Section: Business Day (South Africa)
Trump adviser surfaces in Ukraine probe, says report
Paul Manafort, who advised pro-Russian former president Viktor Yanukovych’s party, allegedly had $12.7m in cash payments earmarked for him …read more Source: Business...
Renowned journalist Pavel Sheremet killed in Kiev
The Ukrainska Pravda reporter died when an explosion tore through the car he was in …read more Source: Business...
Nato to hold talks with Russia before summit
The Nato Russia Council’s last set of talks in April ended in disagreement about Ukraine and other issues, but member states have pressed it to try again …read more Source: Business...
Profound disagreement at talks with Russia, says Nato chief
Russia refuses to give ground on Eastern Ukraine and Crimea, and accuses Nato of threatening its borders …read more Source: Business...
Dutch vote on EU’s Ukraine treaty points to anti-establishment mood
Just weeks before Britain votes on whether to leave the European Union, a founding member is debating how to respond to voters’ “no” vote …read more Source: Business...
Panama must be put on OECD’s ‘blacklist’, says France
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Ukraine’s leader Petro Poroshenko are also under scrutiny regarding offshore funds mentioned in the Panama Papers …read more Source: Business...
Ukraine economy minister quits over lack of reforms
Government bonds decline as Aivaras Abromavicius resigns over the government’s faltering anticorruption efforts and failure to implement reforms …read more Source: Business...
Netflix goes live in South Africa
Online movie, television series streaming service Netflix goes live in 130 countries including South Africa, but excluding Crimea, Syria, North Korea …read more Source: Business...
Ukraine debates whether to celebrate Christmas twice
Eastern European country wants to take a step that would bring it in line with Western Europe …read more Source: Business...
This time it is not Putin: Ukraine flirts with political suicide
Russia’s focus on Syria helps soothe conflict in Ukraine, offering window for reform, recovery from recession, but administration in Kiev is overrun by internal squabbles …read more Source: Business...
