WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act Advances Out of Committee * WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, the bipartisan U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act, introduced by Representatives Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Chris Pappas (NH-01), Dina Titus (NV-01), and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), co-chairs and vice co-chairs of the Hellenic Caucus, advanced out of the House Foreign Affa  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act Advances Out of Committee * This week the bipartisan U.S.-Greece Defense Cooperation Advancement Act, introduced by Representatives Chris Pappas (NH-01), Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Dina Titus (NV-01), and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), co-chairs and vice co-chairs of the Hellenic Caucus, advanced out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee with  more

SANTA BARBARA, California, May 15 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * Cholera Treatment Supplies Arrive in South Sudan, Specialty Medications En Route to the Dominican Republic, and More * Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 1,088 shipments of requested medical aid to 39 U.S. states and territories and 20 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 2.3 million defined daily doses of medication Medications and supplies shipped this week inc  more

SAN BERNARDINO, California, May 16 -- California State University San Bernardino campus issued the following news: * * * CSUSB's 60th Anniversary Reflections, Decade by Decade: The 2020s This installment looks at the university during the 2020s, when the university navigated the challenges of a global pandemic while expanding academic programs, research activity and regional impact. Yet that didn't deter Cal State San Bernardino from its mission to help its students define their futures. *   more

BARCELONA, Spain, May 15 -- The Autonomous University of Barcelona issued the following news: * * * Europe Day concludes that "judicial independence is the basis of the entire European system" in an international context of change * As part of the celebration of Europe Day, on 8 May at 12 noon, the Institute of European Studies and the Faculty of Law of the UAB organised the conference "The role of the EU Court of Justice in a changing international context", delivered by Jose Martin, judge   more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, issued the following opening remarks on May 14, 2026, at a subcommittee hearing entitled "Securing NATO's Eastern Frontier: Assessing the Strategic Landscape in the Baltic Region": * * * Today's hearing examines the security of the Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania - three allies on NATO's front line - we now call the Eastern Frontier. Their defense is not peripheral; it is  more

STRASBOURG, France, May 16 -- The Parliamentary Assembly, an arm of the Council of Europe, issued the following news: * * * In Chisinau, PACE President urges states to do more to promote Convention rights to their citizens PACE President Petra Bayr has welcomed the political declaration on the European Convention on Human Rights which was adopted today by the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers - and urged member states to "talk about us" to their citizens so that the Convention's role  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on May 14, 2026, by Edward Lemon, Kennan Institute fellow at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School, and Bradley Jardin: * * * Central Asia Diversifies and Indigenizes Defense Procurement to Limit Reliance on Moscow Executive Summary: * On January 13, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced plans to revise Uzbekistan's 2018 Defense Doctrine, signaling a major modernization shift centered on artificial intelligence  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, May 15 -- The European Investment Bank posted the following news release: * * * Ukraine opens EU-financed clinic and administrative centre in southeastern region * * New Ukrainian clinic and administrative centre in Dnipropetrovsk region open following EIB-financed construction. * Located near city of Dnipro, both facilities to improve healthcare and range of public services for thousands of people. * Clinic able to serve more than 3,000 residents of village of Olek  more

NEW YORK, May 15 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * Ukraine's Proposed Legislation Threatens Rights * Ukraine's parliament on April 28 advanced a bill to make sweeping reform of the national civil code, which raises significant human rights concerns. The draft, which was adopted in the first reading, does not include same-sex partnerships in the definition of "marriage." A recent landmark ruling from Ukraine's Supreme Court recognized that a sa  more