Section: Singapore
Greece and Ukraine crises drown out G7 summit agenda
June 07, 2015 6:49 AMGARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (REUTERS) – Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations meet on Sunday in the Bavarian Alps for a summit overshadowed by Greece’s debt crisis and ongoing violence in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine and creditors lock horns over debt writedown
[LONDON] A debt restructuring deal for Ukraine seemed far off on Friday, after its finance ministry and creditors accused each other of a lack of engagement in talks and Kiev dismissed the offer from bondholders as unacceptable. …read more Source: The Business...
Poroshenko warns of ‘colossal threat’ of new Ukraine fighting
“There remains a colossal threat of resumption of large-scale fighting on the part of Russian terrorist groups,” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in his annual address to parliament, referring to the insurgents. …read more Source: Channel...
Poroshenko warns of ‘colossal threat’ of new Ukraine fighting
June 05, 2015 1:36 AMKIEV, June 4, 2015 (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Thursday of a colossal threat of renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels after a surge in violence that left at least 26 people dead. …read more Source: The Straits...
Russia says Kiev’s actions threaten truce in east Ukraine
Russia accused Kiev on Thursday of endangering a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine after the heaviest fighting in months between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. …read more Source: Channel...
Battered by crisis, Moscow restaurants embrace Russian cuisine
MOSCOW – Ginger pickles, soup with cabbage and porcini, and reindeer tartare: as economic troubles take a bite out of imported food, Russian restaurants are increasingly turning to local delicacies.Gone is the era when Italian and French cuisine dominated Moscow’s high-class eateries. The economic crisis and import embargo keeps foie...
Russia’s Lavrov says fresh fighting in east Ukraine stalls peace talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday those responsible for a fresh outbreak of fighting in east Ukraine aimed at stalling progress in peace talks to solve the conflict that has claimed more than 6,100 lives. …read more Source: Channel...
Defence minister voted in as Latvia’s next president
The Latvian parliament chose a new president on Wednesday who is an outspoken critic of Russian actions over Ukraine and a supporter of a greater NATO presence in the Baltics. …read more Source: Channel...
Russian investigators point finger at Ukraine over downing of MH17
June 03, 2015 11:50 PMMOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian federal investigators said on Wednesday they had testimony from a former Ukrainian air force mechanic supporting a Moscow theory that a Malaysian passenger plane downed in east Ukraine last summer was attacked by a Ukrainian fighter jet. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine says government forces halt rebel attempt to advance on eastern town
An attempt by pro-Russian separatists to advance on Ukrainian troop positions near the town of Maryinka in eastern Ukraine has been halted for now, Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
