Section: Singapore
Ukraine rebuilds navy, with US help, to counter Russian build-up in Crimea
Ukraine is refitting and expanding its naval fleet, including repairing its flagship, the frigate “Hetman Sahaydachnyy”, to counter a Russian military build-up in the annexed territory of Crimea, the commander of the Ukrainian navy says. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch royals lay tributes for MH17 victims, war dead in Australia
CANBERRA – King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands laid sunflowers at a memorial in the Australian capital on Wednesday for victims of the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 shot down over Ukraine two years ago. The Dutch royal… …read more Source:...
Ukraine rebuilds navy, with U.S. help, to counter Russian build-up in Crimea
KIEV – Ukraine is refitting and expanding its naval fleet, including repairing its flagship, the frigate “Hetman Sahaydachnyy”, to counter a Russian military build-up in the annexed territory of Crimea, the commander of the Ukrainian navy says. … …read more Source:...
Luxury watches, millions in cash, property and a Picasso painting revealed as Ukranian officials disclose assets
November 02, 2016 12:05 PMKIEV (AFP) – A luxury watch collection, millions of dollars in cash and a Picasso painting are just several items listed on Ukraine officials’ income and asset declarations, shocking a country vowing to curb corruption. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine sets out strategy to investigate cash-rich officials
KIEV – Ukrainian authorities will investigate politicians and officials who declare cash assets of more than $100,000 and will impose prison sentences of up to 15 years on any found guilty of wrongdoing, General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said on Tuesday. … …read more Source:...
Ukrainians shocked as politicians declare vast wealth
KIEV – An anti-corruption reform requiring senior Ukrainian officials to declare their wealth online has exposed a vast difference between the fortunes of politicians and those they represent. Some declared millions of dollars in cash. Others… …read more Source:...
Ukrainians shocked as politicians declare vast wealth
An anti-corruption reform requiring senior Ukrainian officials to declare their wealth online has exposed a vast difference between the fortunes of politicians and those they represent. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch government seeks more time for solution on Ukraine-EU treaty impasse
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch government sought more time on Monday to find a way to avoid having to revoke the country’s support for a partnership agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, the foreign minister said in a letter to parliament. … …read more Source:...
Dutch government seeks more time for solution on Ukraine-EU treaty impasse
The Dutch government sought more time on Monday to find a way to avoid having to revoke the country’s support for a partnership agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, the foreign minister said in a letter to parliament. …read more Source: Channel...
Man changes name to ‘iPhone Sim’ to win an iPhone 7
You might think you love your iPhone 7, but you definitely don’t love it more than one Ukrainian man who recently made a great sacrifice to get one: giving up his very name. The possibly-too-hardcore Apple fan, formerly known as Olexander Turin, actually changed his name to iPhone Sim (sim means “seven” in Ukrainian) to win an...
