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Ukraine industrial group rejects separatists’ demand to register firms locally
KIEV – Ukraine’s SCM Group, a financial and industrial group whose businesses are the main employer in the eastern conflict zone, said on Thursday it would fight a demand by separatists to re-register firms in rebel-held areas. Separatists have… …read more Source:...
Germany’s Gabriel sees no scope for easing Russian sanctions
VILNIUS – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday there had hardly been any progress in implementing the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine, which meant no lifting of sanctions against Russia was in sight. Speaking… …read more Source:...
Germany’s Gabriel sees no scope for easing Russian sanctions
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday there had hardly been any progress in implementing the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine, which meant no lifting of sanctions against Russia was in sight. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany’s Gabriel sees no scope for easing Russian sanctions
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Wednesday there had hardly been any progress in implementing the Minsk peace agreement for eastern Ukraine, which meant no lifting of sanctions against Russia was in sight. …read more Source: Channel...
Firms seized in rebel-held east Ukraine as blockade tension mounts
A leading telecoms firm and a humanitarian group owned by Ukraine’s richest man said on Wednesday they had been forced to stop operating in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists as their offices had been seized by armed men. …read more Source: Channel...
Firms seized in rebel-held east Ukraine as blockade tension mounts
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine – A leading telecoms firm and a humanitarian group owned by Ukraine’s richest man said on Wednesday they had been forced to stop operating in territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists as their offices had been seized by armed… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s first wheelchair model breaks taboos
KIEV (Ukraine) – When Ms Alexandra Kutas headlined a recent fashion show in Kiev it was not just a personal dream come true but also a victory for disabled people in her homeland Ukraine. Wearing a long, black dress, she wowed the crowd as she was carried… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian TV show debunks false news and entertains
February 28, 2017 5:00 AMKIEV (Ukraine) • The studio lights dim, and the anchor taps a stack of papers on her desk and directs a steely gaze at the TV cameras. …read more Source: The Straits...
In Ukraine, separatists issue ultimatum to end rail blockade
KIEV – Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine said on Monday they would take control of Ukraine-run businesses in rebel-held areas if the Ukrainian government does not end a rail blockade that has halted coal supplies. For the past month, a… …read more Source:...
Russian frigate heads to Mediterranean on Syria mission : source
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea – The Russian frigate Admiral Grigorovich left the port of Sevastopol in Crimea on Monday for the Mediterranean where it will join the country’s naval forces deployed near the Syrian coast, a Russian source told Reuters. The… …read more Source:...
