News / MN Newsletter // March 26

March 26, 2019

Russia Ukraine UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - Kyiv Post Russian Passport Holders Enjoy 47th-Highest Ease of Travel – Ranking - The Moscow Times Ukraine in Jan buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - UNIAN-Economy US Embassy calls on Russia to immediately release captured Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post Turning Muslims Away, Poland Welcomes Ukrainians - Wall Street Journal UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post UNIAN: Ukraine in January buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone Published March 26 at 2:00 pm This illustration shows a man counting US dollars in Caracas on Jan. 28, 2019. Photo by AFP Read More Russian Passport Holders Enjoy 47th-Highest Ease of Travel – Ranking - The Moscow Times The Moscow Times Russia ranks in the top 25 percent of countries whose citizens can enjoy the most freedom of travel abroad, according to an annual rating of passport “strength.” The Henley & Partners residence and citizenship planning firm ranks the strength of 199 different passports based on the availability of visa-free or visa on arrival travel to 227 destination countries. Read More Ukraine in Jan buys nuclear fuel from Russia alone - UNIAN-Economy UNIAN-Economy Ukraine in Jan buys nuclear fuel from Russia aloneNuclear fuel imports totaled US$17.436 million in the first month of 2019. REUTERS Ukraine in January 2019 imported 14,903 tonnes of fuel assemblies for its nuclear power plants from the Russian Federation alone.The said nuclear fuel imports totaled US$17.436 million, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. Read More US Embassy calls on Russia to immediately release captured Ukrainian sailors - Kyiv Post Kyiv Post US Embassy calls on Russia to immediately release captured Ukrainian sailors Published March 26 at 11:07 am A Russian security service officer escorts a detained Ukrainian sailor to a courthouse in Moscow on Jan. Read More Turning Muslims Away, Poland Welcomes Ukrainians - Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal WARSAW—Four and a half years ago, Maryna Karalop packed up and moved from Ukraine to Poland. Since then, so did some two million other Ukrainians—the biggest wave of migration into the European Union in recent times. Read More

Top News MEPs approve sweeping changes to copyright law - The Guardian EU Lawmakers Back Copyright Reforms Targeting Google, Facebook - U.S. News & World Report Google letting Android users create events on Maps - News18 FTI Consulting Partners with Google News Initiative and Local Media Association to Launch Digital Subscriptions Lab - Nasdaq Apple News Plus isn’t a good deal for publishers, but it could have been worse - The Verge MEPs approve sweeping changes to copyright law - The Guardian The Guardian A controversial directive introducing sweeping changes to copyright enforcement across Europe has been approved by the European parliament, despite ferocious campaigning led by Google and internet freedom activists. Read More EU Lawmakers Back Copyright Reforms Targeting Google, Facebook - U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report Demonstrators take part in a protest in front of the European Parliament as Members of the European Parliament debate on modificationS to EU copyright reforms in Strasbourg, France, March 26, 2019. Read More Google letting Android users create events on Maps - News18 News18 Google letting Android users create events on Maps "You can add public events to Google Maps from your Android phone or tablet," the search-engine giant wrote on the Maps support page. Read More FTI Consulting Partners with Google News Initiative and Local Media Association to Launch Digital Subscriptions Lab - Nasdaq Nasdaq Program Aims to Develop Sustainable Business Model for the Newspaper Industry WASHINGTON, March 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:FCN) today announced the creation of the Digital Subscriptions Lab in partnership with the Google News Initiative and Local Media Association ("LMA"), a joint effort to help develop a sustainable and thriving business model for the newspaper industry. Read More Apple News Plus isn’t a good deal for publishers, but it could have been worse - The Verge The Verge Last month, when terms of Apple’s new deal for journalism were announced, I warned that it looked like a bad deal for publishers. The company was asking for 50 percent of all revenue, and planned to pay on the basis of how frequently readers consumed a publisher’s articles. Read More

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