Section: Africa&ME
Bloody clashes resume ahead of Ukraine peace talks
Ukrainian forces lost five soldiers on Friday in a sudden resurgence of clashes ahead of peace talks aimed at ending the separatist conflict and mending East-West ties. …read more Source: Gulf...
Rebels say new Ukraine peace talks will not take place on Sunday
Ukranian separatist leader says talks will not go ahead on Sunday and a date is yet to be set. …read more Source: World...
Western companies scramble to cope with Russian rouble drop
Carmakers have scaled back business as collapsing oil prices and sanctions over Ukraine push Russia into recession …read more Source: World...
Belarus’s Lukashenko, Ukraine’s Poroshenko to meet in Kiev
Lukashenko and Poroshenko will meet on Sunday, in Kiev; Belarus’s official news agency Belta reported …read more Source: World...
German cars excluded from Crimea sanctions list
Sanctions not intended to weaken Russian economy ‘but to effectuate a change in relations,’ says German foreign ministry spokeswoman …read more Source: World...
German cars excluded from Crimea sanctions list
Sanctions not intended to weaken Russian economy ‘but to effectuate a change in relations,’ says German foreign ministry spokeswoman …read more Source: Anadolu...
‘We’re not trying to cripple Russia’
Germany has denied that European Union sanctions are aimed at crippling the Russian economy. ||| Berlin – Germany denied Friday that European Union sanctions are aimed at crippling the Russian economy and said a tightening of the screws this week as Russia’s crisis worsens is a coincidence, and not by design.It also denied that the...
Five more Ukrainian soldiers killed despite truce – Kiev military
Five Ukrainian soldiers had been killed and seven wounded in attacks by pro-Russian separatists in the past 24 hours …read more Source: World...
Russian reserves: $400bn or half that?
Depending on who’s doing the maths, Russia’s usable hard currency reserves are either running low, or are healthy. ||| London – Defending the rouble has cost Russia around $80 billion this year, and depending on who’s doing the calculations, its usable hard currency reserves are now either starting to run low, or at a...
Putin attempts to allay Russians’ economic fears
President blames Russia’s economic problems on external factors and says the crisis over Ukraine has been caused by the West …read more Source: Business...
