Section: Foreign media focused on Japan
Clinton Foundation’s Deep Financial Ties to Ukrainian Oligarch Who Pushed for Closer Ties to EU Revealed
Between 2009 and 2013, including when Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state, the Clinton Foundation received at least $8.6 million from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, according to that foundation, … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraines Economy Contracted By 6.8 Percent In 2014
Ukraine’s state statistics service has reported that the country’s economy shrank by 6.8 percent in 2014, citing financial strains caused by fighting in the eastern part of the country. The statistic … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine Finance Minister On Rebuilding The Economy In The Midst Of War
NPR’s Don Gonyea speaks with Ukraine Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko about strengthening and rebuilding Ukraine’s economy. She took her position just a few months ago. … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine mulls amendment to eastern regions special status law
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday submitted to parliament a bill to amend the law on a special status to some areas in eastern Ukraine. Under the amendments, certain districts in … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraines President Presses Germany Ahead of Key EU Summit
– Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, seeking Western military aid to end a pro-Russian rebellion in his homeland, has arrived in Germany for talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel and key German … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Kyiv Expects IMF Bailout Tranche On March 13 Will Start Debt Talks
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko says Kyiv expects the first $5 billion tranche of a new four-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program to be disbursed on March 13. Jaresko … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Minister Says Ukraine To Begin Talks On Debt Restructuring
Ukraine’s finance minister says Kyiv on March 13 will begin talks with its creditors on restructuring its debt. Natalie Jaresko, in remarks quoted by her spokeswoman, said on March 12, “We will start … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine Expects First IMF Loan Tranche By March 13
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko says Kyiv expects the first tranche of $5 billion under a new four-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program to be disbursed no later than … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Former Ukraine Finance Minister Arrested On Spanish Coast
Spanish media reports say police have arrested former Ukrainian Finance Minister Yuriy Kolobov, missing since August 2014 and wanted for embezzlement and financial wrongdoing under an Interpol arrest … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine Russia France Germany to discuss peace keeping mission
Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany have agreed to hold a meeting of their deputy foreign ministers on Friday to discuss the possibility of sending peacekeeping forces to the conflict zone in eastern … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
