Section: Egypt
Putin threatens to cut off Ukraine’s gas supply
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow will cut gas supplies to Ukraine if it fails to pay in advance for… …read more Source:...
US General: No Red Line in Ukraine to Trigger NATO Response
PENTAGON—The top U.S. general in Europe has indicated there is no red line that Russia can cross that would lead NATO to step in and help Ukraine militarily. “NATO is after all first a political alliance, and then a military alliance,” General Philip Breedlove, head of U.S. European Command, told reporters Wednesday at the Pentagon. Some NATO...
Putin: The ‘Lonely’ Leader Bent on Restoring Russian Power
Henry Ridgwell Published February 25, 2015 Despite Russia’s crisis-hit economy, approval ratings for President Vladimir Putin are near record highs. Western sanctions against Moscow have failed to curb Russian interference in Ukraine. As Henry Ridgwell reports from London, Putin analysts say the former spy is determined to restore Russia to...
Georgia Plans Reform Drive to Cope with Economic Crisis
TBILISI—Georgia plans a reform drive including privatizations, budget cuts and restructuring of foreign currency bank loans to contain the country’s economic crisis, officials said on Wednesday. The former Soviet republic’s economy has been battered by a plunge in the Russian rouble and the conflict in Ukraine. Declining foreign...
Ministry of Tourism cancels participation in March Kyiv Exhibition: ETPA Official
The Ministry of Tourism cancelled its participation in a Kyiv Exhibition due to the political conditions, according to an official at the Egyptian Tourism Promotion Authority (ETPA). Strife has broken out between pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and the central government. The official said, in an exclusive statement to Daily News...
British Blogger Raises Awkward Questions on Russia’s Role in Ukraine
MOSCOW—It was not an unusual evening for war blogger Eliot Higgins. As he was rocking his infant son to sleep in his bedroom in the English city of Leicester, Higgins, who has written in-depth reports on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, was engaging in an online war of words with a pro-Kremlin blogger over Twitter. This time he and his Bellingcat...
Egypt purchases wheat worth over $79.1m
290,000 tons of American wheat purchased through an international tender(AFP Photo) The General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) has signed a contract to purchase 290,000 tons of American wheat with an average cost of $273.11 per tonne. The wheat, which was purchased though an international tender, will be used to produce subsidised bread....
Britain to help train Ukrainian army to counter Russian threat
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday Britain would send military personnel to Ukraine soon to help train its army, warning Moscow would move to destabilize other countries unless it was challenged. “Over the course of the next month we’re going to be deploying British service personnel to provide advice and a range of...
Ukraine Reports ‘Significant Reduction’ in Fighting
Ukraine’s military is for the second consecutive day reporting a “significant reduction” in attacks by pro-Russian rebels, but says a cease-fire… …read more Source:...
France: More Russia sanctions if Ukraine port attacked
Moscow would face more EU sanctions if pro-Russia separatists attacked Ukraine’s government-held port of Mariupol, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said. Speaking to France Info radio on Wednesday, Fabius said “The problem today is particularly around Mariupol. We’ve told the Russians clearly that if there was a separatist...
