Section: Africa&ME
Iran, Ukraine sign MoU on promotion of Persian language
Iran and Ukraine signed a memorandum of understanding on promotion of Persian language in Ukraine. …read more Source: Iran...
US Urges Ukraine to Abolish Declaration of Assets for Civil Activists
“The United States strongly encourages the government of Ukraine to repeal legislation that requires the asset declarations from civil society and international members of state-owned-enterprise supervisory boards,” Nauert said. “Ukraine’s asset declaration system should hold public officials accountable and not place unnecessary burdens or...
Russia expels 59 diplomats
Russia expelled 59 diplomats from 23 countries yesterday and said that it reserved the right to take action against four other nations in a worsening stand-off with the West over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter in Britain. Russia said it was responding to what it called the baseless demands for scores of its own diplomats...
Violence mars start of Easter ceasefire in eastern Ukraine
Another ceasefire in Ukraine’s Donbas region on the occasion of Easter holiday has failed to take hold. …read more Source:...
Western diplomats expelled from Russia in tit-for-tat retaliation
Moscow – Russia retaliated on Friday against a wave of expulsions of Russian diplomats from Western countries by expelling the same number of diplomats from those countries. Numerous ambassadors were summoned to appear at Russia’s Foreign Ministry to receive the order for expulsions from the country, amid a dispute that has devastated...
Russia Expels Diplomats From 23 Countries As Spy Crisis Escalates
Russian President Vladimir Putin Photo: Alexey NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / AFP Russia expelled diplomats from 23 countries on Friday in retaliation against the West in a spy row, in the biggest wave of tit-for-tat expulsions in recent memory. The Russian foreign ministry said it had summoned the heads of missions from 23 countries — almost all of them...
Russia Expels EU States’ Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat Measures Amid Skripal Case
The Russian Foreign Ministry has decided to expel diplomats from the European states that had taken a similar move toward Moscow. Moscow has expelled from: Italy: 2 diplomats Finland: 1 diplomats Poland: 4 diplomats Lithuania: 3 diplomats Netherlands: 2 diplomats Latvia: 1 diplomat Sweden: 1 diplomat Estonia: 1 military attache Czech Republic: 3...
‘Turkey-Ukraine cooperation key for regional security’
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin received by Turkish Parliament Speaker Ismail Kahraman …read more Source: Anadolu...
Kremlin: Most of ‘Fake Reports’ on Russian Mall Fire Come From Ukraine, Turkey
“It was not without the so-called well-wishers: those who knowingly distributed such [false] information. We have established the origin of fake reports, they mainly came from two countries: Ukraine and Turkey. It is another question why [it came] from these countries but information about 300-400-500 dead originated this way,” Peskov said...
Kiev Appeals Court Rules to Remand Rada Lawmaker Savchenko in Custody
KIEV (Sputnik) — The Kiev Appeals Court decided on Thursday to remand Verkhovna Rada lawmaker Nadezhda Savchenko in custody, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the courtroom. “Leave appeals of defenders in the interest of Savchenko without satisfaction,” the presiding judge announced. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office of...
