Section: Egylovers (Egypt)
In Shattered Ukraine Town, Residents Rebuild Lives
Published March 25, 2015 Residents of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine are starting to rebuild their lives after heavy fighting last month destroyed hundreds of buildings and forced many people to flee. Russian-backed separatists took control of the strategic town in February, days after a cease-fire agreement with Ukraine’s Kyiv government...
Moody’s Cuts Ukraine Credit Rating on Negative Forecast
Moody’s Investors Service cut Ukraine’s credit rating to its second-lowest level … …read more Source:...
Ukraine Accuses Separatists of Violating Cease-fire
Ukraine again accused pro-Russian separatists Monday of violating the cease-fire agreement the two sides signed in Minsk, Belarus last month, saying the rebels had fired rockets and artillery at Ukrainian military positions in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said six soldiers were wounded in fighting over the previous...
Son of Ukraine’s ex-president drowns in Russian lake
The youngest son of Ukraine’s … …read more Source:...
NATO General: West Should Consider Arming Ukraine
NATO’s military commander says the West needs to consider sending defensive weapons to Ukraine to help it counter Russia’s continued involvement supporting pro-Moscow separatists fighting Kyiv’s forces. U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove told a Brussels conference that he does not think “any tool of (the) United...
Is Gagauzia next on Russia’s list?
Gagauzia, a tiny autonomous region in Moldova, checks most of the boxes for Russian meddling. It is ethnically Turkic, religiously Christian Orthodox, and the main language spoken is Russian. The region is a byproduct of imperial rivalry between the Ottoman and Russian empires typically found in the Black Sea basin in the 19th century. Like...
Crimea’s Tourism Slowly Recovering After Russia’s Annexation
Daniel Schearf Published March 20, 2015 One year after Russia controversially annexed Crimea from Ukraine, sparking the worst tensions with the West in more than two decades, the Black Sea peninsula’s key tourism industry is slowly beginning to attract visitors again. Tour operators say income remains steady but sanctions, border controls...
Crimea’s Tatars say Climate Worsening Under Russian Rule
Daniel Schearf Published March 20, 2015 Crimea’s Tatar minorities were the most outspoken opponents of Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula. A year later, the Tatar community says there is a climate of fear as activists and …read more Source:...
Crimean Trade Struggling to Recover After Russia’s Annexation
Daniel Schearf Published March 20, 2015 One year after Russia controversially annexed Crimea from Ukraine, sparking the worst tensions with the West in decades, the Black Sea peninsula …read more Source:...
Journalists Say Press Freedom Has Suffered in Crimea
The Committee to Protect Journalists says it is alarmed by the media environment in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula Russia annexed from Ukraine one year ago. The New York-based global watchdog group said in a statement published on its website Thursday that the climate for press freedom had steadily deteriorated in Crimea since March 2014....
