Section: Africa&ME
Fast-growing Asian aviation confronts safety challenges
HONG KONG — For Asia’s aviation industry, the growing pains have just begun. A year of disasters, the disappearance of Flight 370 and financial turbulence highlight the challenges confronting the world’s biggest air travel market, where governments, regulators and airlines are struggling to keep up after a decade of astonishing...
Emerging markets held in check
Emerging market stocks paused on Tuesday as the dollar resumed its climb, shrugging off disappointing jobs data in the US. ||| London – Emerging market stocks paused on Tuesday as the dollar resumed its climb, shrugging off last week’s disappointing jobs data in the United States, though gains in Asia helped equities cling to...
Ukraine: Poroshenko offers decentralization referendum
Ukrainian president considers decentralization, a key demand of pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern provinces …read more Source: Anadolu...
Currency shifts spur EU firms to rework production model
A dramatic fall in the euro has created an opportunity for European manufacturers to enjoy cheap production costs at the bases from which they can supply world markets. ||| London – A dramatic fall in the euro has created an opportunity for European manufacturers to enjoy cheap production costs at the bases from which they can supply world...
Poroshenko not opposed to plebiscite
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko’s gesture as meaningless. The conflict...
Czech president bans US envoy from palace over Ukraine
A rare public dispute has broken out between the president of the Czech Republic and the US ambassador to the central European country. The dispute started after Ambassador Andrew Shapiro faulted President Milos Zeman for attending a Russian military parade at a time Moscow is being criticised by the US for its involvement in the conflict in...
Czech president bans US envoy from palace over Ukraine
Country’s PM and parliament side with envoy after he criticises president for attending Russian military parade. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine far-right leader made army advisor in move to control militias
The controversial leader of Ukraine’s ultra-nationalist Pravy Sektor paramilitary group, which is fighting pro-Russian rebels alongside government troops, was made an army advisor as Kiev seeks to tighten its control over volunteer fighters …read more Source: The Daily...
Czech president, US envoy in rare public spat over Ukraine
Czech President Milos Zeman and the U.S. ambassador to Prague are in a rare public dispute over Zeman’s decision to attend a Russian military parade …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian Leader Lifts Objections to Vote on Regional Power
KYIV—Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government’s previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko’s gesture as meaningless. The conflict...
