Section: Singapore
Russia criticises US troop plans in Norway
OSLO – Russia has criticised plans to deploy more than 300 American troops in Norway, saying it would do nothing to make northern Europe safer.Norway announced Monday that 330 US Marines, to be stationed on rotation around 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from the Russian border, will be engaged in training and manoeuvres from January 2017.The...
Time to declare – Ukrainian anti-corruption reform faces threats
The prime minister urged his cabinet colleagues to be brave enough to do it, saying it was like shutting one’s eyes before parachuting out of a plane. …read more Source: Channel...
EU decides against more sanctions against Russia for Syria bombing campaign, for now
October 21, 2016 9:44 PMBRUSSELS (BLOOMBERG) – The European Union said it was too soon to consider imposing sanctions on Russia for the bombing of rebel-held areas of Syria, while maintaining the threat of action if Mr Vladimir Putin doesn’t back down. …read more Source: The Straits...
Merkel threatens sanctions on Russia over Aleppo bombing
BRUSSELS – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday demanded an end to attacks by Syrian government forces and Russia on the northern city of Aleppo, adding that the European Union would take measures against both if the “barbaric” campaign continued. … …read more Source:...
German AfD leader: Trump offers change that may ease U.S.-Russian tensions
BERLIN – Germany’s anti-immigrant party chief said on Thursday U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump offers the prospect of change in U.S.-Russian relations which could help reduce conflict in Ukraine to Berlin’s advantage. Frauke… …read more Source:...
Dutch PM not optimistic on deal over EU-Ukraine partnership
BRUSSELS – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was not optimistic of reaching a deal over the partnership between the European Union and Ukraine, which was rejected by Dutch voters in a referendum in April. Rutte said this was because he… …read more Source:...
Dutch PM not optimistic on deal over EU-Ukraine partnership
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was not optimistic of reaching a deal over the partnership between the European Union and Ukraine, which was rejected by Dutch voters in a referendum in April. …read more Source: Channel...
Kremlin says Berlin talks on Ukraine crisis were positive
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday talks on the Ukraine crisis in Berlin were “as a whole, positive”. …read more Source: Channel...
Kremlin says Berlin talks on Ukraine crisis were positive
MOSCOW – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday talks on the Ukraine crisis in Berlin were “as a whole, positive”. Speaking on a conference call with journalists, Peskov said the leaders of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine “swapped… …read more Source:...
Russia’s Putin says Minsk accord should be basis for Ukraine solution
BERLIN – The Minsk accord, reached in February 2015 in the Belarussian capital, should be the basis for a resolution of the crisis in southeast Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Wednesday after international talks in Berlin. … …read more Source:...
