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A year after Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, relatives still wait for answers
On their son Bryce’s birthday this year, Silene Fredriksz-Hoogzand and her husband Rob went to a Dutch air base, watched pall bearers solemnly unload seven coffins from a military cargo plane and wondered if they contained parts of the remains of Bryce or his girlfriend Daisy Oehlers. For many families of the 298 people killed […] The post...
Ukraine far-right group demands minister’s ouster after deadly shootout
A Ukrainian far-right group demanded the resignation of the interior minister and said it would block roads around Kiev on Sunday in a standoff over a fatal gun battle that challenges the authority of the government. Kiev has called on Right Sector, which played a prominent role in protests that toppled Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovich...
Ukrainian PM to visit Canada this for economic talks amid financial turmoil
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk visit the Academic Institute of the National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for Training of … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
French German Leaders Press Ukraine On Constitutional Reforms
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angel Merkel have called on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to ensure partial self-rule for the pro-Russian separatist east. Poroshenko’s … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Marine general says Russia poses ‘greatest threat’ to U.S., backs arming Ukraine
Russia now poses the greatest threat to U.S. national security and its behavior is “nothing short of alarming,” Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the nominee to be the U.S. military’s top officer, said Thursday. Dunford, currently the commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, told senators at his confirmation hearing it would be “reasonable” to...
Ukraines Sluggish Action On Reforms Delayed Receipt Of Loans
Ukraine’s Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko disclosed July 3 that the government failed to get $3 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank this week because it has not … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
World › IMF nears $1.7 billion loan payout to Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that its Ukraine mission had reached agreement with Kiev authorities on the steps needed to release $1.7 billion in much-needed bailout funds to the government. The mission has been reviewing the country’s reform achievements since the IMF awarded Ukraine a new four-year, $17.5 billion…...
Forest fire blazes in Chernobyl off-limits zone
Fire has engulfed a large section of the exclusion zone around the destroyed Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine, authorities said Tuesday. It was unclear if the blaze has hit parts of the zone heavily contaminated by radiation from the 1986 reactor explosion and fire, although authorities said the flames swept through about 130 hectares. The […]...
WTO panel calls on Ukraine to revoke additional auto tariff
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White House says Putin phoned Obama to talk about Ukraine, Islamic State, Iran
The White House says Russian President Vladimir Putin called President Barack Obama and discussed continued tensions in eastern Ukraine and the fight against the Islamic State in the Middle East. In a statement, the White House said the two leaders addressed continued bloodshed in Syria and agreed on the importance of unity among the six […] The...
