Section: Africa&ME
New US Administration Position on Ukraine May Promote Crisis Settlement: Moscow
Russia said on Saturday that the position of new US administration on Ukraine could promote the settlement of the crisis. The position of new US administration on Ukraine will become evident soon and it may promote the crisis settlement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the Vesti news outlet. “We will know very soon in...
Turkey: Syrian, Ukrainian students welcome school break
Along with some 17 million public school students around Turkey, Syrian and Ukrainian students going to Turkish schools are also getting their report cards today and starting their two-week winter break. Around 57,000 Syrian students in the southeastern Turkish province of Sanliurfa are eager to see their grades and go on semester break. Sidra...
America’s Russian hypocrisy
I hate agreeing with Vladimir Putin, even a little. Russia’s president is dragging his country – the country of my birth – backwards, and falsely argues that violating international law is somehow good for Russians. But the hysterical response of Americans to the Kremlin’s alleged efforts to influence the US presidential election has...
Russian political elites revel in Trump’s inauguration
Trump’s promises to fix relations with Moscow follow spiraling tensions with Washington over the Ukrainian crisis, the war in Syria and allegations of Russian meddling in the US elections …read more Source: The Times of...
EM leaders tell Trump from Davos: Don’t damage trade
Globalisation is good. That’s the message leaders of developing countries want to send from the Davos forum to US President Donald Trump, who took office yesterday. Any return to protectionism, they fear, could bring the sky down on decades of trade-based economic growth that has lifted countless millions out of poverty. And for all the...
Ukraine leader to end his sweets deal in Russia
Poroshenko was repeatedly criticised at home for maintaining businesses in Russia despite his claims that Moscow was an “aggressor”. …read more Source: World...
243 million migrants around the world since 2015: UN report
Recent years have seen a significant rise in the number of migrants around the world, according to research conducted by the United Nations, which reported 243 million migrants around the world as of 2015, representing 3.4 percent of the world’s population.Indy 100 British news website published a list of more than 10 countries that welcome...
Ukrainian leader’s confectionery firm to close Russian factory
Ukraine’s largest confectionery company, owned by President Petro Poroshenko, plans to close its only factory in Russia, saying it had become impossible to do business there because of trade restrictions and anti-Ukrainian sentiment. The Lipetsk plant in western Russia has seen production decline since March 2014 when Moscow annexed...
Turkey: Syrian, Ukrainian students welcome school break
Turkey hosts over 1 million Syrian child refugees, as well as thousands seeking asylum from conflict in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukrainian leader’s confectionery firm to close Russian factory
Ukraine’s largest confectionery company, owned by President Petro Poroshenko, plans to close its only factory in Russia, saying it had become impossible to do business there because of trade restrictions and anti-Ukrainian sentiment …read more Source: The Daily...
