlanta and the Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta, the EEFA will take place at the Plaza and Tara Theatres. According to a press release, this year will include films from 14 countries: Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland and Ukraine. The Consulate General of Belgium will host the opening night reception at the Tara Theatre on May 8 with the Belgian ...

A Moscow[1] court on Thursday imposed a 50,000-ruble ($560) fine on a TV presenter and actress who gained notoriety for hosting an “almost naked” party[2], saying her social media posts calling for peace discredited the military.Anastasia Ivleeva sparked an explosion of public indignation in the increasingly traditionalist country when she hosted a party in December encouraging guests to wear almost nothing.Ivleeva did not appear in court Thursday for the non-criminal case, in which she was fined for two social media posts in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine[3] that called for peace and negotiations. The court found her guilty of violating ...

Chernihiv, Ukraine – Tamara was pregnant when she had to hide for three weeks in the ice-cold basement of her house in Chernihiv, a northern Ukrainian city.“When [Russian bomber] planes were above us, the only thing we could do was to pray,” she told Al Jazeera, recalling the war’s beginning in February 2022 that devastated her city and forced two-thirds of its 300,000 residents to leave.On April 17, she relived this horror when Russian missile strikes here killed 18 people and wounded dozens.“Why can’t the West understand that every day of the delay means more deaths?” she said on Saturday ...

Ukrainians who do not want to serve in the army will still not come back to register for the draft because of the ban, but they can lose legal status abroad, said Oleksandr Pavlichenko, acting head of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union.“In some countries, Ukrainians will begin to lose their legal status as persons under protection. They will have to apply for refugee status,” Pavlichenko said[1]. According to European estimates[2], some 600,000 to 850,000 Ukrainian men fled to the European Union after the Russian assault began in 2022.The new consular services decision sparked outrage among them. “I legally left Ukraine. ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister on Thursday called on NATO to increase its defense preparedness and said his government wants to be at the center of decision-making in the European Union, seeking to reestablish the country as a reliable international partner as the war in Ukraine[1] rages across the border.Setting out his vision for Poland at the heart of Europe, Radek Sikorski warned that a Russian attack on NATO would end in defeat for Moscow, but NATO must increase its defenses.The previous national conservative government in Poland clashed frequently with the EU, especially over the rule of law. ...

Stock photo: Getty Images The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning the manner in which Vladimir Putin's sham re-election was conducted and calling for those elections not to be declared legitimate.Source: European Pravda with reference to the resolution[1] of the European Parliament's press serviceDetails: In the resolution adopted on 25 April by 493 votes, MEPs call the sham elections a "farce" and urge EU member states and the international community not to recognise the results of the Russian sham election, as they were held, among other things, in the occupied territories of Ukraine, and were neither free nor fair ...

This is an opinion cartoon.There’s only one word a goober needs to vote against aid for Ukraine: “NYET.”The Russian word for “no” should roll naturally off the tongues of Alabama Putin finger puppet congressmen Jerry Carl, Barry Moore, Gary Palmer and Dale Strong. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the former football coach who regularly spouts Trumpy disdain for Ukraine while licking up to the Russian war criminal, is ‘one for the thumb.’ [1][2]Tuberville voted against a similar bipartisan Ukraine aid bill in February - as did Sen. Katie Britt. This time, Britt voted in favor of the bill[3] while Tuberville chose not ...

The previous national conservative government in Poland clashed frequently with the EU, especially over the rule of law. While Warsaw always maintained strong ties with the United States, its influence within the EU waned under the former government.Arguing that EU membership brought many benefits, Sikorski said: “That is why it is so important for Poland to return to the group of countries creating Europe, and not defending themselves against Europe.”Ahead of the speech, the foreign ministry said Sikorski's vision was closely aligned with that of French President Emmanuel Macron, who was also laying out his ambitions[1] for Europe to be ...

Russia[1] yesterday vetoed a UN resolution calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, sparking fears Moscow[2] may be gearing up for a catastrophic cosmic [3]escalation.The resolution would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapons of mass destruction in space, as banned under a 1967 international treaty that included the US and Russia.Russia opposed the resolution, while China[4] abstained, meaning the resolution did not pass despite the support of 13 other nations.Vladimir Putin[5] has previously said he has no intention of deploying nuclear weapons[6] in space - ...

In a contraption reminiscent of the Mad Max franchise, a Russian “Akhmat” armored vehicle could be seen enclosed in a gigantic metal cage in what was presumably Russian troops’[1] latest improvisation to fend off kamikaze drones. Videos of the contraption could be seen circulating on social media since at least Tuesday, April 23, where a Russian “Akhmat” vehicle with the pro-war “Z” emblems painted on was enclosed by metal cages on all sides, except for less than a meter of ground clearance that exposed the lower halves of its wheels. This is not the first Russian attempt at improvising anti-drone ...