Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine faces ‘catastrophe’ if IMF-backed budget not passed: PM
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has warned that the cash-strapped and war-scarred nation faced an “economic catastrophe” if parliament failed to pass an IMF-backed austerity budget in a Thursday vote …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian President calls on Israel to take a stand on conflict with Russia
“Russia supplied systems to Syria that can change the balance of power in the region,” Poroshenko warns in speech to Knesset. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of violating latest truce
Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian rebels accused each other of violating a holiday ceasefire Wednesday, just hours after it came into force in the war-torn country’s east …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia: Country issues Crimea banknote in move likely to irk Ukraine
Russia's central bank said in a statement it would issue 20 million of the new notes. It has previously minted a 10 rouble coin to celebrate Russia's control of Crimea. Russia on Wednesday issued a new banknote dedicated to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed last year, in a move likely to anger Kiev which says it wants the...
The young miners of Donbass
In this impoverished part of Ukraine, most men are destined to live their working lives under the ground. …read more Source: AL...
Russia issues banknote celebrating Crimea annexation
Banknote with the denomination of 100 rubles is ‘dedicated to Crimea and Sevastopol becoming a part of the Russian Federation,’ the Central Bank says …read more Source: World...
This time it is not Putin: Ukraine flirts with political suicide
Russia’s focus on Syria helps soothe conflict in Ukraine, offering window for reform, recovery from recession, but administration in Kiev is overrun by internal squabbles …read more Source: Business...
Ukraine health system in danger of collapse as reforms stall
Paint is flaking on the damp walls and cracked ceilings of the small hospital in the Ukrainian village of Staiky and much of the equipment is over 30 years old …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine seeking free trade deal with Israel
President Poroshenko says trade turnover between the two countries amounts to $1 billion a year, and ‘we are interested in increasing it’ …read more Source: World...
US sanctions 34 new individuals, entities over Ukraine
A sanctio list by the US includes those who breached existing sanctions, separatists and former Ukrainian government officials …read more Source: World...
