Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
Merkel won’t attend Moscow WWII Victory Day parade: Berlin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won’t attend a May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow but will visit the Russian capital a day later, her office said Wednesday, amid tensions over the Ukraine conflict.Merkel has declined an invitation to attend the Red Square commemoration marking 70 years since the capitulation of Nazi Germany to Soviet...
NATO ‘disppointed’ by Russian withdrawal from arms treaty
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday he was “disappointed” by Russia’s decision to quit the landmark Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe as arms control efforts remained important to all sides. “We are disappointed by the Russian decision to suspend participation in the joint consultative group of the CFE,”...
RI, Dutch cooperation not affected by planned executions
Indonesia-Dutch cooperation in the fight against drugs remains firm despite bitterness caused by the execution of Dutch citizens, some of them convicted on drug-trafficking charges, the Foreign Ministry has stated.“Despite differences of opinion between the Indonesian and Dutch governments over the death sentences imposed on large-scale drug...
Airline group: More deaths in 2014 from fewer accidents
The number of deaths in jetliner disasters spiked last year despite there being fewer accidents in total, an international airline industry group said Monday.The International Air Transport Association said in its annual safety report that 641 people died in airline accidents in 2014. Its figures don’t include the 298 people killed when...
Mourinho has sights set on joining elite in Champions League
After winning the English League Cup to end a trophy drought of nearly three years, Jose Mourinho now has his sights set on joining Carlo Ancelotti and Bob Paisley as the only managers to win the Champions League or European Cup three times.Chelsea will first have to get past Paris Saint-Germain in its last-16 tie, however. Chelsea and PSG drew...
5 Nemtsov killing suspects arrive at court for arraignment
Five suspects in the killing of prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov have been delivered to the court for arraignment, the spokeswoman for a Moscow court said Sunday.The statement by Anna Fedeeva to reporters outside the courthouse came one day after the Federal Security service said two suspects had been detained.Russian news...
Boom in journalist drone use flies into legal obstacles
Flying over the flaming barricades of the Maidan protests in Kiev, the camps of Auschwitz or hurtling down a ski slope — drones have become a vital tool for cameramen, but they are increasingly running into legal and practical obstacles. Many news networks such as the BBC, Russia Today and France’s TF1 have bought their own drones in...
Ukraine industry seeks ties with West, but buckles in crisis
Volodymyr Kuzovkin’s office is less than 50 miles from the European Union, but for him and his factory, the EU is a world away.Despite Ukraine’s desperation to integrate with Europe, a desire so strong it sparked the protests that ousted pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych last year, much of Ukrainian business remains wedded to...
Russia: 2 suspects detained in murder of Boris Nemtsov
Two suspects have been detained in the killing a week ago of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the head of Russia’s federal security service said Saturday, an announcement received with both skepticism and reserved satisfaction by some of Nemtsov’s comrades.Alexander Bortnikov, in comments shown on state television, said the two...
Kalbe Farma business remains on track despite weak rupiah
The country’s largest pharmaceutical company Kalbe Farma (KLBF) is on track to achieve the company’s business targets this year despite the decline in the rupiah against the US dollar, which has caused a sharp increase in operating costs.Kalbe Farma finance director and corporate secretary Vidjongtius said in Jakarta on Friday that...
