Section: United Arab Emirates
Families of victims plant first trees at MH17 memorial park
Relatives of those killed when flight MH17 was downed over Ukraine in mid-2014 planted the first trees yesterday in a Dutch memorial park not far from where the ill-fated plane departed. “Today is a very important day for all the next of kin. We are planting the first trees … to create a monument for MH17,” Evert van Zijtveld, chairman of...
Russia marks Crimea takeover anniversary
Russia marked yesterday a low-key third anniversary of the seizure of Crimea from Ukraine, as Kiev blasted the annexation of the strategic Black Sea peninsula as a “crime”. State-run television showed footage of sparsely attended concerts and parades in cities across the vast country and there was much less fanfare over the event than in previous...
Russia marks three years since Crimea takeover
Putin not expected to take part in any of the official celebrations …read more Source: Gulf...
EU turmoil makes Russia a safe bet to bondholders
The political turbulence roiling the European Union is making Russia look like a safe bet to bondholders.For money managers wary of the elections looming in Europe, the worst relations with the West since the Cold War and sanctions on Russia’s biggest companies are no deterrent. The nation’s debt is cheaper to insure against default...
The United Europe of tomorrow?
Europe’s future lies in a restructuring of the eurozone as a political entity US President Donald Trump has shaken a transatlantic alliance that had long seemed unshakable. In a January interview, he labelled Nato “obsolete” and the European Union a “vehicle for Germany.” The EU will soon collapse, he predicted, with a succession of...
Spring in the air!
A woman walks next to a soap bubble made by a street artist in the centre of Ukrainian capital Kiev on a sunny day yesterday. …read more Source: Gulf...
Poland and Ukraine warn could Russia use gas ‘blackmail’
Warsaw: Poland and Ukraine said on Wednesday they would take legal action against Russian plans for a second gas pipeline to the EU, a project they allege Moscow could use for political “blackmail”. Russian energy giant Gazprom plans to build a pipeline called Nord Stream 2 under the Baltic along an existing line to boost gas delivery capacity to...
Elkeson leads China’s Brazilian carnival
Shanghai SIPG’s prolific marksman Elkeson scored with an outrageous 45-yard effort as China’s Brazilian imports justified their expensive price tags in the AFC Champions League yesterday. Hulk, a 55mn euro signing from Zenit St Petersburg, was another Brazilian on the scoresheet as Andre Villas-Boas’s SIPG kept their 100% record...
Vesnina upsets Kerber to set up Venus quarter-final
Russia’s Elena Vesnina ousted German second seed Angelique Kerber 6-3 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California on Tuesday. The victory was the 14th-seeded Vesnina’s first against a top-three player and put the doubles specialist into a last-eight showdown against Venus Williams. “I think I...
Ukraine halts all freight traffic with rebel-held east
Pro-Kiev demonstrators had already been blocking railway freight traffic to protest against trade with coal-mining regions held by the rebels …read more Source: Gulf...
