Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Ukrainian MP declares three national lottery wins
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian opposition leader has declared winning the national lottery three times in his income statement, earning a combined 571,045 hryvnias (16,115 pounds). …read more Source: The...
NATO to launch Black Sea force as latest counter to Russia
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – NATO is set to launch a new multinational force in Romania on Monday to counter Russia along its eastern flank and to check a growing Russian presence in the Black Sea following the Kremlin’s 2014 seizure of Crimea. …read more Source: The...
Russia left troops in Belarus after wargames – Ukraine
MELITOPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia has left troops behind after staging war games in Belarus despite promising not to, Ukraine’s Commander in Chief Viktor Muzhenko told Reuters. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine PM says gas price review wanted by IMF is underway
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman, said on Saturday the government was reviewing the way it sets domestic gas bills to make sure market prices are taken into account – a bid to answer demands under a $17.5-billion IMF aid programme. …read more Source: The...
Putin's proposed U.N. Ukraine peacekeepers must have full access – Merkel
BERLIN(Reuters) – Any United Nations peacekeepers sent to eastern Ukraine must be granted access to the entirety of the region held by Moscow-backed separatists, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. …read more Source: The...
Putin's proposed U.N. Ukraine peacekeepers must have full access – Merkel
BERLIN(Reuters) – Any United Nations peacekeepers sent to eastern Ukraine must be granted access to the entirety of the region held by Moscow-backed separatists, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. …read more Source: The...
U.S., Russian envoys to discuss Ukraine soon – Lavrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that the United States’ special representative on Ukraine, Kurt Volker, would soon meet a senior aide to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: The...
Germany's FDP urges new approach to Russia's annexation of Crimea
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany may have to accept Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine as a “permanent provisional arrangement,” the head of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) told a newspaper chain in comments published on Saturday. …read more Source: The...
New EU sanctions over Siemens turbines violate international law – Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Saturday the European Union’s decision to sanction a Russian deputy energy minister over the delivery of Siemens’ turbines to Moscow-annexed Crimea was politically motivated and illegal. …read more Source: The...
Russian deputy minister blacklisted in new EU sanctions over Siemens turbines to Crimea
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on three more Russians – including Deputy Energy Minister Andrei Cherezov – and three Russian companies over the delivery of Siemens’ turbines to Moscow-annexed Crimea. …read more Source: The...
