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3 countries recommended for EU visa-free travel
European Commission chief recommends visa liberalisation for Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo …read more Source: World...
Ukraine says it will not make payment on $3 billion debt to Russia
Russia says it is prepared to take legal action if payment is not made by the Sunday deadline …read more Source:...
Ukraine halts payment on $3bn debt to Russia
Finance Ministry says it cannot meet obligations to repay by Sunday deadline …read more Source: World...
Ukraine cannot pay $3 billion Russian debt
Finance Ministry says it cannot meet obligations to repay by Sunday deadline …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine ready for EU visa liberalization
Granting Ukraine visa-free regime was made possible through a special political relations between Kyiv and Brussels …read more Source: World...
World’s refugees and displaced exceed record 60 million: UN
The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide is likely to have “far surpassed” a record 60 million this year, mainly driven by the Syrian war and other protracted conflicts, the United Nations said on Friday. The estimated figure includes 20.2 million refugees fleeing wars and persecution, the most since 1992, the U.N. High...
Putin praises Donald Trump as ‘very talented’
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he welcomed comments by U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump that he wanted deeper relations with Russia. “He is a very flamboyant man, very talented, no doubt about that. But it’s not our business to judge his merits, it’s up to the voters of the United States,” Putin told...
Russian President Putin, Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei Meet to Discuss Syria
Updated Nov. 23, 2015 7:34 p.m. ET Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first visit to Iran in nearly a decade, seeking to cement the countries’ newfound partnership in Syria even as the U.S. seeks to drive a wedge between them over the future of the Assad regime. Mr. Putin met for more than 90 minutes Monday with Iran’s supreme...
Putin: Russia did have people in Ukraine doing ‘certain military tasks’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia did have personnel in eastern Ukraine who were carrying out certain military tasks but denied Moscow had deployed regular troops there. “We never said there were no people there who were carrying out certain tasks including in the military sphere,” Putin told an annual news...
Poroshenko: Russia boosting military in Ukraine’s east
Ukraine’s leader has accused Russia of increasing its military presence in eastern Ukraine, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to see the armed conflict there ended as quickly as possible. …read more Source: The Daily...
