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Berlin knew Ukraine flight dangers before MH17 crash — Reports
FRANKFURT: Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines, local media reported Sunday. Investigators are still trying to determine who was responsible for downing the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 in July last year, killing all 298 passengers and...
EU, Ukraine leaders meet as shelling worsens, one Ukrainian soldier killed
Top European Union officials met the Ukrainian leadership on Monday for talks on deepening trade links and efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, but worsening violence in the separatist-minded east clouded the summit. …read more Source: Channel...
EU, Ukraine leaders meet as shelling worsens, one Ukrainian soldier killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Top European Union officials met the Ukrainian leadership on Monday for talks on deepening trade links and efforts to bring peace to Ukraine, but worsening violence in the separatist-minded east clouded the summit. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian billionaire tops British rich list
Ukraine-born businessman Len Blavatnik has been named the wealthiest man in Britain in a rich list being released on Sunday studded with members of the international jet set living in London. Blavatnik, an investor in a range of industries including oil, petrochemicals and media, is worth £13.17 billion (RM70 billion), according to...
Putin accuses ‘quasi-partners’ of counting on Russia collapse
President Vladimir Putin accused some of Russia’s “quasi-partners” on Monday of counting on the country’s collapse by cutting its banks off from the global financial system at a time when oil prices had plunged.Speaking in Russia’s second city of St Petersburg, Putin said they had been proved wrong and the economy...
Turkey’s Erdogan criticises Putin over Armenian ‘genocide’ comments
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Russia should account for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea before calling the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a “genocide”. …read more Source: Channel...
Pro-Putin bikers turned away at Polish border
WARSAW – Ten Russian pro-Kremlin bikers who had planned a controversial WWII victory ride through Europe were on Monday denied entry into Poland at the Belarusian border, Polish border guards said.Russian bikers including the Night Wolves – a fiercely nationalistic motorcycle club backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin – had...
‘Intense shelling’ in flashpoint Ukraine village: OSCE
VIENNA: OSCE observers said Monday they have witnessed the most intense shelling in the flashpoint eastern Ukrainian village of Shyrokyne since fighting began there in mid-February, as well as movement of heavy weapons. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which is helping to monitor a ceasefire in Ukraine, said that...
Turkey's Erdogan criticises Putin over Armenian 'genocide' comments
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Russia should account for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea before calling the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a “genocide”. …read more Source: The...
Germany knew Ukraine flight dangers before MH17 crash: Reports
Berlin knew the risks of flying over war-torn east Ukraine before Flight MH17 was shot out of the sky last year but did not inform German airlines, local media reported. …read more Source: The Times of...
