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      Machine plant close to standstill as demand dwindles in war-torn Donbass
      Apr20

      Machine plant close to standstill as demand dwindles in war-torn Donbass

      The machine-building plant Jelgavas mašīnbūves rūpnīca (JMR) is facing a possible forced shut-down of production because the bulk of its orders from southeastern Ukraine’s coal mining fields and metallurgical plants have ceased due to the war-torn region’s shattered economy, where demand for the Jelgava-produced heavy equipment has...

      US paratroopers begin training Ukraine National Guard soldiers
      Apr20

      US paratroopers begin training Ukraine National Guard soldiers

      Paratroopers from the United States have begun training Ukrainian National Guard soldiers. A fragile ceasefire between Kyiv’s forces and pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine appears to be holding. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Jelgava plant close to standstill as demand dwindles in war-torn Donbass
      Apr20

      Jelgava plant close to standstill as demand dwindles in war-torn Donbass

      The machine-building plant Jelgavas mašīnbūves rūpnīca (JMR) is facing a possible forced shut-down of production because the bulk of its orders from southeastern Ukraine’s coal mining fields and metallurgical plants have ceased due to the war-torn region’s shattered economy, where demand for the Jelgava-produced heavy equipment has...

      Putin wants whole Ukraine, will have it – Czech TOP 09 head
      Apr20

      Putin wants whole Ukraine, will have it – Czech TOP 09 head

      Prague – Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to control the whole of Ukraine and he will eventually succeed, Karel Schwarzenberg, former Czech foreign minister who heads the opposition TOP 09, said… …read more Source: České...

      [Ticker] Russia reviews food sanctions on Cyprus, Greece, and Hungary
      Apr20

      [Ticker] Russia reviews food sanctions on Cyprus, Greece, and Hungary

      The Russian food safety authority, Rosselkhoznadzor, has begun inspections in Greece and Hungary with a view to lifting sanctions, its deputy head Aleksey Alekseenko told Russian media Monday. Inspections in Cyprus are to begin on 27 April. All three states have criticised EU economic sanctions on Russia. …read more Source:...

      US paratroopers begin training national guard units in Ukraine
      Apr20

      US paratroopers begin training national guard units in Ukraine

      Nearly 300 US soldiers hold joint exercises with 900 of Ukrainian counterparts in a move Moscow said could destabilise the situation in the east of the countryUS paratroopers have started training national guard units in Ukraine, despite Moscow’s warnings that it could destabilise the peace process with Russia-backed rebels in the east of...

      Russia’s Lavrov says fighting in east Ukraine abating
      Apr20

      Russia’s Lavrov says fighting in east Ukraine abating

      MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday he believed a surge in ceasefire violations in east Ukraine had passed, adding Moscow would work to prevent violence escalating again. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Report: EU to file anti-trust charges against Gazprom
      Apr20

      [Ticker] Report: EU to file anti-trust charges against Gazprom

      The European Commission will, as early as Wednesday, send a statement of objection to Russian state gas supplier Gazprom on charges of abuse of market dominance in eastern Europe, the FT reports. The move is to come despite the sensitive climate in EU-Russia relations caused by the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source:...

      Authorities tighten grip on tax evasion in real property deals
      Apr20

      Authorities tighten grip on tax evasion in real property deals

      In the time of the real estate boom from 2006 to 2008 many nationals of UK, the Scandinavian countries and Russia bought vacation homes in Bulgaria. Demand from nationals of Ukraine and Russia continued even after that. There is no precise statistics about the real properties of foreign nationals in this country, because a few of them –...

      Truce tenuous as Ukraine leader tackles economy, oligarchs
      Apr20

      Truce tenuous as Ukraine leader tackles economy, oligarchs

      KIEV (Reuters) – President Petro Poroshenko is using the breathing space from a ceasefire with separatists to push reforms and rein in super-rich ‘oligarchs’ whose influence he says must be curbed for Ukraine to have a future in Europe. …read more Source:...