Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Merkel tells Putin Russia sanctions will have to remain
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that European Union sanctions will have to remain on Russia given the lack of progress in resolving the simmering conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukrainian president condemns attack on Polish consulate
MOSCOW – Ukraine’s president has condemned an overnight attack on the Polish Consulate in a western city that appeared to involve a shell fired from a grenade launcher. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Police arrest Ukrainian in fake card scam
A Ukrainian man has been arrested in connection with a transnational fake credit card scam which involves acquiring cash by launching attacks on ATMs in Thailand. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine adopts austerity budget along IMF lines
KIEV – Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday approved an austerity federal budget for 2017 that doubles minimum wages but keeps the deficit in line with the target set by the International Monetary Fund. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine nationalises country’s largest bank
KIEV – Ukraine on Sunday nationalised the country’s biggest bank in a bid to avert a financial meltdown in the war-scarred former Soviet state. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Crimea treasures must be returned to Ukraine: Dutch court
THE HAGUE – A Dutch court ruled Wednesday that priceless Crimean art treasures loaned to an Amsterdam museum shortly before Russia annexed the peninsula in 2014 should go back to Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Beating Klitschko would make me a legend: Joshua
LONDON – Britain’s heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua says beating Ukrainian veteran Wladimir Klitschko in their mouthwatering showdown for the IBF and WBA crowns next April would entitle him to be called a legend. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Merkel, Hollande want to extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that an EU summit this week should decide to extend sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukrainian schoolchildren learn to the echoes of shelling
MARINKA (UKRAINE) – Two long bells mean children must pack their blankets and clothing and run into a bomb shelter at this dilapidated school on the frontline of Ukraine’s smouldering war. …read more Source: Bangkok...
‘Zombie banks’ give Ukraine nightmares
KIEV – Ukraine’s central bank keeps trying to shut them down but they keep surviving: ‘zombie banks’ are roiling the impoverished country’s financial system through the help of allegedly crooked courts. …read more Source: Bangkok...
