Section: Kuwait Times (Kuwait)
Germany cheers 25 years since Berlin Wall’s fall
(R to L) German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Berlin’s Mayor Klaus Wowereit, former Hungarian Prime Minister Miklos Nemeth and German Minister of State for Culture Monika Gruetters hold roses as they attend a commemoration to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Memorial in the Bernauer Strasse in Berlin...
Ukraine creates de facto border around rebel zone
KIEV: Ukraine yesterday announced passport controls around areas held by pro- Russian separatists in the latest step toward what resembles the breakup of the ex-Soviet republic, as heavy artillery fire erupted in Donetsk. Ukraine’s border guards service said anyone crossing in or out of rebel areas will have to present a passport....
Bone by bone, Ukraine identifies its dead
ZAPORIZHIA: Before the war, Oksana Biryukova’s lab helped investigators connect criminals to crime scenes. Now her equipment is buzzing around the clock trying to identify the charred remains of Ukrainian soldiers. The DNA laboratory in the southeastern city of Zaporizhia is the only one in the country charged with creating genetic profiles...
Second-hand clothes the austerity fashion in Eastern Europe
The global financial crisis hit hard in central and eastern Europe, but one industry has thrived: second-hand clothing stores. While in western Europe the squeeze on household finances prompted many consumers to turn to discount retailers like Primark, their peers further east – where wages are significantly lower – have shifted to the used...
CEO of French oil giant Total killed in Moscow plane crash
MOSCOW: Russian and French experts were investigating yesterday a plane crash at a Moscow airport which killed the CEO of French oil giant Total, Christophe de Margerie, whose private jet struck a snowplough on takeoff. Russian investigators said the driver of the snow-clearing machine was drunk and that his actions, along with “an error by air...
Moscow hotel goes ‘halal’ in bid to woo Muslim visitors
No bacon for breakfast, a room for prayers and a Quran on your bedside table: a hotel in Moscow has launched a special “halal” service as Russia tries to attract visitors from the Muslim world. “Around 70 percent of our guests are from overseas and 13 percent of these or some 5,000 peoplecome from Muslim countries, especially Iran,” said Lyubov...
Austrian drones fly high, over Ukraine and beyond
WIENER NEUSTADT: In the middle of the Austrian countryside, a few sleek, high-tech drones sit in a bright production hall, ready for missions over Ukraine, the Mediterranean or the Middle East. Schiebel, a small company originally specialized in landmine detection, has been manufacturing Camcopters-a 3.5-metre long mini-helicopter equipped with...
