Section: Africa&ME
RJ suspends service to Kiev for commercial reasons
Royal Jordanian suspended its regular route between Amman and Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, effective March 27, 2016, after eight years of operations which started back in August 2008. The decision comes in line with the 5-year business plan the company is executing; one of the pillars of the plan is network restructuring. Tourism and air...
G7 Hiroshima Declaration calls for ‘world without nuclear weapons’
G7 foreign ministers lay wreaths in front of the Cenotaph for 1945 atomic bombing victims in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on April 11, 2016© Foreign Ministry of Japan/AFPHIROSHIMA, Japan, Apr 11 – US Secretary of State John Kerry and G7 foreign ministers on Monday called for a “world without nuclear weapons”, citing North Korea’s...
Ukrainian prime minister resigns
Arseniy Yatsenyuk says ‘artificial’ political crisis forced him to quit …read more Source: World...
New conversion program launches in Moscow and Kiev for those planning move to Israel
Project initiated by Triguboff Institute gets students started in former Soviet Union before aliya. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
EU slams Ukraine violence after monitors attacked
KIEV: The European Union (EU) on Sunday criticised the “unprecedented level of violence” in eastern Ukraine after international monitors came under fire despite a truce between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. “The significant increase of ceasefire violations in the Donetsk region represents an unprecedented level of violence” since...
Ukraine’s embattled prime minister resigns
MINSK: Ukraine’s embattled Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced on Sunday that he is resigning, opening the way for the formation of a new government to end a drawn-out political crisis. In his weekly televised address, Arseniy Yatsenyuk said his resignation would be formally submitted to parliament on Tuesday. The same day,...
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk resigns
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation in a televised broadcast on Sunday and signaled support for parliamentary speaker and presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman to take over his post. The post Ukraine PM Yatseniuk resigns appeared first on LIBYA NEWS TODAY. …read more Source: Libya News...
Biden presses Ukraine on sticking to economic reform plan
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
EU to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch vote-source
The European Commission will propose this month granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite a Dutch referendum vote against an EU-Ukraine agreement partly motivated by hostility to migration, a senior EU source said. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Embattled Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk resigns
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation Sunday in the wake of a months-long political crisis that has paralysed the government and frozen the release of vital Western aid. …read more Source: The Sunday...
