Section: Africa&ME
News24.com | Ukraine’s president dismisses powerful regional governor
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has dismissed the billionaire governor of an eastern region following a rancorous dispute pitting the tycoon against the government. …read more Source:...
Two top Ukrainian officials arrested at cabinet meeting
Two top Ukrainian officials were arrested March 25 on corruption charges and led away in handcuffs from a televised cabinet meeting as government ministers looked on. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine leader fires billionaire as governor
Ukraine’s president has fired oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky as governor of a key region in the east. ||| Kiev – Ukraine’s president has fired billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky as governor of a key region in the east, the presidential website said on Wednesday, after armed men that lawmakers said were linked to the oligarch raided a...
Ukraine’s president dismisses powerful regional governor
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko dismisses the billionaire governor of an eastern region Wednesday following a rancorous dispute pitting the tycoon against the government …read more Source: The Daily...
Moody’s Cuts Ukraine Credit Rating on Negative Forecast
Moody’s Investors Service cut Ukraine’s credit rating to its second-lowest level … …read more Source:...
Ukrainian Jews fleeing war arrive in Israel in time for Passover
110 Ukrainian Jews arrive in Israel for holidays, majority are refugees who fled fighting in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Yedioth...
110 Ukrainian Jewish Refugees Make Aliyah to Israel
Husband of Irina Shelkayeba, killed in a rebel rocket attack, among the new olim who arrived Tuesday. …read more Source: Arutz...
Reporter’s Notebook: For Ukrainian communities outside the war zone, life must continue
Reporter makes Journey with Ukranian Jews set to make aliya, flee civil war. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Crimean Tatar leader calls on EU
Crimean Tatar community leader Refat Chubarov tells European Parliament that ‘threats and blackmail’ are being used against Crimean Tatars. …read more Source: World...
Poland sees sharp rise in Ukrainian immigrants amid conflict
The number of Ukrainians trying to move to neighbouring Poland has more than doubled this year, authorities said, as Ukraine released data showing how badly fighting in its east was battering its economy. …read more Source: The Sunday...
