Section: Africa&ME
Litvinenko inquiry begins in UK
The public inquiry into former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko’s death begins in London this week. ||| London – A long-awaited public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko begins in London on Tuesday, nine years after the former KGB spy died after drinking tea poisoned with a rare radioactive isotope in the British capital. From...
EU threatens to tighten Russia action on renewed Ukraine unrest
EU will likely tighten sanctions linked to the conflict in Ukraine following a renewed assault by pro-Moscow rebels …read more Source: Business...
Russia: Ban on Ukraine imports of salt
Russia’s consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor had imposed a temporary ban on salt produced by Artyomsol which is based in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. ||| RUSSIA’S consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor had imposed a temporary ban on salt produced by Artyomsol which is based in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine,...
Ukraine fighting traps miners
Nearly 500 coal miners in Ukraine’s war-torn east were trapped briefly yesterday after their pit lost power when a shell hit an electricity substation. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Ukraine attack ‘targeted civilians’
A rocket attack that killed 30 people in eastern Ukraine deliberately targeted civilians, the UN said. …read more Source:...
Last Survivors Recall Auschwitz, Ask if Lessons Learned
OSWIECIM—Russia’s Vladimir Putin will be absent from the main event marking 70 years since Soviet troops liberated the Auschwitz death camp in Poland, held against a backdrop of hostilities in Ukraine and warnings of a rise in anti-Semitism in Europe. The commemoration on Tuesday at the site in southern Poland where the Nazis killed about...
US Warns of More Sanctions Against Russia; Ukraine Waiting for ‘Lethal’ Aid
Published January 26, 2015 The United States is echoing concerns from Western allies about Russia’s continued interference in eastern Ukraine. U.S. military officials say Moscow’s support for separatists is “troubling,” as is the presence of what they call “a strong Russian force postured along the Ukrainian-Russian border.”...
Liberman ready to mediate between Russia, Ukraine
‘If someone told me that these countries would become enemies, I would recommend he see a doctor.’ …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
NATO slams Putin’s remarks on Ukraine army
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has dismissed a claim by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine’s army was a “NATO foreign legion”. In a statement issued on Monday, Stoltenberg also accused Moscow of boosting support for pro-Russian rebels who have seized large parts of eastern Ukraine. The claim has been...
NATO slams Putin’s remarks on Ukraine army
NATO dismisses accusation that Kiev is “NATO legion” and alleges Russia has boosted military support for rebels. …read more Source: AL...
