Section: Africa&ME
Russia unlikely to meet Ukraine peace deal deadline, NATO says
NATO’s top commander warned Wednesday there was little chance that Russia would meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal in eastern Ukraine, saying the calmer situation there did not mean the end of the conflict was near …read more Source: The Daily...
“Amy,” “He Named me Malala”: 15 documentary features shortlisted for 2016 Oscar race
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today have shortlisted 15 films in the Documentary Feature category to advance in the 88th Academy Awards race. 15 films have been chosen out of 124 films originally submitted in the Documentary Feature category for the 2016 Oscars race. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science have announced...
NATO: Kremlin says body’s expansion to east will lead to retaliation from Russia
The NATO military alliance on Wednesday invited Montenegro to join its ranks. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that the continuing expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to the east would lead to retaliatory measures from Russia.The NATO military alliance on Wednesday invited Montenegro to join its ranks.Peskov added...
Ukraine to keep defense spending high next year to fight separatists
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday he aims to spend 5 percent of gross domestic product on defense and security next year, to bolster the army’s fight against pro-Russian separatists in the east …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine backs Turkey over downing of Russian warplane
‘I believe Turkey has done everything possible to avoid confrontation and to ease tensions with Russia afterwards,’ Ukrainian envoy says …read more Source: Anadolu...
NATO invites Montenegro to join alliance, defying Russia
By Robin Emmott and Sabine Siebold NATO foreign ministers invited tiny Montenegro on Wednesday to join their military alliance in its first expansion since 2009, defying Russian warnings that enlargement of the US-led bloc further into the Balkans would be a provocation. In a scripted session at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels,...
NATO: Body invites Montenegro to join alliance, defying Russia
NATO diplomats say the decision to invite the Adriatic state of 650,000 people sends a message to Russia that Moscow does not have a veto on NATO's eastwards expansion, even if Georgia's membership bid has been complicated by its 2008 war with Russia. NATO foreign ministers welcomed tiny Montenegro into their fold on Wednesday in the...
News24.com | No breakthrough in talks with Russia over EU-Ukraine trade deal
Talks aimed at resolving Russian concerns over a free trade agreement struck between the European Union and Ukraine have failed to deliver a breakthrough, with just a month left before the deal comes into effect. …read more Source:...
Russia says likely to curb Ukraine imports over EU pact
Russia is likely to penalize Ukrainian imports from January after EU-brokered talks failed to find a compromise Tuesday, exactly a month before the launch of an EU-Ukraine free trade pact that Russia opposes …read more Source: The Daily...
‘Russia 24’ Channel Urges Russian Travelers to Visit Morocco
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Rabat – State-owned channel Russia 24 has aired a special reports, inviting Russian travelers to visit Morocco. Russia’s report highlighted Morocco’s tourism assets and portrayed the North African kingdom as “a stable and tolerant Muslim country with great tourist attractions.” Urging...
