Section: South Africa
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...
News24.com | Merkel: Putin should use his influence to end Ukraine crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to use his influence with pro-Kremlin separatists in eastern Ukraine to bring an end to the conflict in the region. …read more Source:...
Holocaust survivors destitute
MEMORIAL DAY: Holocaust survivors Miroslaw Celka and Janina Reklajtis attend a ceremony in former Nazi German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, yesterday Picture: REUTERS Tens of thousands spending final years homeless, hungry and cold ISAAC walks a shuffling path through the rotting newspapers and piled-up rubbish bags...
Putin denounces Soviet founder Lenin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin of placing a “time bomb” under the state. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday criticized Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin, accusing him of placing a “time bomb” under the state, and sharply denouncing brutal repressions by the Bolshevik...
Moscow rages at ex-spy murder report
President Vladimir Putin appears set to escape sanctions despite being blamed over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. ||| Moscow – The Russian President, Vladimir Putin, appears set to escape sanctions despite being personally blamed over the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, with the British Government being accused of a weak response to...
Putin ‘probably approved ex-spy murder’
President Vladimir Putin probably approved an intelligence operation to murder ex-KBG agent Litvinenko, a UK inquiry concluded. ||| London – President Vladimir Putin probably approved a Russian intelligence operation to murder ex-KBG agent Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium-210, a British inquiry into the 2006 killing in London...
News24.com | Kiev, Warsaw clash over Ukrainians in Poland
Kiev and Warsaw have disagreed on whether the one million Ukrainians living in Poland are refugees or economic migrants, as Europe tackles an unprecedented immigration crisis. …read more Source:...
News24.com | 300 Ukraine towns without power in winter freeze
Almost 300 Ukrainian towns have been left without power while snowdrifts and blizzards trapped hundreds of vehicles and dozens of ambulances across the former Soviet state. …read more Source:...
Europe presses Ukraine on reforms
The European Union is anxious for Ukraine authorities to overcome political feuding and implement promised reforms. ||| Brussels – The European Union pressed Ukraine authorities on Monday to overcome political feuding and implement promised reforms as it looks to shore up the country’s democratic and economic credentials. Having so...
Avalanche hits school group, 3 dead
An avalanche killed at least three people when it swept into skiers on a closed slope in the French Alps, the interior ministry said. ||| Lyon – An avalanche killed at least three people and seriously injured others when it swept into skiers, including a group of schoolchildren, on a closed slope in the French Alps on Wednesday, the...
