Section: Today (Singapore)
Member of security watchdog OSCE killed in Ukraine
18 min 36 sec agoOne member of European security watchdog OSCE’s monitoring mission in eastern Uk …read more Source:...
Ukraine not worried relations with U.S. fraying in Trump era
26 min 21 sec agoWASHINGTON – The United States has strongly signaled it will continue to support Ukra …read more Source:...
Ukraine makes two high-profile detentions in corruption case
KIEV – Ukrainian authorities detained a former lawmaker and the deputy chief of state energy firm Naftogaz in a case related to the embezzlement of $17.3 million through selling uranium concentrate at inflated prices, prosecutors and the anti-corruption… …read more Source:...
U.N. judges decline Ukraine’s request to order Russia to stop supporting eastern rebels
THE HAGUE – Judges at the U.N.’s highest court on Wednesday rejected a Ukrainian interim request to order Russia to stop supporting troops in the east of the country, saying its request did not meet legal requirements under an international terrorism treaty…. …read more Source:...
Eleven missing after ship sinks off Crimean coast: officials
MOSCOW – A cargo ship heading from Russia to Turkey sunk off the coast of Crimea early on Wednesday morning and 11 of the crew are missing, Crimea’s emergency situations ministry said. It said that the Panama-flagged vessel ‘Geroi Arsenala’ had… …read more Source:...
Russia to boycott Eurovision song contest due to Ukraine row
MOSCOW – Russia’s state broadcaster has said it will boycott this year’s Eurovision song contest after the host country, Ukraine, said it would bar entry to the Russian contestant and Moscow rejected two possible compromises suggested by organizers. … …read more Source:...
IMF says new Ukraine central bank chief must be independent
KIEV – Ukraine’s next choice of central bank governor must be of high professional quality and independence, the International Monetary Fund’s country representative said on Monday. The head of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Valeria… …read more Source:...
European lawmakers approve visa-free travel for Ukrainians
BRUSSELS – The European Parliament on Thursday supported easing travel rules for Ukrainians, driving on a Western integration viewed with great suspicion by Moscow. Ukraine has been the scene of the worst confrontation between Russia and the… …read more Source:...
USAID pauses on new Ukraine anti-corruption agency projects
KIEV – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will not engage in more projects with the Ukrainian anti-corruption agency NAZK at this point but remains open to future cooperation, the U.S. Embassy in Kiev said on Thursday. NAZK… …read more Source:...
IMF says will decide on Ukraine aid tranche on April 3
KIEV – The International Monetary Fund executive board will meet on April 3 to decide whether to disburse a $1 billion aid tranche to Ukraine as part of its $17.5 billion bailout program for the country, it said in a statement on Thursday. The… …read more Source:...
