Section: United Arab Emirates
Qatar is Ukraine’s key investment partner
Qatar is considered as a very important commercial and investment partner and a potential supplier of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Ukraine, said Yevhen Mykytenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Qatar.He was speaking at a high-level reception hosted by the Ukranian Embassy for key private and public sector officials from Qatari Ministries and state...
Yanukovych says protesters started war
Ukraine’s former Moscow-backed president has accused pro-European Union protesters who forced his ouster of provoking the 31-month pro-Russian revolt in the southeast that has claimed nearly 10,000 lives. Viktor Yanukovych is a witness in the trial of five Ukrainian Berkut anti-riot police who are accused of opening fire at mostly unarmed...
Investors remain confident on Russia monetary easing
Foreign investors aren’t taking the Bank of Russia’s “no” for an answer. Despite the central bank’s pledge in September to hold interest rates at least through the end of the year, a bond-market anomaly still shows some remain confident that slowing inflation will allow for monetary easing to resume sooner rather than later....
Russia poised to gain from freeze in oil production
With its oil output at record levels and state coffers running low, Russia has little to lose and much to gain from agreeing a deal with the Opec on limiting production.Ahead of an Opec meeting set for November 30 in Vienna, Moscow – which is not a member of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries – is pushing for an agreement to be...
Russia sets sights on foreign investments
Even before the US presidential election raised hopes of warmer ties with the Kremlin, some big Western companies were betting Russia’s economy will soon come out of the deep freeze. Big retailers like Sweden’s Ikea Group and France’s Leroy Merlin have begun pumping billions of dollars in new stores and factories, counting on...
EU closes in on visa deal with Ukraine
The European Union strengthened its support for Ukraine yesterday, allocating millions of euros for an anti-corruption programme in the former Soviet republic and inching closer to enabling Ukrainians to travel to the EU without a visa.Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told a press conference at the bilateral summit in Brussels that a...
Hungary offers Ukrainians free long-stay visas
BUDAPEST: Hungary will immediately begin granting national long-stay visas to citizens of neighbouring Ukraine despite not yet having final approval of the European Union (EU), the Hungarian prime minister said on Thursday. “After the three hard years that Ukraine has gone through in the name of European values, the EU has a moral obligation to...
Duterte wants media as ‘watchdog and partner’
President Rodrigo Duterte welcomes media’s role as watchdog even as he considers it a partner in informing the people about what the government is doing for them, a palace official has said.In a message he delivered on behalf of press secretary Martin Andanar at the launching of the Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) website, press...
Teacher held for trying to sell 13-year-old schoolgirl
A school teacher on Wednesday appeared in court in Ukraine after allegedly trying to sell a 13-year-old schoolgirl More… …read more Source: Emirates...
French presidential candidate a friendly face for Putin
French presidential frontrunner Francois Fillon has known Russian leader Vladimir Putin through good times and bad — and believes that dialogue, not threats, are key to handling the Kremlin strongman. Fillon, a conservative hoping to clinch the nomination for the Republicans party over the centrist Alain Juppe at the weekend, has taken an overtly...
