Section: Africa&ME
Turkish foreign minister to visit Ukraine on Friday
Mevlut Cavusoglu to meet his Ukrainian counterpart, leadership of Crimean Tatar Turks in Odessa …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine President announces plans for second term in office
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has announced that he’s going to take part in the March 31 elections. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko announces bid for second term as Ukraine president
Poroshenko was elected in 2014 after mass protests forced out former president Viktor Yanukovich. …read more Source: AL...
Poroshenko: Ukraine Needs Peace with Russia
TEHRAN (FNA)- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated that the country needed peace with Russia, as relations between Moscow and Kiev have significantly deteriorated since Crimea’s reunification with Russia in 2014, which has not been recognized by Ukraine or Western states, who subsequently imposed economic and political sanctions on...
EU parliamentarians to back visa-free travel for Britons after Brexit
A European Parliament committee is expected to propose on Tuesday that Britons enjoy visa-free travel to Europe after Brexit, regardless of whether the bloc’s divorce with Britain goes smoothly or becomes a damaging, abrupt split. The committee’s decision must then be endorsed by the full parliament next month, which is also likely as...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko Announces Re-election Bid
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday launched an uphill battle for re-election, five years on from a bloody uprising that brought him to power on a promise to tackle corruption. “This feeling of deep responsibility towards my country… prompted me to decide to run again for the office of President of Ukraine,” he told a forum in Kiev....
NY Koen Group (Dubai) to Invest in and Construct a $500 Million Trade and Exhibition Center Near Ukrainian Capital Kiev
Naum Koen, Founder and CEO of NY Koen Group, has recently announced the news that his well established holding group will be funding and constructing a large complex to be used for exhibitions and trade shows, with the development process starting in January 2019. The multipurpose space, named NY Trade Centre Kiev, that will cost $500 million, is...
As conflict with Russia goes on, hundreds of Ukrainian-Jews reach Israel
Zionism and worsening conditions in East Ukraine jointly lead those with Jewish roots to seek a new life in Israel. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
US lifts Rusal, En+ sanctions as Glencore shuffles stake
The US Treasury Department lifted sanctions on three firms tied to Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska, including United Co Rusal, a move that will provide relief to the global aluminium market. The metal fell in London.Deripaska, an ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, will remain under US sanctions, and his property will remain blocked. But the...
Suspect nabbed in brazen art theft from Moscow museum
MOSCOW: A man who snatched a 19th-century painting off the wall in a busy Moscow museum and calmy walked out has been arrested, authorities said on Monday. The suspect took a Crimean landscape by Russian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi and carried it through a room filled with visitors on Sunday evening, footage aired on state television showed. It is the...
