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Remembering lives lost
SIMPLE, though highly poignant, memorial events in the Netherlands, Australia and Ukraine were held on July 17, when a year ago the precious lives of all 298 passengers and crew aboard Flight MH17 were tragically lost when it was blown out of the skies above rebel-held Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: New Straits...
Journey to the Silk Road – Ukraine
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Russia considers limits on palm oil use in food production
MOSCOW: Russia is considering imposing limits on the use of palm oil in food production, Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies on Wednesday. TASS news agency quoted Dvorkovich, who oversees the agriculture sector, as saying the government was yet to decide on what action to take. Proposals include...
Interpol takes deposed Ukraine leader off wanted list
KIEV: Ukraine vowed to fight on Wednesday to ensure the return and trial of its exiled Russian-backed president after his name was unexpectedly remove …read more Source: The News...
French MP calls Crimea ‘historically, culturally, demographically Russian’
…read more Source: AKIpress News Agency
Interpol takes deposed Ukraine leader off wanted list
Defence attorneys said Interpol’s decision was made “on the basis that criminal charges brought by the new regime in Ukraine against president Yanukovych were part of a pattern of political persecution of him”. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine expects IMF decision on disbursal of US$1.7 billion on July 31 – PM Yatseniuk
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday he expected the International Monetary Fund to make a decision on the disbursal of a second tranche of financial aid worth US$1.7 billion (1.1 billion pounds) on July 31. …read more Source: Channel...
French MP calls Crimea ‘historically, culturally, demographically Russian’
ASTANA. KAZINFORM – A delegation of French MPs, headed by former French Minister of Transport Thierry Mariani, is expected to become the first large group of high ranking Western politicians to visit Crimea since it reunited with Russia, Kazinform refers to Sputniknews.com. …read more Source:...
Ukraine expects IMF decision on disbursal of $1.7 billion on July 31 – PM Yatseniuk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday he expected the International Monetary Fund to make a decision on the disbursal of a second tranche of financial aid worth $1.7 billion (1.1 billion pounds) on July 31. …read more Source: The...
US could send tanks to Hungary for military exercises: Report
The United States Army could send Bradley fighting vehicles and M1 tanks to Hungary next year for military exercises as part of NATO’s response to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Napi Gazdasag newspaper reported on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
