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New Ukraine finance minister wants wriggle room in IMF talks
Ukraine could ask the International Monetary Fund to revise the criteria under which it disburses loans to Kiev, the new finance minister, Oleksandr Danyliuk, said in a newspaper interview published Saturday, without providing specifics …read more Source: The Daily...
Turkey welcomes more Ahiska Turks from eastern Ukraine
Over 300 Ahiska Turks arrive in Erzincan province, where they will be provided with furnished apartments by Turkish government …read more Source: Anadolu...
Kiev seeks jail for suspected Russian spies
KIEV: Ukraine’s military prosecutors on Friday demanded 15-year jail terms for two suspected Russian surveillance soldiers captured in the war-torn separatist east last May. Moscow argues that sergeant Aleksander Aleksandrov and captain Yevgeny Yerofeyev had delisted from the armed forces by the time they crossed the Ukrainian border into...
Russia to tell NATO Baltic buildup ‘absolutely unjustified’
Russia will use rare talks with NATO next week to protest the alliance’s “absolutely unjustified” military buildup in the Baltic states, Moscow’s ambassador to Brussels said Friday, adding the alliance was using the Ukraine crisis as a pretext. …read more Source: The Daily...
Read, don’t war: Jewish education for Ukrainian Jewish refugees
Jewish community provides shelter, employment, and education for Ukrainian refugees. Refugees: We feel safe here. …read more Source: Arutz...
Paris, Berlin urge ‘rapid’ action by new Ukraine gov’t
‘The day after the formation of the new Ukrainian government, France and Germany expressed their full support for President Poroshenko and the new prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman’ …read more Source: World...
Ukraine seeks 15 years in jail for suspected Russian troops
Ukraine’s military prosecutors Friday demanded 15-year jail terms for two suspected Russian surveillance soldiers who were captured in the war-torn separatist east last May …read more Source: The Daily...
Paris, Berlin urge ‘rapid’ action by new Ukraine leaders
France and Germany Friday called on Ukraine’s new government to act quickly to implement the Minsk peace accords and internal reforms, the French presidency said …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine must accelerate Minsk commitments: Hollande, Merkel
NNA – French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel Friday told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko that he must accelerate commitments he’s made to modernize his country a …read more Source: National News...
Ukranian president taps Jew to become PM
Jewish politician Vlodymir Groysman will form the next government in Ukraine. …read more Source: Arutz...
