Section: Africa&ME
Crimean couple names newborn son ‘Bitcoin’
A couple from Crimea named their newborn son “Bitcoin” after the world’s most famous and expensive cryptocurrency, media reported Wednesday. The boy’s father Oleg explained that he owed his financial…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
Crimean couple names newborn son ‘Bitcoin’
A couple from Crimea named their newborn son “Bitcoin” after the world’s most famous and expensive cryptocurrency, media reported Wednesday. The boy’s father Oleg explained that he owed his financial…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
Saakashvili Calls on Poroshenko to Voluntarily Resign
The politician added that in case of voluntary resignation Poroshenko could “count on mitigating punishment and pardon.” Saakashvili also accused the Ukrainian president’s administration of carrying out a provocation near Kiev’s October Palace. “Admit it to yourself and to the people – you and your colleagues cannot and do not want to...
Fighting in eastern Ukraine worst since February: OSCE
In February, a surge of violence around the government-held industrial town of Avdiivka cut off power and water to thousands of civilians on the front line. …read more Source: Eyewitness...
Pakistan defence spending to reach $11.1b
LONDON: With global defence expenditure is set to increase again in 2018 to its highest level since the end of the Cold War, Pakistan’s defence spending to reach $11.1billion in 2017, according to the annual Jane’s Defence Budgets Report released by IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and...
Less and Less Meaningful: Anti-Russia Sanctions ‘Aren’t Important’ – Professor
On Thursday, EU leaders agreed to prolong their anti-Russia sanctions another six months, until July of 2018. The sanctions otherwise would have expired on January 31, 2018. The EU has imposed sanctions against Russia in response to Crimea’s reunification with Russia, as well as the ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine. “Inherited policies...
New Austrian Government Rules Out EU Referendum
Future Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (L) of the conservative People’s Party (OeVP) and incoming vice-chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache of the far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) give a joint press conference to unveil their joint programme on December 16, 2017 in Vienna, Austria. PHOTO: ALEX HALADA / AFP Austria’s new coalition...
Less and Less Meaningful: Anti-Russia Sanctions ‘Aren’t Important’ – Professor
On Thursday, EU leaders agreed to prolong their anti-Russia sanctions another six months, until July of 2018. The sanctions otherwise would have expired on January 31, 2018. The EU has imposed sanctions against Russia in response to Crimea’s reunification with Russia, as well as the ongoing conflict in Eastern Ukraine. “Inherited policies...
Can Europe sustain the Macron moment?
At the start of 2017, many feared that the European project would experience a near-breakdown within the next year. The United Kingdom had decided to leave the European Union, the United States had elected a president who cheered the Brexiteers on, and populists running in the French and German elections posed a clear danger to European...
Canada authorizes sale of lethal weapons to Ukraine
Canada has authorized arms shipment to Ukraine. Kiev has welcomed the decision as a timely sign of support. …read more Source:...
