Section: Africa&ME
IMF to give Kiev 2nd bailout loan possibly in July: Spokesman
The IMF will possibly provide Ukraine with as much as USD 1.7 billion in bailout funds later this month, a spokesman for the fund says. …read more Source:...
Silvio: Putin wants to give me a job
President Vladimir Putin wants to give Silvio Berlusconi Russian citizenship and the job of running the economy ministry, a report said. ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to give Silvio Berlusconi Russian citizenship – and the job of economy minister – the disgraced Italian billionaire politician was quoted as...
Ukraine separatists protest against OSCE mission in east
Around 300 people held a protest against the OSCE in eastern Ukraine picketing a hotel in rebel-held Donetsk in what the security watchdog said was an orchestrated move to restrict its work …read more Source: The Daily...
Envoy: Many in EU want anti-Russian sanctions to go
There have been growing calls in the EU to end the mutually-damaging sanctions standoff with Russia, Russia’s EU Envoy Vladimir Chizhov said. “That the current freeze of various cooperation tracks is harming both sides is now obvious to all… Hence the ever-growing calls to turn this page and return to a normal life,” Chizhov...
Ukraine wants NATO help as military drill continues
Almost 2,000-strong multi-national force holding training drill in western Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
LPR: US Weapons Found at Luhansk Airport Storehouse Earlier Controlled by Kiev Military
TEHRAN (FNA)- Working teams of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR) removing debris at Luhansk airport earlier controlled by Kiev military found an arms depot full of ammunition, small arms and heavy weapons, some of which were manufactured in the United States. …read more Source: Fars News...
Ukraine wants NATO help as military drill continues
Almost 2,000-strong multi-national force holding training drill in western Ukraine …read more Source: World...
Ukraine conflict causes spike in domestic violence
PTSD and economic crisis are blamed for increase in violence – and stigma often prevents victims from seeking help. …read more Source: AL...
Ukrainian bus crash in Poland kills 5, injures 25
Polish police say that a bus traveling from Ukraine to Warsaw has crashed, killing five people and injuring more than two dozen others. …read more Source: The Daily...
Hello Lenin! Berlin to pull Soviet leader’s head out of sand for exhibit
BERLIN // Buried and long forgotten, the head of a giant Lenin statue is set to make a comeback in the German capital a quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall.The Soviet leader will gaze again on the people when the 3.5 tonne piece is resurrected from its current grave — a sandpit under a pile of rocks and home to a colony of...
