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Section: The Business Times (Singapore)

    Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France urge truce compliance, condemn breaches
    Feb19

    Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France urge truce compliance, condemn breaches

    [KIEV] The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France on Thursday jointly urged a tattered truce in east Ukraine be restored and condemned breaches in recent days, according to official accounts of a four-way telephone call. …read more Source: The Business...

    War takes its toll as Ukraine GDP plunges 15.2% in Q4
    Feb18

    War takes its toll as Ukraine GDP plunges 15.2% in Q4

    UKRAINE’S worst recession since 2009 intensified last quarter, highlighting the nation’s challenge after sealing a US$17.5 billion bailout and agreeing on a truce in the war that’s devastated its industrial base. …read more Source: The Business...

    'Baltic Wall' looms large as banker frets about Latvian image
    Feb17

    'Baltic Wall' looms large as banker frets about Latvian image

    RISING tensions over Ukraine and the prospect of more sanctions against Russia are threatening to erect a “Baltic Wall” that would harm Latvia’s ties with some financial centres, according to the Baltic International Bank. …read more Source: The Business...

    Ukraine GDP plunges most in five years as recession intensifies
    Feb17

    Ukraine GDP plunges most in five years as recession intensifies

    [KIEV] Ukraine’s worst recession since 2009 intensified last quarter, highlighting the nation’s challenge after sealing an expanded US$17.5 billion bailout and agreeing on a truce in the war that’s devastated its industrial base. …read more Source: The Business...

    Russian singer, deputy ministers top new EU sanctions list
    Feb16

    Russian singer, deputy ministers top new EU sanctions list

    [BRUSSELS] A veteran Russian singer who voiced support for Russia’s annexation of Crimea has been subjected to EU sanctions in a new blacklist published by the European Union on Monday. …read more Source: The Business...

    Hackers steal US$300m from 100 banks
    Feb16

    Hackers steal US$300m from 100 banks

    IN late 2013, an automated teller machine (ATM) in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day. No one had put in a card, or touched a button. Cameras showed that the piles of money had been swept up by customers who appeared lucky to be there at the right moment. …read more Source: The Business...

    US welcomes IMF deal on aid to Ukraine
    Feb13

    US welcomes IMF deal on aid to Ukraine

    [WASHINGTON] The United States welcomed Thursday the International Monetary Fund’s announcement of a new US$17.5 billion bailout deal for Ukraine, urging the crisis-torn country to undertake the reforms required by the program. …read more Source: The Business...

    EU ready for 'necessary steps' if Ukraine pact breached: Tusk
    Feb13

    EU ready for 'necessary steps' if Ukraine pact breached: Tusk

    [BRUSSELS] The EU warned Russia on Thursday it was ready to take further measures in addition to the sanctions it has already imposed if a new Ukraine peace pact is breached, the bloc’s president Donald Tusk said. …read more Source: The Business...

    Ceasefire for eastern Ukraine agreed after Minsk summit
    Feb13

    Ceasefire for eastern Ukraine agreed after Minsk summit

    THE leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine, participants at the summit talks said on Thursday. …read more Source: The Business...

    IMF chief unveils 4-year US$40b aid programme for Ukraine
    Feb13

    IMF chief unveils 4-year US$40b aid programme for Ukraine

    UKRAINE is set to receive about US$40 billion in funding over the next four years, nearly half of which will come from the International Monetary Fund, its chief Christine Lagarde said in Brussels. …read more Source: The Business...