Section: Germany
Russia unveils new Crimea-themed bank note
Russia’s central bank has presented a new banknote showing the Crimean naval city of Sevastopol and the Greek and Roman ruins at Chersonesus. Images of the annexed peninsula were chosen by the public in an online poll. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Gennadiy Butkevych’s ATB Discount Store Competes with Eastern European Retailers
European Ambitions of Ukrainian Business: “ATB” Discount Store of Gennadiy Butkevych Will Compete with Eastern European Retailers? The largest Ukrainian discount store–the retail network ATB-market–will have more than 1000 supermarkets in Ukraine by 2020 and will be able to challenge the largest players of national retail...
Spotlight on security at Ukraine ammunition depots as Kalynivka fire rages
Ukraine’s capability to secure its own weapons caches is under scrutiny, with military investigators revealing lax practices at the warehouse where a fire broke out. The blaze forced thousands of people to flee. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Crimea court jails Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz over rally
Judges in the Russian-controlled Crimea have sentenced Tatar representative Akhtem Chiygoz to eight years in a labor camp for “organizing a mass riot.” Chiygoz had worked for a Tatar assembly which Moscow later outlawed. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Mikheil Saakashvili’s return may spell trouble for Ukraine’s Poroshenko
The expatriated opposition polititian’s return to Ukraine has placed the fragile political stability under severe pressure. His conflict with President Poroshenko is escalating. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Mikheil Saakashvili’s return may spell trouble for Ukraine’s Poroshenko
The expatriated opposition polititian’s return to Ukraine has placed the fragile political stability under severe pressure. His conflict with President Poroshenko is escalating. …read more Source: Deutsche...
‘We cannot afford to freeze the Crimean conflict,’ says Crimean Tatar leader
In a DW interview, Crimean Tatar council chair Refat Chubarov criticizes German FDP party head Christian Lindner, whose proposal for addressing the Crimea conflict, he says, could spell disaster for Chubarov’s people. …read more Source: Deutsche...
‘We cannot afford to freeze the Crimean conflict,’ says Crimean Tatar leader
In a DW interview, Crimean Tatar council chair Refat Chubarov criticizes German FDP party head Christian Lindner, whose proposal for addressing the Crimea conflict, he says, could spell disaster for Chubarov’s people. …read more Source: Deutsche...
US Special Rep to Ukrainian negotiations Kurt Volker: ‘The status quo is not good for anybody’
In a DW interview, Kurt Volker pledges that Washington will not strike a separate deal with Moscow over the heads of Europeans and Ukrainians – but says it is good that all agree the current situation must improve. …read more Source: Deutsche...
US Special Rep to Ukrainian negotiations Kurt Volker: ‘The status quo is not good for anybody’
In a DW interview, Kurt Volker pledges that Washington will not strike a separate deal with Moscow over the heads of Europeans and Ukrainians – but says it is good that all agree the current situation must improve. …read more Source: Deutsche...