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Chernobyl wildfire controlled: Ukraine
Kiev: Firefighters have brought under control a forest fire near Ukraine´s Chernobyl plant, scene of the world´s w …read more Source: Geo...
World Bank slashes war-torn Ukraine’s economic outlook
KIEV (AFP) – The World Bank sharply cut its outlook for war-torn Ukraine Wednesday, forecasting its economy will shrink by a massive 7.5 percent this year due to the conflict with pro-Russian separatists.The international lender lowered its 2015 economic outlook from its previous estimate of a 2.3 percent contraction.The new forecast is...
World Bank cuts Ukraine 2015 growth forecast to minus 7.5%
KIEV – The World Bank on Wednesday sharply cut its 2015 economic growth forecast for war-torn Ukraine to minus 7.5 percent, darkening the outlook for Kiev as it fights pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Kazakhstan to allocate 1 million Euro for Ukraine
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Poroshenko thanked Nazarbayev for supporting Ukraine in hard times
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Gazprom net profits drop sevenfold in 2014 on ruble, Ukraine
MOSCOW – Russia’s gas giant Gazprom on Wednesday reported its net profits in 2014 plunged sevenfold over the previous year, weighed down by economic sanctions and the devaluation of the ruble. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Forest fire rages near Chernobyl nuclear site
A forest fire broke out Tuesday near the Chernobyl plant in Ukraine, scene of the world’s worst civil nuclear disaster in 1986, but posed no danger to the site, officials said. “The fire is at a distance of 15 to 20 kilometers from Chernobyl,” said Maya Rudenko, a spokeswoman for the plant. She added, there […] The post Forest fire rages...
Russians seethe over West’s ‘snub’ of their WWII commemoration, fail to see link with Ukraine
One of Boris Lisitsyn’s happiest memories is of being swept by a huge, joyous crowd through the streets of Moscow and onto Red Square in spontaneous celebrations when World War Two ended in Europe. He was too young to fight but, like most Russians, sees the defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 as one of […] The post Russians seethe over...
Forest fire threatens Chernobyl nuclear zone
Emergency services were battling on Tuesday to prevent Ukraine’s largest forest fire since 1992 from spreading towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant. …read more Source: China...
Forest fire threatens Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear zone
KIEV (Reuters) – A forest fire in northern Ukraine threatened on Tuesday to spread towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) on Tuesday, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a post on Facebook. …read more Source: The...
