Section: Africa&ME
Kasparov to ‘Post’: Putin is existential threat to free world
Chess champion says Israel should not expect any return from Moscow for arms sales and neutrality on Ukraine. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukrainian soldier killed after failed peace talks
Kiev: A Ukrainian soldier was killed in a fresh upsurge of fighting with pro-Russian separatists after high-profile peace talks failed to bring any results, the Kiev military said on Monday. The latest casualty came after talks to settle the 25-month conflict floundered in Berlin last week, with Moscow and Kiev saying they could not agree on...
Ukrainian Soldier Killed after Failed Peace Talks
A Ukrainian soldier was killed in a fresh upsurge of fighting with pro-Russian ‘separatists’ after high-profile peace talks failed to bring any results, the Kiev military said on Monday. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Ukraine to honor Crimean Tatar Eurovision winner
Jamala tells Kyiv homecoming reception Eurovision win shows there is ‘justice’ …read more Source: World...
Eurovision win lifts spirits in Ukraine
KIEV/MOSCOW: Ukrainians hailed their country’s unexpected victory in the Eurovision song contest as a Europe-wide endorsement of Ukraine in its smouldering conflict with Russia, while Moscow said the contest had been hijacked by politics. Jubilant Ukrainians erupted in celebration on Sunday across the country. Susana Jamaladinova, a...
Crimean Tatar Eurovision winner to get Ukrainian honor
Jamala to receive ‘People’s Artist of Ukraine’ title for contest winner about Soviet-era deportations …read more Source: Anadolu...
Israeli shooting suspect nabbed in Kiev
Suspect fled the scene of a nightclub shooting in 2014 authorities are charging him with attempted murder. …read more Source: Arutz...
Russian officials bash Ukraine’s ‘political’ Eurovision win
After Ukrainian singer Jamala’s Eurovision win, Russian politicians have decried the song’s “political” content while media called for the votes to be reviewed. One politician has suggested skipping next year’s contest. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Eurovision win raises eyebrows in Russia
By Alexei Kalmykov and Vladimir Soldatkin Ukrainians hailed their country’s unexpected victory in the Eurovision song contest as a Europe-wide endorsement of Ukraine in its smouldering conflict with Russia, while Moscow said the contest had been hijacked by politics. Ukrainian singer Jamala overtook the bookmakers’ favourites, Russia...
Sore Russian officials bash Ukraine Eurovision win
Moscow // Russian lawmakers on Sunday reacted angrily at arch-rival Ukraine’s “political” victory in the Eurovision song contest, as one pro-Kremlin paper insisted Moscow’s entrant was robbed.Ukraine’s Jamala struck a surprise gold in the glitzy Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with her ballad 1944 about the...
