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Siemens retreats from Russian energy after Crimean scandal
Germany’s Siemens tried to distance itself from a Crimean sanctions scandal on July 21, halting deliveries of power equipment to Russian state-controlled customers and reviewing supply deals. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
US fines Exxon $2 mln over sanctions violations under Tillerson
The United States on Thursday hit oil giant ExxonMobil with a $2 million fine for violating Ukraine-related sanctions at a time when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was still in charge of the company. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Russia to press ahead with Crimea power plants despite Siemens row
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Clashes kill six Ukraine soldiers in spike of violence
The latest surge in fighting with Russian-backed rebels along the volatile frontline is the bloodiest in recent months. …read more Source: AL...
Friends, colleagues mourn slain journalist in Kiev
KIEV: After renowned journalist Pavel Sheremet was slain by a car bomb in central Kiev last year, Ukraine’s president promised all-out efforts to solve the case. But as of Thursday’s anniversary of the killing, there has been no visible progress. Instead, say Ukrainian journalists, the case is mired in either incompetence or...
Worst flare-up in months kills 9 Ukrainian troops
Nine Ukrainian troops have been killed in clashes with pro-Russian militias and a mine blast in the volatile eastern border frontline in the bloodiest incident in recent months. …read more Source:...
Fighting kills 6 Ukraine soldiers in fresh spike in violence
Clashes with Russian-backed rebels left six Ukrainian soldiers dead Thursday in the bloodiest surge in fighting along the volatile frontline in recent months. …read more Source: The Daily...
Tourism Ministry reviews documents of 3 companies to disburse charter flights incentives
The charter flights incentives programme of the Ministry of Tourism is currently reviewing the paperwork of three Ukrainian and German airlines, to pay their dues for December 2016. A source at the ministry said that the review is in progress, as part of the framework aimed at encouraging airlines to fly more trips to Egyptian tourist...
Expectations of tourist bookings for winter season declined because of current conditions: Shalaby
The vice president of the Tourism Investors Association in Marsa Alam Tarek Shalaby did not expect a high rate of bookings for the coming winter season because of the conditions experienced by the Egyptian tourist sector for more than four years. However, there haven’t been any consequences yet for the recent terrorist incident in Hurgada....
Turkey denounces ‘violation’ of Ukraine by separatists
Foreign ministry spokesman says Ankara rejects ‘Malorossiya’ entity in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
