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Ukraine bans officials from criticising government
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine banned government officials on Tuesday from publicly criticising the work of state institutions and their colleagues, after damaging disclosures last month that highlighted slow progress in fighting corruption. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine bans officials from criticising government
Ukraine banned government officials on Tuesday from publicly criticising the work of state institutions and their colleagues, after damaging disclosures last month that highlighted slow progress in fighting corruption. The move immediately drew criticism from some civil servants who saw it as a blow to freedom of speech at odds with the…...
Germany says credibility of Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine at stake
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The credibility of the Minsk peace deal for eastern Ukraine will come under threat unless both sides in the conflict make faster progress in implementing the agreement, Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
German court suspends trial of ill ex-Auschwitz medic, 95
A German court today suspended the trial of former SS medic Hubert Zafke for aiding in 3,681 murders in Auschwitz after the 95-year-old failed to attend over health problems. Chief judge Klaus Kabisch put the proceedings on hold shortly after they opened, saying a doctor who examined the defendant on Sunday found that he had “suicidal...
Hungary's Orban says no automatic extension of sanctions against Russia
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The European Union is expected to hold discussions about whether Russia has fulfilled the Minsk agreement on Ukraine and there will not be an automatic extension of sanctions against Moscow, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Russians honour slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov
MOSCOW: Thousands of Russians marched through central Moscow on Saturday in memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov who was gunned down near the Kremlin a year ago in the highest-profile assassination of Vladimir Putin’s rule. On a bright sunny afternoon opposition supporters thronged the streets amid heightened police security as a...
Year after murder, Russian opposition pays respects to slain Kremlin critic
Thousands of Russians prepared today to honour the memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov who was gunned down near the Kremlin a year ago in the highest-profile assassination of Vladimir Putin’s rule. Anti-Kremlin activists urged ordinary Russians to join them on a memorial march through central Moscow, with other commemorative...
True grip: Ukrainian pulls five tramcars with his teeth
AFP | Ukrainian children’s doctor Oleg Skavysh pulls five tramcars over a stretch of 14 meters (46 feet) in Lviv on February 26, 2016 LVIV, UKRAINE: All it took was a steel cable and a set of very strong front teeth. A Ukrainian children’s doctor pulled five tramcars over a stretch of 14 metres (46 feet) Friday in a stunt in Lviv...
UN agency wants speedier aircraft threat warnings
MONTREAL: The UN’s aviation agency wants to cut the time it takes to issue warnings about credible threats to aircraft on a website it launched after the 2014 downing of a Malaysian passenger jet over Ukraine, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The International Civil Aviation Organization is reviewing its nearly year-old...
U.S. government concludes cyber attack caused Ukraine power outage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A December power outage in Ukraine affecting 225,000 customers was the result of a cyber attack, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Thursday, marking the first time the U.S. government officially recognised the blackout as caused by a malicious hack. …read more Source: The...
