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Ukrainian AFP photographer denied Russia entry
An AFP photographer based in Ukraine Thursday was stopped from travelling to Russia as he was set to board a Moscow flight from the airport of Minsk, Belarus …read more Source: The Daily...
Turkey eyes 1 million tourists from Ukraine this year amid troubles
Amid woes in Turkey’s tourism sector this year, Tourism Minister Mahir Ünal has said the country wants to attract 1 million tourists from Black Sea neighbor Ukraine this year to compensate …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkish Airlines expands flights in Ukraine
Ivano Frankivsk is Turkish Airlines’ seventh destination in Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
U.S. to deploy armored brigade combat teams to Europe
The U.S. military said on Wednesday that it would deploy rotations of U.S.-based armored brigade combat teams to Europe, part of a wider effort to counter what the United States sees as Russian aggression on the continent. The teams will be on nine-month rotations starting in February 2017, and will conduct military exercises across Estonia,...
Hammond: Russia a threat to everyone on world stage (Updated)
Russia is moving further away from having Western sanctions lifted over its role in the Ukraine crisis, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond told Reuters on Wednesday. Hammond, who was in Georgia to meet Prime Minister Georgy Kvirikashvili and to visit the BP-operated South Caucasus Pipeline, has a track record of robustly criticising...
Ukrainian olim: ‘It is a gift from God to live in Israel’
New olim from Ukraine express their joy at making aliyah. ‘Absorption Ministry welcomed us. I feel good. I feel that they care about me.’ …read more Source: Arutz...
UK’s Hammond says Russia has ‘gone backwards’ on Ukraine cease-fire
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said Wednesday Russia was not complying with a cease-fire agreement in Ukraine and the situation had recently worsened …read more Source: The Daily...
Turkey eyes one million tourists from Ukraine
Tourism minister says despite an economic crisis, there is an increase in number of visitors from Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
Secret Jews to Holocaust survivors to Israelis, in 3 generations
Mukosieiev family makes aliyah from Ukraine, tells how grandmother hid her Judaism, mother survived Holocaust. …read more Source: Arutz...
Russia running ‘shadow govt’ for east Ukraine
A report says that basic administrative functions of the cities of Donetsk and Lugansk are being run by six working groups at five Russian ministries …read more Source: World...
