Section: The United Kingdom
As Russia threatens, Sweden ponders joining NATO
SWEDEN’S Aurora-17 drill, which continues until the end of September, is the biggest war game that the supposedly neutral country has carried out for 23 years. Not only does it involve 19,000 of Sweden’s armed forces (about half of them), including its Home Guard, but also more than 1,500 troops from Finland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia,...
Naftogaz resignations spark concern over Ukraine reforms
Pressure from western backers to adhere to structural changes stipulated by IMF …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine women’s football clip prompts online sexism row
A Ukrainian TV promotion for a women’s football game scores an own goal with many on social media. …read more Source:...
The billionaires investing in Cyprus in exchange for EU passports
Businesspeople and those with political influence from Russia and Ukraine among hundreds granted citizenship for moneyA leaked list of names of those who have benefited from Cyprus’s citizenship-by-investment programmes represents a detailed insight into the panoply of clients behind schemes providing passports to the super rich.It also...
Cyprus ‘selling’ EU citizenship to super rich of Russia and Ukraine
Passports issued under ‘golden visa’ scheme raises €4bn since 2013, according to papers seen by the GuardianBillionaire Russian oligarchs and Ukrainian elites accused of corruption are among hundreds of people who have acquired EU passports under controversial “golden visa” schemes, the Guardian has learnt.The government of Cyprus has...
Cyprus ‘selling’ EU citizenship to super rich of Russia and Ukraine
Passports issued under ‘golden visa’ scheme raises €4bn since 2013, according to papers seen by the GuardianBillionaire Russian oligarchs and Ukrainian elites accused of corruption are among hundreds of people who have acquired EU passports under controversial “golden visa” schemes, the Guardian has learnt.The government of Cyprus has...
Envoy welcomes Russian idea for UN troops in eastern Ukraine
Suggestion by Putin offers more options for resolving conflict in the region, says Kurt VolkerRussia’s apparent backing for the possible deployment of UN peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine gives negotiators more ideas with which to seek a resolution to the separatist conflict, the US envoy to the Ukraine peace talks has said.The Russian...
Ukraine: Parents protest against deaths at children’s camp
Footage shows parents protesting in Odessa, Ukraine, over a deadly fire at a children’s camp. …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Parents protest against deaths at children’s camp
Footage shows parents protesting in Odessa, Ukraine, over a deadly fire at a children’s camp. …read more Source:...
Ukraine PM says gas price review wanted by IMF is underway
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s prime minister, Volodymyr Groysman, said on Saturday the government was reviewing the way it sets domestic gas bills to make sure market prices are taken into account – a bid to answer demands under a $17.5-billion IMF aid program. …read more Source:...
