Section: Lebanon
Ukraine central bank post in political limbo as Gontareva leaves
Ukrainian Central Bank Governor Valeria Gontareva will leave her job Thursday, leaving her deputy in charge, the central bank said, setting the stage for potentially protracted negotiations between president and parliament on her replacement …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine rebels roll out banned tanks on WWII Victory Day
More than 10,000 people waving Russian flags and carrying portraits of Stalin watched tanks roll through Ukraine’s de facto rebel capital Donetsk Tuesday in celebration of the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine lets Yanukovych testify by video in treason trial
A Kiev court Thursday adjourned the treason trial of deposed president Viktor Yanukovych in order to let him testify by video link from his hideout in Russia …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel to Hold Putin Talks on Rare Russia Visit
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Tuesday meet President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on her first visit to Russia since 2015, in a signal of renewed dialogue as deep strains remain over Ukraine. The Russian and German leaders have scaled back links as Moscow’s ties with the EU plunged to a post-Cold War low over...
Russia seeks arrest of former Ukraine prime minister
Russia has sent a request to the international police agency Interpol for the arrest and extradition of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, claiming he killed Russian soldiers in Chechnya in the 1990s. …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel, Putin to discuss G20, Syria, Ukraine in Sochi Tuesday
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi next Tuesday to prepare the upcoming G20 summit in July and discuss geopolitical conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, a German government spokesman said Friday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine orders confisation of $1.5 bn in Yanukovych regime assets
Ukraine Friday launched a process to return some $1.5 billion in assets allegedly stolen from the budget by the deposed Russian-backed leader Viktor Yanukovych and his team …read more Source: The Daily...
President Assad: Restoring Security to Syria Requires Halt of Foreign Support to Terrorists
Syria President Bashar al-Assad affirmed that the objective of the American and western allegations about chemical weapons is to support terrorists in Syria. President al-Assad added in an interview given to Venezuelan Telesur TV that the solution in Syria should be through halting support to terrorists from outside and reconciliation among the...
Ukraine readies project to jam separatist broadcasting
Ukraine plans to jam the airwaves transmitting broadcasts in support of Moscow-backed separatists in the eastern Donbass region, a top Ukrainian defense official said on Thursday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine, Belarus leaders visit Chernobyl to mark anniversary
The presidents of Ukraine and Belarus toured Wednesday the site of the Chernobyl plant to mark 31 years since the world’s worst civil nuclear accident spewed radiation across Europe …read more Source: The Daily...
