Section: Africa&ME
Merkel to visit Russia for Putin talks amid hints of warmer ties
The German chancellor is to meet with the Russian president for talks on the conflict in Ukraine as well as the Syria crisis. …read more Source:...
Merkel makes rare Russia visit as Putin backs warmer ties
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Tuesday meet President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in her first visit to Russia since 2015, signalling renewed dialogue between Berlin and Moscow. The Russian and German leaders have scaled back links as Moscow’s ties with the EU have plunged to a post-Cold War low. Merkel has...
Merkel makes rare Russia visit as Putin backs warmer ties
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet President Vladimir Putin (shown in this file photo from May 10, 2015 in Moscow) on Tuesday in her first visit to Russia since 2015 in a sign of renewed dialogue between Berlin and Moscow © POOL/AFP/File / MAXIM SHIPENKOVSochi, Russian Federation, May 2 – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Tuesday meet...
Merkel, Putin aim to ease diplomatic tensions in Sochi
Angela Merkel is traveling to the Black Sea coast to talk with Vladimir Putin about Ukraine, Syria and other issues putting a strain on Berlin-Moscow relations. Is the Russian president interested in honest dialogue? …read more Source:...
Angela Merkel: German Chancellor makes rare Russia visit as Putin backs warmer ties
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Tuesday meet President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in her first visit to Russia since 2015, signalling renewed dialogue between Berlin and Moscow. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Tuesday meet President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in her first visit to Russia since...
Turkey-Ukraine defense industry ties are booming
Turkey is promoting deals with Ukraine to bypass Western embargoes in the defense industry and share critical military technologies. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Pressures Reporters to Avoid Negative Stories About Country – US NGO
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Press freedom is under attack in Ukraine, with government officials pressing journalists to only write stories that portray the country in a positive light and approving acts of intimidation against reporters who deviate from official narratives, the US human rights group Freedom House said on Monday. “While ongoing reforms...
Joshua’s epic win hailed for reviving heavyweight boxing
London, Monday @timsimwa British boxer Anthony Joshua’s stunning 11th round knockout of Ukrainian legend Wladimir Klitschko was hailed Sunday as having restored some much-needed prestige to the tarnished image of heavyweight boxing. Joshua, 27, retained his unbeaten record in the most extreme of circumstances having been knocked to the...
Joshua knocks some prestige into heavyweight boxing
Those were the times… This is an often repeated phrase by the old timers when it comes to the world of boxing. First-account tales of Mohamed Ali winning the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ with George Foreman in Zaire and that ‘Thrilla in Manila’ against Joe Frazier, leave the current generation of boxing fans in a wish-I-was-there scenario....
Off to a Good Start: Fake Tickets and Other Scandals Around Ukraine’s Eurovision
As it turned out, the organizers had started selling tickets even before the venue of this month’s event was ready. The builders made changes to its overall layout and, as a result, some of the seats ended up too far from the stage and some simply disappeared without trace. The unlucky buyers were offered to choose between exchanging their...
