Section: Africa&ME
EU approves visa-free travel for Ukrainians
Fulfils a key promise to cement ties with Kiev …read more Source: Gulf...
EU approves Ukraine visa waiver
Ukraine citizens now allowed to visit all EU countries except UK and Ireland without visa for 90 days …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukrainians allowed visa-free travel to EU’s Schengen area
The EU approves visa-free travel for Ukrainians to the Schengen area. …read more Source:...
National rivalries behind Eurovision kitsch
Behind the kitsch and glitz of the Eurovision Song Contest, to be hosted on May 13 by Kiev, lie a host of geopolitical tensions …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Sinister text messages reveal high-tech front in Ukraine war
Television journalist Julia Kirienko was sheltering with Ukrainian soldiers and medics two miles (three kilometers) from the front when their cellphones began buzzing over the noise of the shelling. Everyone got the same text message at the same time …read more Source: The Daily...
EU approves visa-liberalization for Ukrainian citizens
The EU on Thursday approved visa-free travel for Ukrainians, fulfilling a key promise to cement ties with Kiev as it remains embroiled in a deadly conflict with Russian-backed rebels. The EU and Ukraine…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
Text message propaganda a new war tool in eastern Ukraine conflict
Television journalist Julia Kirienko was sheltering with Ukrainian soldiers and medics two miles (three kilometers) from the front when their cellphones began buzzing over the noise of the shelling. Everyone…Click To Continue …read more Source: Daily...
EU approves visa-free travel for Ukrainians
The EU Thursday approved visa-free travel for Ukrainians, fulfilling a key promise to cement ties with Kiev as it remains embroiled in a deadly conflict with Russian-backed rebels …read more Source: The Daily...
Eurovision favourites Portugal, Armenia sail through semis
KIEV: The Portuguese and Armenian entrants for the 2017 Eurovision song contest, among the favourites to win the continent-wide songfest, were two of 10 to qualify for the final in the first round of heats in Kiev. In Tuesday’s semi-final, Portuguese singer Salvador Sobral drew some of the loudest applause with his song ‘For The Both Of...
Trump asks Russia to rein in Syria’s Assad, Iran
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Russia to rein in Syrian President Bashar Assad and his key ally Iran, as Washington and Moscow sought to boost their fragile ties with high-profile White House talks. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the highest-ranking Russian official to visit Washington since Trump came to...
