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Europe media independence faces rising threats: watchdog
Countries with well-funded public service broadcasters experience less rightwing extremism and corruption according to human rights commissioner Nils Muiznieks -AFP photo STRASBOURG, FRANCE: The Council of Europe added its voice Tuesday to global concern over press freedom, saying that European public broadcasters and their regulators face...
Merkel tells Putin: implement Minsk to get EU sanctions lifted
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on all sides in the conflict in Ukraine to work towards the ceasefire envisaged by the Minsk accords, saying implementation of those agreements could lead to the lifting of EU sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: The...
Merkel to hold Putin talks on rare Russia visit
SOCHI, Russia: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Tuesday meet President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on her first visit to Russia since 2015, in a signal of renewed dialogue as deep strains remain over Ukraine. The Russian and German leaders have scaled back links as Moscow’s ties with the EU plunged to a post-Cold...
Merkel makes rare Russia visit as Putin backs warmer ties
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet President Vladimir Putin (shown in this file photo from May 10, 2015 in Moscow) on Tuesday in her first visit to Russia since 2015 in a sign of renewed dialogue between Berlin and Moscow. AFP File Photo SOCHI: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will Tuesday meet President Vladimir Putin in the Black Sea...
Xinhua: China-built amphibious aircraft takes maiden flight
BEIJING: China’s domestically developed AG600, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, took its maiden flight ahead of schedule on Saturday from the southern city of Zhuhai, according to the official Xinhua news agency. The AG600 was designed to extinguish forest fires and carry out rescue missions at sea, Xinhua said on Saturday,...
Austrian suspected of war crimes in Ukraine detained in Poland
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian man suspected of war crimes in the conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine was arrested in Poland on Sunday, Austrian prosecutors said. …read more Source: The...
OSCE limits Ukraine patrols after American’s death
© AFP/File | OSCE monitors work near Lugansk on April 25, 2017, to inspect the site where an OSCE patrol vehicle was destroyed by an explosion on April 23 KIEV: The OSCE said Friday it was limiting its patrols of Ukraine’s eastern war zone after the death of a US paramedic in an apparent mine blast last weekend. The deputy head of the...
Merkel, Putin to discuss G20, Syria, Ukraine in Sochi on Tuesday
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi next Tuesday to prepare the upcoming G20 summit in July and discuss geopolitical conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, a German government spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine readies project to jam separatist broadcasting
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine plans to jam the airwaves transmitting broadcasts in support of Moscow-backed separatists in the eastern Donbass region, a top Ukrainian defence official said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Sanctions short-circuit Russia's electricity plans for annexed Crimea
MOSCOW/SEVASTOPOL, Crimea(Reuters) – Russia’s $1.3 billion (£1.01 billion) plan to build two new power plants in Crimea aimed to show that Moscow could complete high-tech projects on the annexed peninsula despite Western technology sanctions. …read more Source: The...
