Section: The United Kingdom
Dutch government seeks more time for solution on Ukraine-EU treaty impasse
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government sought more time on Monday to find a way to avoid having to revoke the country’s support for a partnership agreement between the European Union and Ukraine, the foreign minister said in a letter to parliament. …read more Source:...
Russia unveils Night Hunter helicopter BETTER than Apache and armed with LASERS
RUSSIA has unveiled what it claims is the world’s most advanced attack helicopter as tensions between Moscow and the West continue to escalate over Ukraine and Syria. …read more Source:...
Panda wrestles intruder at Chinese zoo – video
Credits Mohd Rasfan/Getty Alt Text But more than a third of the panda’s bamboo habitat is set to disappear by the end of the century due to climate change Man escaped with torn trousers after reportedly trying to impress female friends – and other tall tales One-Minute Read …read more Source: The...
David Johnstone: UN chief must marginalise the far right
António Guterres, set to become the new Secretary General of the United Nations, faces no small task. The unenviable job, will require his attention on an ever growing number of issues blighting our world; Syria, South Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Ukraine, the migrant crisis, saving the Colombian peace deal, the threat of a nuclear North Korea,...
Dutch objections threaten to sink Ukraine treaty
Dispute over deal with Kiev comes as EU gets green light for Ceta trade pact …read more Source: Financial...
Dutch PM says he may agree to revoke support for EU-Ukraine treaty
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Friday said his government may submit a bill revoking his country’s support for the treaty establishing closer ties between the European Union and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Show me the money
Ukraine’s anti-corruption drive reveals that some top politicians, including the prime minister, have huge wealth, Tom Burridge reports. …read more Source:...
Russia, Nato and the return to a cold war | Letters
With the demise of the communist-led countries of eastern Europe and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, the world breathed easier and we all felt that we would no longer stand permanently on the edge of a nuclear Armageddon. The post-cold war escalation of Nato activities and the encirclement of Russia threatens, once again, to take us back to...
Kremlin puppet master’s leaked emails the price of return to political frontline
Vladislav Surkov fell out of favour with Putin but his new role in Ukraine talks has made him a target for mysterious hackersVladislav Surkov was the mysterious Kremlin puppet master who wrote rock lyrics and loved Tupac Shakur yet was simultaneously the chief architect of Vladimir Putin’s system of “managed democracy”. Now, after some time...
