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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...
UK to dispatch a team of soldiers to Ukraine for ‘training’ – US furious over Russia’s ‘lies’ on Ukraine
KIEV: The United States expressed fury at Russia’s “lies” over Ukraine after European powers urged a frayed ceasefire be respected, while a rare overnight calm was reported in the war zone yesterday. But the crisis still simmered dangerously. Britain said it was dispatching a team of soldiers to Ukraine for...
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....
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...
Putin says Kiev’s gas cutoff in east Ukraine ‘smacks of genocide’
Ukraine’s national gas company says move due to pipeline damage caused by fighting …read more Source:...
UK will not deploy combat troops to Ukraine, Defence Minister says
Ceasefire takes hold in Ukraine, but US angry at Russia’s ‘lies’ …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine currency in limbo after central bank bans most trade
With the central bank banning nearly all commercial currency trading, the value of Ukraines currency is dropping rapidly. …read more Source: World...
Britain rules out deploying combat troops to Ukraine
Britain ruled out deploying combat troops to Ukraine on Wednesday, a day after it said it was sending 75 military advisers and trainers to help the Ukrainian army reduce its fatality rate against pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: World...
Ceasefire takes hold in Ukraine, but US angry at Russia’s ‘lies’
A UN-backed ceasefire showed signs of taking hold in Ukraine on Wednesday, but tensions remained high after the US accused Russia … …read more Source: Gulf...
