Section: Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey)
Two police wounded by grenade outside Ukraine parliament: Reuters witness
Several police and members of the Ukrainian national guard were injured on Aug. 31 when a grenade was thrown from a crowd of nationalist protesters demonstrating outside parliament in Kiev against a draft law to give special status to separatist regions, police said …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine, creditors agree debt restructuring deal
Ukraine said on Aug. 27 it had reached a crucial debt restructuring deal that will see lenders accept a 20-percent write-down and keep global markets open to the cash-strapped ex-Soviet state …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkish businessman killed by Russian mafia in Kyiv, report says
A Turkish businessman was killed by a Turkish man working for the Russian mafia in Ukraine, according to a report of his girlfriend’s testimony to the police …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
US to deploy F-22 Raptor fighter jets in Europe
The United States soon will deploy F-22 Raptors in Europe, sending the stealth fighter jets to reassure NATO partners concerned about Russia’s actions in Ukraine, a Pentagon official said on Aug. 24 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine leader accuses Russia of arms supplies to rebel east
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Aug. 24 accused Russia of sending major military backup to pro-Moscow rebels, speaking just ahead of talks on the conflict with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Hollande, Merkel to discuss EU migrant crisis, Ukraine unrest
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will meet in Berlin on Aug. 24 to give a new push to European efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis in 50 years. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Civilians killed as fighting flares in eastern Ukraine
Fighting flared between Ukrainian government forces and Russian-backed separatists in two separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight with several civilians killed by shelling, Ukrainian police and separatist sources said on Aug. 17 …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Germany says situation in eastern Ukraine ‘explosive’
Calling the situation in eastern Ukraine “explosive”, Germany’s foreign minister urged both parties in the conflict to come together quickly for talks to prevent a spiral in violence …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine reports heaviest fighting since Minsk truce
Kiev on August 13 said two soldiers had been killed in the heaviest clashes since the signing of a February truce deal with pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s separatist east. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
FEMEN reacts to ‘sexist’ condom ad during a Turkish-Ukrainian football match
The message of a brand’s condom banner ad during a football match between Turkish and Ukrainian teams on TV has outraged the feminist protest group, FEMEN, on the grounds that it promotes sex tourism in Ukraine …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
