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Germany, Ukraine say aim to get back to Minsk ceasefire deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko agreed on Saturday to try to improve the security situation in eastern Ukraine and return to implementing the Minsk ceasefire deal after an upsurge in violence there. …read more Source: The...
‘Brexit’ the film Britain never wanted
For British film producers plying their wares at the Cannes festival, the prospect of Brexit represents something between a tale of suspense and an outright horror movie. There are many worried faces amongst all the razzamatazz at the glitzy festival in the south of France — namely those of British film-makers fretting over what exiting the...
Firing ‘nut job’ Comey eased pressure, Trump told Russians
A news report said a Trump administration official defended president’s purported conversation with the Russians as he wanted to a create a “sense of obligation” with them and to coax concessions out of them on Syria, Ukraine. …read more Source: Hindustan...
Thomas Graham : Karabakh situation will smudge and burn for a pretty long time
Thomas Graham, the managing director at Kissinger Associates, Inc., where he focuses on Russian and Eurasian affairs, Ex- Special Assistant to the President Bush and Senior Director for Russia on the National Security Council staff from 2004 to 2007, also served as the Associate Director of the Policy Planning Staff of the Department of State,...
MFA: Yerevan to participate in special meeting of BSEC Foreign Ministers Council in Istanbul
ArmInfo. Official Yerevan will attend a special meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, which will be held on May 21 in Istanbul under the chairmanship of Turkey. Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan told ArmInfo correspondent. At the same time, he said that the level of...
Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians: sources
President Donald Trump (L-R), joined by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, senior advisor Steve Bannon, Communications Director Sean Spicer and the then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, speaks by phone with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON: Michael Flynn...
Chinese firm signs deal to upgrade Ukraine’s Black Sea port
China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC) signed a deal with the Ukrainian government here on Thursday to upgrade the Black Sea port of Yuzhny in Ukraine’s southern Odessa region. …read more Source: English China News...
Exclusive: Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians: sources
President Donald Trump (L-R), joined by Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Vice President Mike Pence, senior advisor Steve Bannon, Communications Director Sean Spicer and the then-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, speaks by phone with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON: Michael Flynn...
Macron, Putin to continue Ukraine, Syria talks despite disagreements
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in a phone call to continue discussions on regional crises in Ukraine and Syria despite their conflicting views, a French presidency official said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Two police hurt in attack on LGBT rally in Ukraine
KIEV: Two Ukrainian policemen were hospitalised after they tried to disperse about 30 young men who attacked a rally by gay and transgender rights activists in the eastern city of Kharkiv, law enforcement officials said Thursday. Video footage from the event released by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty showed hooded hooligans burning an LGBT...
