Section: Africa&ME
Peace hopes for Ukraine after Milan meeting
Putin and Poroshenko meet for the first time since Crimea’s ceasefire was agreed last September to discuss gas deal. …read more Source: AL...
Australia official: Putin to ask Ukraine rebels to aid Malaysia Airlines crash probe
Experts say flight MH17 was brought down by explosion consistent with surface-to-air missile. …read more Source:...
The importance of implementing the Minsk protocol
By Borys Humeniuk ON SEPTEMBER 5, the Trilateral Contact Group of official delegates of Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE met representatives of Russia-backed militants from Donetsk and Luhansk in Minsk and signed a protocol on joint steps aimed at implementation of the Peace Plan of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. In a follow-up meeting on...
One dies of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, six people infected, says Oman’s health ministry
MUSCAT, 17th October 2014 (WAM) — Oman’s Ministry of Health has reported six cases of the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, CCHF, in a number of Omani governorates, and said one person died of the disease. …read more Source:...
Russia and Ukraine gas agreement "close at hand"
Putin and Ukrainian President Poroshenko are close to an agreement on payments for gas supply …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks
By Andreas Rinke and Alexei Anishchuk RUSSIA and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a row over gas supplies, but European leaders said Moscow had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine. The mooted deal aimed at re-opening Russian gas supplies to Ukraine ahead of the cold winter months...
Italy Prime Minister: Progress in Ukraine-Russia talks
There are still differences to be resolved in the negotiations, but Putin calls meeting with Ukraine President “good, positive.” …read more Source: Anadolu...
‘China, Russia mull high-speed rail link’
China and Russia are considering building a high-speed rail line thousands of kilometres from Moscow to Beijing. ||| Beijing – China and Russia are considering building a high-speed rail line thousands of kilometres from Moscow to Beijing that would cut the journey time from six days on the celebrated Trans-Siberian to two, Chinese media...
‘German stimulus could backfire’
The German economy, currently slowing sharply, does not need additional stimulus and any such measures could backfire. ||| Riga – The German economy, currently slowing sharply, does not need additional stimulus and any such measures could backfire, the head of the central bank or Bundesbank, warned on Friday. “With the economy operating at...
Eleven soldiers ‘missing’, three dead in east Ukraine: military
Latest clashes rock battered ceasefire deal between Kiev and pro-Moscow rebels …read more Source: Gulf...
