Section: The United Kingdom
Stolen Dutch paintings offered for sale by Ukrainian militia
Museum from which golden age artworks vanished in 2005 believes security service and political party also involved in attempt to sell canvases A hoard of stolen golden age Dutch paintings is being offered for sale by an ultra-nationalist militia in Ukraine, according to the museum from which the works vanished a decade ago.The Westfries Museum in...
Pentagon to boost Europe budget
US responds to Moscow’s confrontation with Ukraine by expanding military presence …read more Source: Financial...
International monitors threatened by gunmen in east Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – International monitors in eastern Ukraine said that armed people fired into the air when they tried to approach a group of howitzers near a separatist-controlled village, in an area from which such weapons were supposed to be withdrawn under a ceasefire agreement. …read more Source:...
US Vice-President Biden makes 2-day trip to Ukraine in sign of Washington’s support
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Syria and the cigar fug of war – cartoon
Chris Riddell on Britain joining Russia and the US in a deadly game … …read more Source: The...
Russia says U.S. officially refused to provide guarantees for Ukraine’s liabilities
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Finance Ministry said on Saturday that Russia had this week received an official refusal from the U.S. government to provide guarantees for Ukraine’s liabilities, Russian news agencies reported, citing a ministry statement. …read more Source:...
Serbia FM says OSCE meeting failed to agree on Ukraine, migrant crisis
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Ukrainian oligarchs clash in court over £2bn business deal amid claims of murder and bribery
A businessman is bringing a £2 billion dispute against two other oligarchs over the 2004 purchase of a mining company in the Ukraine. …read more Source: The...
Bengal tiger cub dies of cold at Crimea zoo hit by power cuts
Yalta zoo’s director criticised for not buying generators to keep rare cub alive as fears mount for welfare of other animals in two-week blackoutA rare white Bengal tiger cub has died at a zoo in Crimea due to the cold caused by a two-week power blackout.Oleg Zubkov, director of the zoo in the Black Sea resort of Yalta, told news agencies...
