Section: Africa&ME
Italy’s ex-PM comes to Crimea to meet with old friend Putin
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Friday came to Russia-occupied Crimea in a sign of symbolic support for his close friend, Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin, Berlusconi meet up in Crimea
Former Italian Prime Minister arrived in Russia-annexed Crimea for ‘private visit’ …read more Source: World...
Ukraine Closes Airspace to Russian Planes En Route to Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Ukraine has closed its airspace for Russia’s aircraft bound for Syria, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said at the meeting with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico. …read more Source: Fars News...
Kiev: Russia threat to democratic world
President Petro Poroshenko told an international conference that Russia remained a treat to the “entire democratic world”. ||| Kiev – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told an international conference on Friday that Russia remained a treat to the “entire democratic world” but that he held out hope a new truce with pro-Moscow insurgents...
Syria will be topic at Saturday meeting of ministers in Berlin
Foreign ministers meeting in Berlin on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis are also likely to touch on the situation in Syria, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry said on Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s pro-Russia rebels target media in propaganda war
Yana Agafonova, a media official in the pro-Russian rebel government in eastern Ukraine, says critical publications are not welcome in the separatist region, which is locked in a vicious propaganda war with Kyiv …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Past Jewish year sees sharp rise in olim numbers
About 13% more people chose to immigrate to Israel in the previous Jewish year than the one before it. The largest numbers came from France (7,350), Ukraine (6,868), and Russia (5,900). …read more Source: Yedioth...
Russian court sets tough jail term for flag stunt
MOSCOW: A Russian court on Thursday convicted a man of helping try to paint a Ukrainian flag on a Moscow skyscraper as an act of protest against the Kremlin’s foreign policy and sentenced him to two years and three months in jail. The incident, in August last year, attracted international attention because it was a rare example of protest...
Two Soldiers Killed in East Ukraine Blast
Ukraine on Thursday reported the death of two soldiers in a mine blast but no heavy fighting as a new truce with pro-Russian separatists appeared to be holding for the 10th day. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
Two soldiers killed in east Ukraine blast
Ukraine on Thursday reported the death of two soldiers in a mine blast but no heavy fighting as a new truce with pro-Russian insurgents appeared to be holding for the 10th day. …read more Source: The Daily...
