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EU to extend sanctions on Russia
The authorities of the European Union will extend sanctions on Russia until mid-March 2016, according to The Wall Street Journal. …read more Source: Kazakh...
France Proposes Talks With Ukraine, Russia And Germany in September
French President Francois Hollande today offered to host talks on the situation in Ukraine with his German, Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, as a February truce finally appeared to be holding. …read more Source:...
France proposes leaders’ summit on Ukraine to push peace process
French President Francois Hollande on Monday proposed a meeting of the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in Paris later this month to push ahead with peace talks after recent ceasefire progress. …read more Source: Channel...
France proposes leaders' summit on Ukraine to push peace process
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande on Monday proposed a meeting of the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine in Paris later this month to push ahead with peace talks after recent ceasefire progress. …read more Source: The...
Belarus Prepares to Take Part in EXPO 2017
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – The organising committee on the preparation of the Belarusian national pavilion for EXPO 2017 has been set up, Kazinform reported recently. The relevant resolution was signed by the Belarusian Prime Minister on Sept. 1. The committee will be chaired by...
Artist’s death at 92 leaves Hamtramck ‘Disneyland’ future uncertain, in legal limbo
Brightly painted ceiling fans and rocking horses, a kid-sized jet and helicopter, plastic Santas and the rest of a whimsical array attached to two small backyard garages attract visitors from thousands of miles away to the folk art known as “Hamtramck’s Disneyland.” But since the death in May of its creator, Ukrainian immigrant Dmytro...
IMF chief urges Ukraine’s creditors to back debt restructuring plan
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday lauded Ukraine’s economic progress and urged its creditors to join in a deal to restructure $18 billion of its sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt.Speaking in Kiev alongside Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Lagarde said Ukraine had “surprised the world” by its...
Good Samaritans rescue ailing maid
NormaWenceslao, a 31-year-old domestic helper, is just one test away from undergoing a kidney transplant, thanks to kindhearted souls, one of them her employer in Hong Kong. The Leyte native was diagnosed with end-stage renal disease in March, a grim predicament that her mere salary as a maid could not possibly alleviate. But she never had to...
IMF chief says 'extremely encouraged' by Ukraine reforms
[KIEV] International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday heaped praise on Ukraine’s reform efforts in a visit to Kiev following a deal to restructure the country’s debt burden. …read more Source: The Business...
IMF chief says ‘extremely encouraged’ by Ukraine reforms
KIEV (AFP) – International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday heaped praise on Ukraines reform efforts in a visit to Kiev following a deal to restructure the countrys debt burden.Im extremely encouraged by the progress that you have been achieving (over) the past few months, Lagarde said at a press conference alongside...
