Section: Hurriyet Daily News (Turkey)
European companies eye bypassing sanctions over Russia via Turkey
Many European companies have requested to sell goods and services to Russia via Turkish companies to bypass the sanctions on Russia, but Turkish companies have not accepted such offers …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Meskhetian Turks flee eastern Ukraine
At least 300 people from the Turkish-speaking minority in eastern Ukraine, known as the Meskhetian Turks, have fled their houses in Slaviansk following clashes …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Nine Ukrainian soldiers killed in “tense” eastern conflict – Kiev military
Nine Ukrainian servicemen have been killed in fighting Russian-backed separatists in the past 24 hours, the Kyiv military said on Tuesday, as rebels fought to encircle a key town straddling transport routes between their two strongholds. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Putin accuses Ukraine army of being ‘NATO foreign legion’
President Vladimir Putin sharply ramped up his anti-Western rhetoric on Jan. 26, accusing the Ukrainian army of being “NATO’s foreign legion” whose main purpose was to contain Russia …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Shelling briefly traps 500 miners in east Ukraine
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east were briefly trapped underground on Monday after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Turkey condemns pro-Russian separatist offensive in Mariupol
Turkey has condemned the intensified attacks against civilians by pro-Russian separatist forces in the eastern Ukrainian town of Mariupol, as NATO and Ukraine met in an urgent meeting Jan. 25. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Moscow to promote contact between rebels and Kyiv ‘within days’
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that Moscow is working to promote contacts between Kyiv and the pro-Russian separatists in the next few days …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Nearly 500 miners trapped in east Ukraine: ministry
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east were trapped on Jan. 26 after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Colombia’s Paulina Vega wins Miss Universe title
Colombia’s Paulina Vega was crowned Miss Universe Sunday, beating out contenders from the United States, Ukraine, Jamaica and The Netherlands at the world’s top beauty pageant in Florida …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine scrambles after new rebel attacks
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko was chairing an emergency security meeting Jan. 25 to forge a response to a new offensive by pro-Russian rebels …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
