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Russia summons Ukrainian diplomat over Black Sea flights
Moscow, Feb 2 : The Russian Defence Ministry has summoned the Ukrainian military attache in Moscow and handed a protest note over plane manoeuvres over the Black Sea, a media report said on Thursday. The attache to the Ukrainian Embassy was summoned on Wednesday evening, the Ministry’s spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said, Xinhua...
Tajikistan plans to produce 179 thousand tons of aluminum in 2017
DUSHANBE (TCA) — This year Tajikistan plans to produce around 179 thousand tons of aluminum compared to 129.3 thousand tons last year, Avesta news agency reported with reference to Tajik Minister of Economic Development and Trade Negmatullo Hikmatullozoda. In 2015, Tajikistan produced 139.1 thousand tons of primary aluminum.Aluminum, along with...
Ukraine reportedly plans referendum on NATO membership
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the NATO alliance, with polls showing 54 percent of Ukrainians now favor such a move, Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain reported Thursday. Ukraine and NATO accuse Russia of providing troops and weapons to support separatist rebels in eastern...
Ukraine: US will never accept Russia’s annexation of Crimea
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Zinc Production Reached 325,500 Tonnes in 2016
The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. ASTANA – Production of unprocessed zinc in Kazakhstan reached 325,500 tonnes in 2016, which is 0.5 percent more than in 2015. Kazakhstan exports almost 90 percent of its produced zinc. Domestic demand has grown by 38,700 tonnes, almost a third, in the last 11...
German minister heads to Washington amid growing US critiques
German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel talks to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, on January 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters BERLIN: Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Wednesday announced plans to visit Washington and shore up ties with Germany’s closest ally outside Europe, days after a...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko plans referendum on NATO membership: German media
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko listens during a news conference in Tallinn, Estonia, on January 23, 2017. Photo: Reuters BERLIN: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the NATO alliance given polls that show 54 percent of Ukrainians now favour such a move, Germany’s Funke...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko plans referendum on NATO membership: German media
BERLIN – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the NATO alliance given polls that show 54 percent of Ukrainians now favor such a move, Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain reported Thursday. … …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko plans referendum on NATO membership – German media
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko plans a referendum on whether Ukraine should join the NATO alliance given polls that show 54 percent of Ukrainians now favour such a move, Germany’s Funke Mediengruppe newspaper chain reported Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Tillerson takes charge of restive State Department
WASHINGTON: Former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson was sworn in Wednesday to take charge of a US State Department simmering with opposition to President Donald Trump’s refugee ban. After the 64-year-old oilman’s nomination was confirmed by the Senate, he headed to the White House, where Trump formally named the political...
