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On May 26, approximately 50-60 opponents of the upcoming Gay Pride gathered [sk] in Bratislava for a rally organized by the Association for Protection of Family, together with the Citizens' Association for Christian Values and Traditions. The main organizer, Jozef Dupkala, offering a helping hand to homosexuals, said: “Your current pride … will end the moment you stand before The Last Court.” He also said: “We came to offer hope to all those who suffer from this condition, homosexuality, to be able to turn to God in order to accept the cure.”
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake, the strongest since 1917, shook Bulgaria's capital Sofia and the perimeter zone of around 100 km last night, followed by a number of strong aftershocks. No victims have been reported so far. The website Earthquake Reports has published live updates and social networks such as Twitter and Facebook were the first ones to spread the news. The hashtag #земетресение (”earthquake”) is used to communicate on the event through Twitter.
Young Bulgarians and guests from Italy, with support of the New Bulgarian University and project “Beautiful Europe” [bg] will meet on May 23 to discuss the “European idea” and what Europe means to Bulgarians at an event called “Blue Night” - an evening dedicated to the European idea [bg]. The event comes just one day before one of the brightest Bulgarian holidays - the Day of Slavic writing and culture.
Activists in Bulgaria have called for national protests against shale gas extraction on May 22. There is a Facebook event [bg] “National protest against shale gas and changes in Forest Law!”. Tensions are growing after The Greens' activist posted a video [bg] showing a secret meeting between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) representatives and Chevron officials.
In the final segment of the report [ru] on the May 6 protest in Moscow, which ended in clashes with riot police, the Russian state-owned Channel 1 mentioned, among other things, a Spanish draft law [en] criminalizing online organization of public protests, as an example of the “much tougher” treatment of protesters by the “colleagues” of the Russian law enforcement officials “in the countries with the so-called established democracy.”
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ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME overcome the Ukrainian bureaucratic beasts!!!
Immediately after news of western Ukraine’s floods was announced the USA government made available SIX cargo containers of flood relief items. One of these is filled with NEW medical supplies from a military warehouse in Germany. For the past 7 days we have been sent on ridiculous tasks by officials in Ukraine’s Humanitarian Aid Commission where we are told by one person to talk to another person who tells us to talk to another person…. I have emailed officials in Ukraine but have not received any replies. The USA Embassy in Kyiv has contacted Ukraine’s government and was given assurances of instant approval BUT we still have no approvals. We are being told conflicting directives—no one in Kyiv wants to take the lead and help us get this relief assistance approved and we are told to go to Ivano-Frankivsk officials. Were the President and Prime Minister really sincere in saying they will help get relief items into the flooded areas? I believe they were but perhaps the question should be asked “WHO is in charge and able to get relief items into the west?” Can anyone help us conquer Ukraine’s Ukrainian bureaucratic beasts in order to help those suffering in the west? While Ukraine’s bureaucrats are sitting in dry offices, living in dry homes, wearing dry clothes, and not concerned about the security of everything they have gathered together in their lives being washed away, thousands in west Ukraine are living in misery!
We have offered to help the flooding disaster in western Ukraine. Immediately following catastrophe both Ukraine’s President and Prime Minster made a statement that relief aid would be expedited and those hindering such would be fired from their positions. The USA government is committed to shipping containers of flood relief items that will be distributed in cooperation and direction of Ukraine’s Emergency Ministry. Our efforts have resulted in nothing but irritated frustrations. We have been told one thing by one person and a contradictory thing by another person. We have been made to appear as foolish as a dog casing its own tail. I have communicated directly with members in the Humanitarian Aid Commission but have not received any personal response but my colleagues have received conflicting reports or have received no reply at all. The US Embassy asked that these approvals be expedited and talked with a man named “Alexander” in Kyiv’s HAC but now this man will not return calls or communicate. We have communicated through personal emails, through telephone calls, through the USA Embassy in Kyiv, and through COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL.
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME overcome the Ukrainian bureaucratic beasts and get relief assistance to those suffering in western Ukraine?!