Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine health system in danger of collapse as reforms stall
STAIKY, Ukraine (Reuters) – Paint is flaking on the damp walls and cracked ceilings of the small hospital in the Ukrainian village of Staiky and much of the equipment is over 30 years old. …read more Source:...
Ukraine water fight video exposes government breakdown
Ukraine water fight video exposes a government breakdown …read more Source:...
US imposes financial restrictions to reinforce Ukraine sanctions
US targets 34 more people and entities for helping evade sanctionsRussia threatens retaliation for move ‘that runs counter to logic’The Obama administration has imposed financial restrictions on 34 additional people and entities for helping Russian and Ukrainian companies evade US penalties and other infractions, prompting threats of...
Moscow suspends Ukraine free-trade zone
Putin blames Brussels for failure of talks to ease Russian anxiety over neighbour’s EU links …read more Source: Financial...
U.S. announces Ukraine-related sanctions on 34 individuals, entities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 34 individuals and entities as part of its efforts to pressure Russia for its intervention in Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury Department said. …read more Source:...
Putin says Russia ‘to continue efforts’ to settle trade ties with Ukraine, EU
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will continue making efforts to iron out existing disputes in its trade relations with the European Union and Ukraine, Russian news agencies quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
It is time to stop the indiscriminate bombing and shelling of urban areas
If governments do not want civilians to be forced to flee, we need to protect them from the use of explosive weapons in populated areasWhen dynamite was invented in 1867, Alfred Nobel was reportedly acutely aware of its horrendous potential. Bertha von Suttner, his personal friend and Austrian Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1905, relates how Nobel...
Ukraine to Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst: Keep rollin’ on – you’re banned
Ukrainian security services have reportedly imposed a five-year ban on the nu-metal singerFred Durst, the singer in the nu-metal band Limp Bizkit, has been banned from entering Ukraine for five years by the country’s security service, according to reports. The Ukrainian publication Astropof reported that the ban had been imposed in...
Beware Russian ally in Syria, says Ukraine
Putin accused of trying to weaken EU resolve while persisting with deadly attacks in Donbass …read more Source: Financial...
The art of the possible: rediscovering the meaning of realpolitik
Realpolitik: a History by John Bew reviewed. Many years ago I studied history as an undergraduate at Edinburgh University. My motivation was a fascination with the future more than with the past: without historical study, as my fellow Scot Niall Ferguson has argued elsewhere, our reference points for understanding the future are limited to...
