Section: Lebanon
Dutch referendum was ‘disastrous’, PM warns
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte Monday admitted a referendum called by euroskeptic groups on whether to back closer ties between Ukraine and the EU had been “disastrous” after voters soundly rejected the pact. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine holds its first major gay pride march in Kiev
Around a thousand people turned up Sunday for Ukraine’s first major gay pride march which was held amid tight security measures in the capital Kiev. …read more Source: The Daily...
Crimea unveils gun-toting statue to celebrate Russian annexation
The authorities in Crimea on Saturday unveiled a bronze statue of a heavily armed Russian soldier to celebrate the peninsula’s 2014 annexation from Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian MP who opposed Crimea annexation booted from parliament
Russia’s lower house of parliament Friday voted to dismiss the only lawmaker who opposed Moscow’s annexation of Crimea over his extended absence from the legislative body. …read more Source: The Daily...
Merkel says Russia sanctions no end in themselves, but implementing peace deal is key
NNA – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday that sanctions imposed against Russia over the Ukraine crisis were not an end in themselves and that implementation of the Minsk peace agreement wa …read more Source: National News...
Thousands protest OSCE presence in rebel-held Ukraine
More than 5,000 people rallied Friday in Donetsk, the main base of pro-Russian insurgents in east Ukraine, to protest the presence of OSCE monitors in the war-ravaged region …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine releases recording of alleged French terror plot
Ukraine’s national security service has released what it says are recordings of a Frenchman and a Ukrainian discussing plans for terror attacks in France, in which the Frenchman says targets would include the national tax center and a bridge. …read more Source: The Daily...
OSCE says staff member missing in rebel held Ukraine
NNA – European monitors observing Ukraine39;s flaring separatist conflict said on Wednesday that one of their local staff has gone missing in the pro-Russian east. The Organization for Security and …read more Source: National News...
Ukraine border guards discover bootleg alcohol pipeline
Authorities in Ukraine say they have foiled plans to ship bootleg alcohol from Moldova to Ukraine via a pipeline. …read more Source: The Daily...
French officials doubt Ukraine arrest linked to soccer bomb plot
French investigators believe a Frenchman detained in Ukraine with a cache of weapons and explosives was more likely involved in arms smuggling than tied to a militant group, the prosecutor leading the case said Tuesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
