Section: Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
Ukraine urges sanctions against German ex-leader Schroeder
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said the EU should consider levelling sanctions against Germany’s former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for his vocal support of the Russian government.“It is important that there are sanctions against those who advance (Russian President Vladimir Putin)’s projects abroad,” Klimkin told German...
Egypt reign as darling of emerging market debt is nearing end
Egypt is losing ground as a top haven for emerging market debt investors, and interest rate cuts could make its short-term treasuries less attractive to foreign buyers in coming months, a report by CI Capital Asset Management said yesterday.Egypt last year emerged as one of the world’s hottest destinations for portfolio investors after its...
What to expect from Putin and a resurgent Russia
To Russians, Putin’s biggest victory in 18 years in power was annexing Crimea and crushing Ukraine’s ambitions to move closer to EU and Nato …read more Source: Gulf...
Putin wins fourth term with record vote
Vladimir Putin was Monday set for another six years in power after his landslide victory in Russia’s presidential election but so far only close allies have congratulated him as Moscow’s relations with the West disintegrate. Putin, who has ruled Russia for almost two decades, recorded his best election performance with 76.67 percent...
Ukrainian president due in Doha today
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko will arrive in Doha this evening for an official visit to the State of Qatar. Tomorrow morning, His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will meet with the Ukrainian President at the Emiri Diwan, where the two sides will hold talks on bilateral relations and means of enhancing them and a number...
Putin eyes fourth term as Russians go to polls
Russians voted Sunday in an election set to hand President Vladimir Putin a fourth Kremlin term, as the country is embroiled in a crisis with Britain and its allies over a spy poisoning. With the vast country stretching across 11 time zones, polls opened in the Russian far east at 2000 GMT on Saturday and will close in Kaliningrad, the...
Juventus to face Real again, English pair drawn together
Juventus were given a chance to avenge last year’s Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid when the two sides were drawn together for the quarter-finals of this year’s competition yesterday. The last eight also produced an all English pairing as Premier League leaders Manchester City were drawn against Liverpool, the only team to...
Roma edge past Shakhtar to reach quarter-finals
Roma reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in 10 years as Edin Dzeko edged them past Shakhtar Donetsk 1-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday and allowed the Italians to win the tie on away goals.The Bosnian striker’s 52nd-minute goal proved enough after a 2-1 first-leg loss in Ukraine, with 10-man Shakhtar failing to...
Putin expected to win re-election with 69% of vote, final survey by state pollsters shows
Vladimir Putin will return to the Kremlin with 69% of the vote, according to the last survey by state pollsters before the Russian presidential election on Sunday.The figure has dipped from highs of 77% shortly after Putin announced his candidacy in December, but there is little doubt he will win in a landslide even after a lacklustre...
Qatar Airways ends ‘spectacular week’ at ITB Berlin
Qatar Airways completed a “spectacular showcase” at this year’s ITB Berlin, at which the airline revealed a host of 16 new destinations to be launched in 2018-19, as well as announcing a five-year partnership agreement with leading German football team FC Bayern München AG, further strengthening Qatar’s role as a global leader in...
