Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine seizes Russian tanker in Black Sea
Ukraine says the vessel was involved in a Russian operation to block Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait last year. …read more Source: AL...
Facebook removes accounts from Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Honduras
…read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Interior Minister working to reduce obstacles to Ukraine travel
Interior Min. Deri meets Ukraine ambassador to discuss entry procedures, reduce obstacles. …read more Source: Arutz...
Ukraine’s ruling party ahead with 95% ballots counted
Former president Poroshenko’s party loses third place, pop-singer Vakarchuk’s party on brink of entering parliament …read more Source: Anadolu...
Rebalancing of power within the global financial system
In today’s world, access to global networks is a critical source of power, but the resulting interdependence can also generate vulnerability. The power flows from centrality: being a hub that connects all (or most) other nodes. The threat of denying access to such hubs can be a powerful sanction against bad actors. But if that power is...
Will a comedian become Ukraine’s mightiest leader?
Volodymir Zelensky’s Servant of the People party has won 227 seats in the 450 seat parliament, securing a thin majority. …read more Source: AL...
Ukraine president on course for unprecedented majority after election win
Ukraine’s new president, former comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy, appeared likely on Monday to become his country’s first leader since the fall of communism whose party has a parliamentary majority. Under Ukraine’s mixed election system, Zelenskiy’s Servant of the People party won by a landslide in both party list voting and...
Ukraine president’s party set for absolute majority in parliamentary vote
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky’s party has won snap parliamentary elections with a record share of the vote, according to partial results and predictions. The Servant of the People party was ahead in more than half of the country’s 199 constituencies. The comedian-turned-president’s party had around 42 percent of the vote...
Zelensky’s party wins absolute majority in Ukraine Parliament vote: media
The party of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky won an absolute majority in parliamentary elections, according to media projections Monday, with a record vote share. …read more Source: The Daily...
Zelensky party well ahead in Ukraine parliament vote
The party of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was on course for a decisive victory in parliamentary elections, partial results showed Monday.The comedian-turned-president’s Servant of the …read more Source: Al...
