Section: Foreign media focused on Japan
Kiev Ready to Restore Work of Banking Sector in Donbass
In November 2014, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree, essentially imposing an economic blockade in southeastern Ukraine. The decree, in particular, stipulated the suspension of … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Hillary Clinton Calls For Greater Military Assistance And Financial Aid For Ukraine
Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that the U.S. must do more to help Ukraine. Pictured: Clinton talks to small-business owners as she campaigns for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Morgan Stanley Stock Rises Today on Potential Oil Trading Business Sale
before U.S. sanctions against the country for its role in a border dispute with the Ukraine caused the company to withdraw interest.The sale of the business would be in line with the Morgan … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Default in Ukraine ‘virtual certainty’ SP cuts foreign currency rating to ‘CC’
Ukraine Standard & Poor’s has downgraded Ukraine’s long-term foreign currency sovereign credit rating to CC, a notch lower than the previous CCC- level. A default on Ukraine’s … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Spain arrests Ukraines ex-finance minister
(MENAFN – The Peninsula) Spanish police on Wednesday detained Ukraine’s former finance minister Yuri Kolobov who is wanted by Kiev for alleged fraud and theft of public funds, a police source … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
After a year at war Ukraine at financial breaking point
Bruised and battered after a year of armed conflict, Ukraine has been crippled by a combination of monetary, budgetary, industrial, banking and energy crises that could make it dependent on outside … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukrainian government approves framework for $15 billion debt-swap Finance Ministry
(Reuters) – The Ukrainian government approved on Saturday the framework for Ukraine’s debt restructuring operation through which it aims to generate $15.3 billion, the Finance Ministry said in a … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine Working to Stabilize Cease-fire Merkel Says
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Ukraine “is determined” to reach a more stable cease-fire with pro-Russian rebels in the country’s restive east. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Merkel Says Ukraine Cease-Fire Not Fully Implemented
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says fighting in eastern Ukraine has been reduced in recent weeks but that the Minsk cease-fire plan has not yet been fully implemented. Merkel and Ukrainian Prime … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ex-Chancellor Schroeder criticizes Merkel’s Russia policy
Ukraine German ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has slammed Angela Merkel’s policy towards Russia, saying he understands Moscow’s foreign policy concerns and sees no reason to fear a … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
