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Eastern Partnership: Commission sets out TEN-T Investment Action Plan of €13 billion
In a bid to boost connectivity and economic growth in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, the European Commission and the World Bank have co-authored an Indicative trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Investment Action Plan that identifies priority projects in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine....
Russia rules to hold jailed Ukrainian sailors until April 24 – agencies
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A court in Moscow ruled on Wednesday that four Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia last year off the coast of Crimea should be kept in pre-trial detention until April 24, Russian news agencies reported. …read more Source: The...
Defying Trump, US Senate advances measure critical of easing Russia sanctions
US President Donald Trump stands with Vice-President Mike Pence as he welcomes the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers at the White House in Washington. (Reuters pic)WASHINGTON: The Republican-led US Senate voted on Tuesday to advance a resolution disapproving of a Trump administration plan to ease sanctions on Russian...
Yerevan ranked 167th in the world for quality of life
ArmInfo. The city of Yerevan ranked 167th in the world in quality of life with an index of 122.13. This follows from the ranking of the best cities in the world for life published by the site numbeo.com, compiled by several parameters – climate, quality of health care, prices for consumer goods and housing, pollution levels, transportation,...
US authorities charge several people in SEC hacking scheme
The US Securities and Exchange Commission logo adorns an office door at the SEC headquarters in Washington, June 24, 2011. (Reuters pic)NEWARK: US authorities on Tuesday charged several individuals and companies in a scheme to trade on information in nonpublic corporate press releases by hacking into a US Securities and Exchange Commission...
Model claiming Trump secrets to be deported after Thai trial
PATTAYA, THAILAND: A Belarusian model who claimed she had proof of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office was set to be deported after being convicted Tuesday nearly a year after her arrest in Thailand for participating in a “sex training course”.Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen name Nastya Rybka, has been held with several others...
Moscow court extends arrest of 4 Ukrainian sailors until April 24 – RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A court in Moscow on Tuesday ordered the first four of 24 Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia off the coast of Crimea last year to be held in pre-trial detention until April 24, RIA and Interfax news agencies reported. …read more Source: The...
Thai trial of model claiming Trump secrets set to begin
Detained Belarusian model Anastasia Vashukevich, preparing to board a prison van after a court trial in Pattaya, following a police raid on a sex training course. (AFP pic)PATTAYA: A Belarusian model who sensationally claimed she had proof of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office appeared in court Tuesday for the expected start of her...
Lines, price rises and expensive booze – the cost of happiness in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT (TCA) — Gas-rich Turkmenistan is experiencing an economic downturn largely caused by decreasing hard-currency revenues from natural-gas exports, and ordinary Turkmen citizens are the first ones who feel the pinch of the crisis. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by Eurasianet: Only on the 10th day of the...
Thai trial of model claiming Trump secrets set to begin
PATTAYA, Thailand: A Belarusian model who sensationally claimed she had proof of Russian efforts to help Donald Trump win office appeared in court Tuesday for the expected start of her trial over running a “sex training course” in Thailand.Anastasia Vashukevich, known by her pen name Nastya Rybka, has been held in custody since a police raid in...
