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Stalin portraits and Soviet nostalgia rule in Ukraine’s rebel regions
DONETSK, Ukraine – Three portraits of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin are on display in the centre of Donetsk, the rebel capital of eastern Ukraine, as the separatist authorities fuel a mood of Soviet nostalgia.The portraits, adorning a main square, seem to go down well with one young woman walking past.”I think the portraits of...
Major World Economic Trends and Kazakhstan’s Anti-Crisis Strategy
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. The world economy, according to the latest estimates, greatly slowed its growth pace, which is significantly below expectations. In June 2015, the World Bank published its data on global growth in 2014, which it estimated to be only 2.6 percent, while the...
CIS Leaders’ Meeting in Burabai Addresses Security Challenges
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. BURABAI – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev chaired a meeting of the Heads of State Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Burabai, Kazakhstan, on Oct. 16, which focused intensively on security challenges such as terrorism. The...
Pleasure boat
ODESSA, Ukraine: The captain of an overloaded pleasure boat which sank in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian city of Odessa has been detained, officials …read more Source: The News...
Chelsea’s Mourinho wary of ‘psychological issues’ in Kiev
KIEV – Jose Mourinho’s erratic Chelsea team tackle Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine on Tuesday knowing defeat would seriously complicate their chances of progressing from Champions League Group G. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Mourinho wary of ‘psychological issues’ in Kiev
KIEV: Jose Mourinho’s erratic Chelsea team tackle Dynamo Kiev in Ukraine on Tuesday knowing defeat would seriously complicate their chances of progressing from Champions League Group G. …read more Source: New Straits...
Ukraine boat capsize ‘leaves 12 dead’
Twelve people are feared drowned after their boat capsized in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian city of Odessa. Officials said the boat had been carrying 36 people at the time of the sinking. Twenty-three were rescued. It was not immediately clear what caused the incident, close to Zatoka town. One report said it was a passenger boat, another said...
Death toll in Ukraine excursion boat capsizing rises to 14
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The number of people who died when a Ukrainian excursion boat capsized in the Black Sea has risen to 14.Emergency services …read more Source: Taiwan...
Death toll in Ukraine excursion boat capsizing rises to 14
The number of people who died when a Ukrainian excursion boat capsized in the Black Sea has risen to 14. …read more Source: The Times of...
12 killed in Ukraine boat capsize near Odessa
KIEV: At least 12 people drowned Saturday when an overloaded passenger boat capsized in the Black Sea near Odessa in southern Ukraine, officials said. “The reason for this tragedy were storms and an absence of life jackets. Twelve people drowned and one is missing,” said Volodymyr Jmak, a deputy of the governor of Odessa region. He...
