Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine to facilitate visa issuance for Iranians
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EU allows Gazprom more access to Opal gas pipeline through Germany
The EU has lifted a cap on the Russian gas company’s access to the Opal pipeline in Germany. The agreement paves the way for Moscow to expand its Nord Stream pipeline and bypass Ukraine when supplying gas to Europe. …read more Source:...
ICC’s toughest trial: Africa vs ‘Infamous Caucasian Court’
South Africa and Burundi’s decision to quit the International Criminal Court (ICC) and an attack by Gambia against its supposed “Caucasian” justice are likely to embolden other African states to leave the world’s only permanent war crimes tribunal. Although criticising the Hague-based institution for perceived anti-African bias has...
Ex-Putin aide’s death ruled accidental in US
US prosecutors yesterday said the sudden death of a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Washington hotel was an accident, and occurred after days of heavy drinking and successive falls. Mikhail Lesin, 57, a former press minister accused of curtailing media freedoms in Putin’s Russia, was found dead at the Dupont Circle...
6 people, including 3 civilians, killed in east Ukraine clashes
Pro-Russian sources said shelling by the Ukrainian military killed three civilians. …read more Source:...
Dutch PM says he may agree to revoke support for EU-Ukraine treaty
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said his government may submit a bill revoking his country’s support for the treaty establishing closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine. Rutte has said rejection of the association agreement would be a mistake and would weaken European unity, but that if efforts to find a compromise...
Germany to send tanks to Russian border
Germany has confirmed it is sending Leopard 2 tanks to Lithuania as part of NATO plans to reinforce the Baltic States. But the presence is largely symbolic, since Russia is still militarily superior in the region. Protecting Lithuania from Russia is to be Germany’s responsibility, according to the new NATO defense plans that emerged at this...
Dutch PM says he may agree to revoke support for EU-Ukraine treaty
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said his government may submit a bill revoking his country’s support for the treaty establishing closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine. The post Dutch PM says he may agree to revoke support for EU-Ukraine treaty appeared first on LIBYA TODAY. …read more...
Sudden spike in violence kills four in east Ukraine
Four people died in clashes between government forces and pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine’s separatist east, officials said Friday, the highest death toll since international peace talks held 10 days ago. …read more Source: The Daily...
Dutch PM may submit bill to revoke support for EU-Ukraine treaty on Monday
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said that his government may submit a bill revoking Dutch support for the European Union-Ukraine treaty on Monday. The post Dutch PM may submit bill to revoke support for EU-Ukraine treaty on Monday appeared first on LIBYA TODAY. …read more Source: Libya...
