Section: Africa&ME
Russia extends natural gas deal
Russia and Ukraine agreed last year on a “winter package” for supplies with a price discount of $100 per thousand cubic metres and advance payments, but that accord expired on Tuesday and has yet to be replaced. …read more Source: World...
Russian police storm home of prominent Crimean Tatar
Police quiz Mejlis deputy head Umerov for seven hours and search his house …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine expects sign gas memorandum with Russia by April 14 – energy minister
Ukraine expects to sign with Russia a memorandum on gas supplies by April 14 that will run until the end of March 2016, Ukrainian Energy Minister Volo …read more Source: The New...
Crimean Tatar TV channel is closed
First independent Crimean Tatar network ATR stops broadcasting after failing to get permission from Russian authorities. …read more Source: World...
Crimea broadcast network goes off air
First independent Crimean Tatar network ATR stops broadcasting after failing to get permission from Russian authorities. …read more Source: Anadolu...
Progress achieved in Iran’s nuclear talks
Russia and Iranian officials have said that progress has been made Iran’s nuclear programme talks. Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said all key aspects had been agreed, but western officials said there were still outstanding disagreements. Negotiations between six world powers and Iran will resume on Wednesday, overrunning a...
Russia Extends Natural Gas Deal With Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a plan to extend Moscow’s current natural gas deal with Ukraine for another three months. Russian authorities announced the extension Tuesday, just hours before a temporary pricing agreement reached in October 2014 was set to expire. The deal… …read more Source:...
Jewish charities strive to prepare for Passover amid war-torn Ukraine
In Kiev, internally displaced people will gather from across the country for Seders specially geared toward the exiles. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
US lawmaker urges weapons for Ukraine
KIEV: A top US lawmaker in Kiev on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to provide arms to Ukraine, calling its conflict with pro-Russian separatists “the most significant threat to peace…since the end of WWII.” William “Mac” Thornberry, Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services, met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and...
Jewish Agency Rising to the Challenge of Ukrainian Aliyah
The Jewish Agency is taking part in an enormous humanitarian operation and overseeing a major increase in Jewish Olim to Israel …read more Source: Arutz...
