Section: Africa&ME
Russia softens Ukraine gas price stance ahead of talks
Russia, Ukraine, EC meet in Vienna on June 30 with Ukraine to pay $247 per 1,000 cm in Q3, flat from Q2 …read more Source: World...
IHS scoops five top economic forecasting awards
LEXINGTON, Mass. Macroeconomic forecasters at IHS Global Insight who predict outcomes for Canada, Estonia, Romania, Slovenia and Ukraine, provided the most accurate forecasts of gross domestic product and consumer price inflation for 2014, according to an annual survey of leading forecasters conducted by Consensus Economics. IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS),...
Hounded and out of work, gay Ukrainians flee rebel east
Oleksandr had already lost his job for being gay in the rebel Ukrainian bastion of Donetsk when he was approached by two Russian speakers with rifles dangling on their hips. “So what are you, a fag?” one of them asked as the 28-year-old was grabbing a pack of cigarettes at the local kiosk. Lanky but athletic Oleksandr — an avid...
US warship visits Georgia amid Ukraine crisis
A US warship arrived Sunday in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi on a training mission, the U.S. embassy said, sending a message of support to the NATO aspirant amid the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Obama sheds cool style for ‘fearless’ final lap in office
Barack Obama has reached the stage of his presidency where if he wants to break out in song publicly, as he did with “Amazing Grace” in a eulogy on Friday, then he’s going to do it. With a year-and-a-half left in office, Obama is shedding some of his trademark “no drama” style for a looser approach, admitting that he feels more fearless and...
Ukraine’s Shelling of Donetsk Kills One Civilian
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Joint Centre for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime said on Sunday that the Ukrainian army shelled with mortars the town of Gorlovka in Ukraine’s East, where a civilian was killed. …read more Source: Fars News...
Turkcell set to buy all shares in Ukraine mobile operator
Turkey’s leading mobile phone operator, Turkcell, has signed an agreement to acquire a 44.96 percent stake in Euroasia Telecommunications Holding, which owns 100 percent of Astelit LLC, the Ukrainian mobile operator of “life:)” …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Gay Ukrainians flee rebel east
Homosexual Ukrainians are being forced to flee the rebel east due to being fired from their jobs and harassment. …read more Source:...
Foreign investment in Israel drops by 50%
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Israel dropped by almost 50% last year in comparison to the year before as the country continues to feel the effects of last summer’s Gaza conflict, a new UN report has revealed. The report, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), shows that only €5.7bn was invested...
Ukraine president says 60,000 troops deployed in east
The Ukrainian president declares expansion of the number of troops deployed in the eastern conflict zone to 60,000 despite a truce accord. …read more Source:...
