Section: United Arab Emirates
Dutch say ‘No’ to Ukraine-EU deal
THE HAGUE: The Dutch “No” to an EU pact with Ukraine dealt a fresh blow to European unity on Thursday, handing eurosceptics a symbolic victory ahead of Britain’s in-out referendum in June. Ukrainians blamed their political leaders for not doing enough to tackle corruption and improve the country’s image. European leaders were licking...
Eurosceptics hail victory after Dutch ‘No’ vote on EU-Kiev deal
Ukraine says results would not be an obstacle to its push for closer ties with the 28-member European Union …read more Source: Gulf...
Netherlands rejects EU-Ukraine partnership deal
AMSTERDAM, 7th April, 2016 (WAM) – Voters in the Netherlands have rejected in a referendum an EU partnership deal to remove trade barriers with Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Dutch no vote against EU-Ukraine pact no obstacle, says Poroshenko
KIEV // Ukrainian president Petro Porosheko said that a “No” vote in a Dutch referendum on a key EU pact with Kiev was no obstacle to the ex-Soviet country’s integration with the bloc.Voters in the Netherlands on Wednesday rejected the cooperation deal in a people’s referendum seen as a barometer of anti-EU feeling,...
Dutch vote on key EU-Kiev pact as Europe watches
THE HAGUE // Dutch people began voting Wednesday on whether to back a key EU pact with Ukraine in a referendum triggered by grassroots eurosceptic groups and seen as a yardstick on ties with Brussels.Polling stations opened across the country from early Wednesday, with a small trickle of voters queueing to cast their ballots in the non-binding...
World figures deny wrongdoing as Panama Papers turn spotlight on tax evasion
PANAMA CITY // Governments across the world began investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the rich and powerful on Monday following a leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm which allegedly showed how clients avoided tax or laundered money.The documents detailed schemes involving an array of figures from friends of Russian president...
Trove of data on offshore accounts prompts probe, raises questions
Among the countries with past or present political figures named in the reports are Iceland, Ukraine, Pakistan, Russia and Argentina …read more Source: Gulf...
New skull and crossbones signs warn of mines in Ukraine
Warring sides and foreign monitors struggle to estimate how many such devices remain …read more Source: Gulf...
Netherlands to hold referendum on EU-Ukraine deal
the referendum is seen by many as an opportunity to protest the EU’s expansion …read more Source: Gulf...
Russia secret service claims detaining Ukrainian agent
MOSCOW: Russia’s FSB security service on Thursday said it had detained an alleged CIA-trained Ukrainian intelligence officer who was trying to become a triple agent, and would deport him. “On March 26 on Russian territory, an employee of the counterespionage department of the SBU security service of Ukraine, lieutenant-colonel Yury...
