Section: Africa&ME
Putin meets Volkswagen CEO, offers help in Russia
President Vladimir Putin met Volkswagen Chief Executive Matthias Mueller in Moscow on Wednesday and said he was ready to help the German car giant develop its business in Russia at a time of sliding sales and weak demand. Putin said he understood the challenges the car maker faced in Russia, where the country’s once-booming auto market has...
Czech government doubles quota for Ukrainian workers
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government has decided to double its quota for Ukrainian workers, Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said on Wednesday, due to an acute labor shortage as the economy continues to grow strongly. …read more Source: Libya...
Pirates kidnap 8 expatriates in Niger Delta
Russia says seven of its sailors and one Ukrainian have been abducted on Nigeria’s territorial waters. The Russian embassy in Nigeria has asked the Nigerian authorities for assistance in locating… …read more Source:...
Russia Says Ship’s Crew Taken Hostage off Nigerian Coast
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A crew of seven Russians and a Ukrainian have been taken hostage off the coast of Nigeria after their ship was attacked, diplomats in Moscow and Kiev said Wednesday. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Key Ukraine rebel commander killed in ‘act of terror’
A military chief of a self-proclaimed Russian-backed republic in eastern Ukraine was killed in an “act of terror” Wednesday, the latest victim of a string of similar attacks, local authorities said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Germany mulling meeting with Russia, Ukraine, France on Ukraine crisis
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is in talks with its partners about organizing a meeting between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany on the Ukraine crisis on the sidelines of a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Bonn next week, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Libya...
Turkish foreign minister set to visit Ukraine
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu will pay a visit to Ukraine on Feb. 9 and 10 on the occasion of the fifth meeting of the Joint Strategic Planning Group, a Foreign Ministry statement said on Feb. 8. …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Top Ukraine separatist commander assassinated
A top rebel commander in eastern Ukraine has been killed in what local authorities described as an assassination. Mikhail Tolstykh joins a string of other warlords killed in bombings in recent months. …read more Source:...
Russia says ship’s crew taken hostage off Nigerian coast
A crew of seven Russians and a Ukrainian have been taken hostage off the coast of Nigeria after their ship was attacked, diplomats in Moscow and Kiev said Wednesday. …read more Source: Daily...
Russia says ship’s crew taken hostage off Nigerian coast
A crew of seven Russians and a Ukrainian have been taken hostage off the coast of Nigeria after their ship was attacked, diplomats in Moscow and Kiev said Wednesday …read more Source: The Daily...
