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Ukraine MPs approve Groysman for prime minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman for the post of prime minister on Thursday in the biggest political shakeup since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine parliament approves Proysman as PM
Ukraine’s new prime minister Volodymyr Groysman — Reuters photo Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday approved Volodmyr Groysman for the post of prime minister, paving the way for a new government in the biggest shake-up since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. ‘I will show you what leading a country really means,’...
Netherland begin talks with EU on amendments to EU-Ukraine association agreement
THE HAGUE. KAZINFORM – The Dutch government plans to embark on talks with European countries to amend the association agreement with Ukraine, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday after debates in the parliament. …read more Source:...
Bishkek, Kyiv mull signing twinning agreement
…read more Source: AKIpress News Agency
Russian jets in repeated ‘aggressive’ passes of US warship
WASHINGTON: A Russian military jet came within a few feet of a US destroyer in international waters in the Baltic Sea during a series of “aggressive” overflights, US officials said Wednesday. Russian aircraft repeatedly buzzed the USS Donald Cook this week, including an incident Tuesday in which a Russian Su-24 flew just 30 feet (nine meters)...
Global tax authorities probe Panama Papers
PARIS: Tax authorities from the world’s richest nations on Wednesday probed a mass of murky offshore dealings revealed in the huge Panama Papers data leak, just hours after police raided the law firm at the centre of the scandal. The leak of 11.5 million confidential financial documents from Panamanian law office Mossack Fonseca offered...
Ukraine privatisation
KIEV: Foreign investors are waiting impatiently for a new Ukrainian government to kick-start privatisation. They are far from sure it will. Parliament is expected to vote on a Cabinet line-up this week following prime minister Arseniy Yatseniuk’s resignation on Sunday after months of political infighting in a country already destabilised by...
Russia Pushes Back ‘Putin’s Bridge’ to Annexed Crimea by a Year
…read more Source: The Jakarta...
Panama Leaks : Cyber war fare
Superpowers for ages have used various tools to exert their influence on the affairs of neighbors far and wide. East and West India companies were non-state actors used by imperial powers to seek trading rights to gain foothold in countries that were later converted into colonies. Trading was the soft power that created enabling environment that...
Dutch opposition urges government to honour EU-Ukraine ‘No’ vote
Most Dutch opposition parties called on the government on Wednesday to respect the outcome of a non-binding referendum rejecting a treaty between the European Union and Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
