Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine economy minister quits over lack of reforms
Government bonds decline as Aivaras Abromavicius resigns over the government’s faltering anticorruption efforts and failure to implement reforms …read more Source: Business...
The long read: From Russia with love – how Putin is winning over hearts and minds
What does the furore surrounding the alleged rape of an ethnic Russian teenager in Berlin have in common with a Moscow-linked bank’s controversial multimillion euro loan to France’s far-right National Front party? Western governments and the media have portrayed both events as two sides of the same coin: insidious examples of a new...
Poroshenko sees increased risk of open war with Russia
BERLIN: The risk of open war between Russia and Ukraine is greater than it was a year ago and Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun an “information war” against Germany, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the German newspaper Bild. Poroshenko, who met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, said Russia had implemented...
Ukraine economy minister must stay in his post: Ukraine pres.
Ukraine’s President Poroshenko says the economy minister, who had resigned earlier, should stay in his post. …read more Source:...
Hundreds of Soviet regime victims reburied in Ukraine
The remains of more than five hundred apparent victims of the Soviet regime were reburied Wednesday at a cemetery in Ukraine’s western city of Lviv, local authorities said …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine economy minister resigns over ‘blocked reforms’
Ukraine’s Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius has resigned, citing ‘efforts underway to block major government reforms needed for the country’s growth.'”Today, I made the decision to submit by resignation from the post of minister of Ukraine’s economic development and trade,” Abromavicius said on Wednesday,...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko sees increased risk of open war with Russia
The risk of open war between Russia and Ukraine is greater than it was a year ago and Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun an “information war” against Germany, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the German newspaper Bild …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine PM says there is a campaign to discredit government
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Wednesday political forces were seeking to discredit his government in order to gain power and control state revenue, after the economy minister resigned citing graft …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine Economy Minister Resigns over State Graft
Ukraine’s economy minister abruptly tendered his resignation Wednesday saying overwhelming corruption had stifled his efforts to push through measures essential to getting growth back on track in the cash-strapped country. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Ukraine Economy Minister Resigns over State Graft
Ukraine’s economy minister abruptly tendered his resignation Wednesday saying overwhelming corruption had stifled his efforts to push through measures essential to getting growth back on track in the cash-strapped country. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
