Section: Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey)
Russia still arming Ukraine rebels despite truce: NATO chief
Russia is still sending weapons to separatist rebels battling the Ukrainian government despite a fresh truce in the war-torn east of the country, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Sept. 22 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Azerbaijani man arrested for kidnapping two Ukrainians in Istanbul
An Azerbaijani man has been arrested after he kidnapped and held for ransom two Ukrainians vacationing in Istanbul …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey neighboring three regions in crisis, chief of staff says
Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar has said Turkey is the only NATO member country that is neighboring three crisis areas, namely Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, speaking at NATO’s Military Committee conference in Istanbul late on Sept. 12 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine has ‘long way to go’ on gay rights: Elton John
Veteran British rockstar Elton John on Sept. 12 said Ukraine still had “a long way to go” in its treatment of the gay, bisexual and transgender community at a conference in Kyiv …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Poroshenko says Ukraine truce holding despite Russia ‘threat’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told an international conference Sept. 11 that Russia remained a threat to the “entire democratic world” but that he held out hope a new truce with pro-Moscow insurgents would hold …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels target media in propaganda war
Yana Agafonova, a media official in the pro-Russian rebel government in eastern Ukraine, says critical publications are not welcome in the separatist region, which is locked in a vicious propaganda war with Kyiv …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
NATO’s top commanders meet in Istanbul to discuss Ukraine, Syria
NATO’s highest military authority, the Military Committee, will convene in Istanbul for a three-day session starting Sept. 11 to review security challenges in Europe and the Middle East, as well as ongoing operations in Afghanistan …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
NATO opens military center in Lithuania amid Ukraine crisis
With fighter jets roaring overhead, NATO has inaugurated a military center in the Lithuanian capital amid growing regional concerns over Russia’s military presence, sparked by the fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
US trains in Black Sea with Ukraine’s depleted navy
The United States is co-hosting drills in the Black Sea with what is left of Ukraine’s devastated navy, which lost about two thirds of its sailors and ships after Russia seized Crimea last year. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Police hurt in protests as Ukraine MPs votes on special status for east
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Aug. 31 for constitutional changes to give separatist-minded eastern regions a special status – but divisions in the pro-Western camp and violent street protests suggested the changes would face a rougher ride to become law …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
