Section: Africa&ME
Teenager aims for Olympic gold for Turkey post Crimea
Viktoria Zeynep Gunes, 18-year-old swimmer who escaped Crimea in 2013, will now represent Turkey in Rio Olympics …read more Source: Anadolu...
Putin steps up drive to kill sanctions amid signs of EU disunity
Vladimir Putin will step up Russia’s campaign to end European Union sanctions with a visit to Slovenia on Saturday, encouraged by signs his tactic of lobbying what he views as more pliant southern and eastern European states is starting to pay off.The sanctions, imposed over the Ukraine crisis, are designed to block access to Western credit...
Turkish company inks 224 mln-euro subway deal in Ukraine
Turkey’s Limak Construction has signed a 224 million-euro contract to build a subway line in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Putin reshuffles officials ahead of parliamentary elections
Vladimir Putin has dismissed Russia’s ambassador to Ukraine and reshuffled regional officials ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections in September. DW Moscow correspondent Emma Burrows looks at what it means. …read more Source:...
Three killed in a missile explosion at a plant in Ukraine
NNA – Three people died, including a NATO representative, in an explosion at a military installation in northern Ukraine, the Ukrainian defence company Ukroboronprom said on Friday. The explosion occ …read more Source: National News...
Russian minister: Turkish Stream pipeline becoming more attractive
The Turkish Stream gas pipeline construction project “is becoming more attractive” for Turkey and Russia because of the rising cost of gas transit through Ukraine, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Three killed in Ukraine ammunition blast
Three people including a NATO representative have been killed in a missile facility explosion …read more Source: World...
Russia Merges Crimea into S. Region
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree merging the Crimean Peninsula, which separated from Ukraine and rejoined Russia two years ago, into t …read more Source:...
Putin merges Crimea into Russia’s southern region
Ukraine is angered by a Russian decision to merge Crimea into its Southern Federal District. …read more Source:...
Brexit: May wants bespoke terms
British Prime Minister Theresa May calls for open minds as the UK ponders future ties with the European Union. ||| Bratislava/Warsaw – Britain wants a bespoke model for its future ties with the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday, during a tour of Eastern European allies aimed at securing support in negotiations on...
