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Over 180 swine flu deaths in Ukraine since September
More than 180 people have died of swine flu in Ukraine since late September, the health ministry said today, adding that three of the victims were children. The war-scarred former Soviet country has been swept by a general flu epidemic that overall has claimed 220 lives since September 28, when the first illness was recorded, the ministry…...
Azerbaijan to face Russia in quarter-final of Futsal EURO 2016
The quarter-finals of UEFA Futsal EURO 2016 have been set in Belgrade, with Serbia v Ukraine and Portugal v Spain on Monday before Russia v Azerbaijan and Italy v Kazakhstan the following night. The top two in the four groups earned knockout berths and all will be looking to progress within …read more Source: Azerbaijan State News...
Stratfor’s Global Intelligence: Week of Feb. 8, 2016
BISHKEK (TCA) — The Times of Central Asia presents to its readers Stratfor’s Global Intelligence, a weekly review of the most important events that happened in the world — from Europe to Middle East to Russia to Central Asia to Afghanistan to China and the Americas. The Week That WasThe good news for Europe is that the combined benefits of...
With Mining Law Changes, Are Foreign Firms Set to Dig In?
Aung San Suu Kyi watches a test explosion during a visit to the Letpadaung copper mine project in Sarlingyi Township on March 14, 2013. (Photo: Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters) Long-anticipated revisions to Burma’s Mining Law, which were passed by the outgoing Parliament at the end of last year, could spur foreign investment in a sector that is...
5 Czech skiers killed in Austrian Alps avalanche
VIENNA: Five skiers from the Czech Republic were killed Saturday in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps that also engulfed 17 other people, police said. Two of the skiers were injured, but not critically, they added. The five fatalities, men and women, belonged to two groups of off-piste skiers in a valley south of Innsbruck in western Austria....
NATO plans biggest build-up against Russia since the Cold War
Backed by an increase in U.S. military spending, NATO is planning its biggest build-up in Eastern Europe since the Cold War to deter Russia, but it will reject Polish demands for permanent bases. Worried since Russia’s seizure of Crimea that Moscow could rapidly invade Poland or the Baltic states, the Western military alliance wants to […]...
Dutch ‘no’ on Ukraine pact would force rethink, minister says
The Dutch government would be obliged to reconsider its position on an EU pact establishing closer ties with Ukraine if it loses an upcoming referendum on the issue, the country’s foreign minister said, but he stopped short of saying a “no” vote would scupper the treaty. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch 'no' on Ukraine pact would force rethink, minister says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government would be obliged to reconsider its position on an EU pact establishing closer ties with Ukraine if it loses an upcoming referendum on the issue, the country’s foreign minister said, but he stopped short of saying a “no” vote would scupper the treaty. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine authorities announce find of arms linked to 2014 protest
Ukrainian investigators said Saturday they had found a cache of 24 guns implicated in a bloody crackdown on pro-EU demonstrators in February 2014 that led to the downfall of the country’s pro-Russian leader. …read more Source: Channel...
Andrey Pivovarsky: New Silk Road to start functioning on regular basis in March
A freight train on Ukraine-Georgia-Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan-China route will start running on a regular basis in March 2016, Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure Andrey Pivovarsky said, AzerTag reports citing Ukrinform. …read more Source:...
