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No EU unanimity on renewing Russia economic sanctions – official
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s 28 governments have not reached an agreement on renewing economic sanctions on Russia that expire in July, a senior EU official said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine has received first tranche of US$5 billion from IMF – central bank
Ukraine has received a first tranche of US$5 billion (3.36 billion pounds) from the International Monetary Fund under a new four-year financing package worth a total of US$17.5 billion, a central bank spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine has received first tranche of $5 billion from IMF – central bank
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine has received a first tranche of $5 billion (3.36 billion pounds) from the International Monetary Fund under a new four-year financing package worth a total of $17.5 billion, a central bank spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
China building second aircraft carrier
China is building its second aircraft carrier, a senior naval officer has told media, the most explicit confirmation yet of a widely expected move that will boost Beijing’s maritime power. China’s first aircraft carrier was a 300-metre Soviet-era vessel bought from Ukraine and commissioned in September 2012, at the time a milestone...
The organisation will also double its size to 1,000 observers
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe will extend its observer mission to Ukraine till March 2016, and also double its size to 1,000 observers. The OSCE monitoring mission to Ukraine was first deployed a year ago following a request from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio...
China building second aircraft carrier, says naval exec
BEIJING — China is building its second aircraft carrier, a senior naval officer has told media, the most explicit confirmation yet of a widely expected move that will boost Beijing’s maritime power. China’s first aircraft carrier was a 300-meter (1,000-foot) Soviet-era vessel bought from Ukraine and commissioned in September...
Third Ally of Ousted Ukraine Leader Viktor Yanukovych Found Dead
A key ally of former Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych was found dead after an apparent suicide yesterday in the third such case in two weeks. …read more Source:...
Nemtsov killing exposes cracks in Kremlin unity
MOSCOW – The killing of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov within sight of the Kremlin has exposed rarely seen tensions between different camps inside President Vladimir Putin’s system of rule.No outsiders can know with any certainty what is happening behind the red-brick walls of the Kremlin, but some of Nemtsov’s...
From ‘Red October’ village, new evidence on downing of MH17
CHERVONYI ZHOVTEN, UKRAINE: Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before a Malaysian airliner was shot out of the sky on July 17 last year, providing the most detailed accounts to date that suggest it was fired from territory held by pro-Russian rebels. The accounts from four villagers of...
Ukraine ceasefire on thin ice: OSCE
KIEV: The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine between Kiev s forces and pro-Russian rebels is largely being observed but is still on “thin ice,” an Organisat …read more Source: The News...
