Section: The United Kingdom
Why we still don’t understand the Somme
British troops during the Battle of Morval, an attack that took place during the Battle of the Somme, 25th September, 1916. Photo credit: the Imperial War Museum : A drama never surpassed Last week the Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale, joined with the Royal British Legion to encourage the nation to mark the centenary of the first day of the...
Top finance job still unclear in new Ukraine government
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s likely new prime minister Volodymyr Groysman said on Monday that coalition members were assembling a reform-minded cabinet to root out corruption and cronyism, but it was not yet settled who would take the crucial post of finance minister. …read more Source:...
Ukraine ‘very volatile’ after PM resignation, says Council of Europe
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine has become “very volatile” since Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk resigned, the head of the Council of Europe said on Monday, calling for the swift formation of a new government and speedier progress on reforms. …read more Source:...
Looking for Lenin: Ukraine banned the statues – but where did they go?
Photographer Niels Ackermann has been looking for the monuments hidden away under new decommunisation laws. The Calvert Journal follows the hunt … …read more Source: The...
BETRAYED: EU sticks two fingers up at Dutch voters and opens door to 45 MILLION Ukrainians
EUROPE’S elite tonight dropped all pretence of respecting democracy by plotting to grant visa-free travel to 45 million Ukrainians in direct defiance of the Dutch referendum result. …read more Source:...
EU to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch vote: source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will propose this month granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite a Dutch referendum vote against an EU-Ukraine agreement partly motivated by hostility to migration, a senior EU source said. …read more Source:...
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk resigns
Focus will now fall on President Poroshenko, already implicated in Panama Papers scandal …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns
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Ukraine’s prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk quits
Approval rating of Yatsenyuk’s party stands at 2% after painful economic reforms and perceived inability to tackle corruptionUkraine’s prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, announced his resignation on Sunday following a political crisis that has paralysed the government and frozen the release of vital western aid for months.“Having done...
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk tenders resignation
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Sunday in a televised broadcast. …read more Source:...
