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EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis for six months
The European Union (EU) has formally extended for another six months its sanctions against Russia-linked individuals over their alleged role in the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source: Iran...
EU extends sanctions against Russia over Ukraine crisis for six months
The EU prolongs for another six months sanctions against 150 Russia-linked individuals over the Ukrainian crisis. …read more Source:...
Muguruza rallies to beat US teen, Pliskova advances
French Open champion Garbine Muguruza survived a fierce challenge from US teenager Kayla Day on Sunday to reach the fourth round of the WTA Indian Wells hard court tournament. The seventh-seeded Spaniard had to dig in to subdue the hard-hitting Californian 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 and set up a meeting with 10th seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina. Day, last...
EU extends sanctions over Ukraine crisis for six months
The asset freezes and travel bans were first introduced in early 2014 as the crisis deepened into outright war between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
Gazprom offer to avoid fines allays worries: EU
Gazprom is ready to comply with EU rules to end a five-year antitrust case and avoid fines, the bloc’s competition commissioner said yesterday, signaling a thaw in business ties between Moscow and Brussels despite tensions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey, Ukraine to sign deal for passport-free travel
Ukraine and Turkey are set to sign an agreement allowing their citizens to travel to each other’s countries without passports, Ukrainian Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has said ahead of a two-day visit to Turkey’s capital Ankara starting on March 14. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
100 years later, debate goes on over Russia’s last tsar
Saint or playboy? Blood-stained autocrat or family man; incompetent leader or just a victim of circumstance? One century after he ended Romanov rule, Russia’s last tsar still prompts heated debate.Nicholas II abdicated on March 2, 1917, or March 15 by the current calendar, in the royal train in the northwestern town of Pskov. “There...
Turkey, Ukraine to sign passport-free travel deal
Turkey and Ukraine will sign an agreement allowing their citizens to travel to each other’s countries without passports, Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has said, just ahead of a two-day visit to Turkey…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
Ankara, Kiev to sign deal for passport-free travel
Ukrainian citizens will be able to enter Turkey by showing national ID cards and vice versa, Vladimir Groysman says …read more Source: Anadolu...
Companies face conflict between ethics and profit in war zones
Paris // Some multinationals working in conflict zones are turning to ethically dubious practices to keep their factories operating, employees working and goods flowing.French-Swiss cement manufacturer LafargeHolcim admitted this month that it resorted to “unacceptable” practices in 2013 and 2014 to keep its Jalabiya plant in Syria...
