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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen in Moscow amid Ukraine tensions
French far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen met a senior Russian official in Moscow on Tuesday, underlining her party’s regular ties with the Kremlin despite East-West tensions smouldering over Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Full-house in Kiev bar inspired by Russian propaganda
KIEV – The title of the menu, “Long live Junta”, and its Hitler-like caricatures of Vladimir Putin are some of the more benign gags at a new bar in Kiev packed nightly with crowds.Opened this month, the Karatel bar, whose name translates as “The Punisher”, offers a tongue-in-cheek gastronomical take on all the main...
Ukraine agents raid UniCredit in expanding terror probe
May 26, 2015 3:50 AMKIEV (AFP) – Ukrainian security agents on Monday seized documents at the Kiev headquarters of Italy’s UniCredit bank as part of a probe aimed at cutting off the suspected illicit financing of pro-Russian rebels in the separatist east. …read more Source: The Straits...
Germany protests Russia’s ejection of conservative MP from Moscow
May 26, 2015 12:00 AMBERLIN (Reuters) – Germany formally protested to Russia on Monday over Moscow’s refusal to let a conservative German lawmaker into the country, a decision the Foreign Ministry criticised as unacceptable amid East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Straits...
Putin wants ‘constructive’ Poland ties after Duda presidential win
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday called for “constructive ties” with Poland as he congratulated conservative challenger Andrzej Duda on his surprise victory at presidential polls.The Russian leader expressed hope that “the building of constructive ties between Russia and Poland, based on the principles...
German woman, 65 and mother of 13, has quadruplets
BERLIN – A 65-year-old German woman, who is already a mother of 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported early on Saturday.The three boys and one girl were born premature at 26 weeks in a Berlin hospital but have “good chances of...
65-year-old German woman, a mother of 13, gives birth to quadruplets
May 23, 2015 4:27 PMBERLIN (AFP) – A 65-year-old German woman, who is already a mother of 13 children, has given birth to quadruplets after undergoing an artificial insemination procedure in Ukraine, RTL television reported early on Saturday. …read more Source: The Straits...
EU and Ukraine plan joint anti-corruption team
The European Union and Ukraine are planning to set up a joint anti-corruption investigative team by next month to tackle potential misuse of EU funds for Kiev, said an EU official involved in setting up the unit. …read more Source: Channel...
Merkel sets tough line at EU summit with eastern partners
[RIGA] German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the EU’s eastern partners on Thursday not to expect too much of the bloc and warned Russia to mend its ways over Ukraine if it wanted to rejoin the G7 club of top nations. …read more Source: The Business...
Russia’s Lavrov discusses Syria and Yemen with Kerry
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the situation in Syria and Yemen as well as Ukraine with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. …read more Source: Channel...
