Section: The United Kingdom
I wanted to believe in Jeremy Corbyn. But I can’t believe in Seumas Milne
The Labour leader’s appointment of Seumas Milne is a disaster, argues Oliver Bullough. I wish Jeremy Corbyn well, I really do. I sincerely hope he shunts important issues – renationalisation, fairness, tax justice – onto the political mainline where they belong. I was even thinking of getting involved with his revitalised Labour Party. But...
Lenin given Darth Vader makeover
Lenin statue earmarked for removal in Ukraine is turned into Darth Vader. …read more Source:...
Merkel says wants good economic ties with Ukraine and Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said a European Union free trade agreement with Ukraine is not directed against Russia and that Berlin desired good economic ties with both Ukraine and Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukraine guns fall silent but conflict remains
Ukraine conflict far from over despite truce …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s prime minister opts out of polls
People’s Front decides not to run in elections after support drops to just 1% …read more Source: Financial...
Hopes and hurdles for the European project | Letters
Paul Mason relies on tired old cliches – and, bizarrely, his dislike of the Belgian police – to justify his claim that there is no democratic control over the European Union (G2, 19 October). He talks of “vast bureaucratic structures” and “the sheer size of EU directorates”, yet the whole European commission has around the same number of...
That’s one way to get a lift in the polls: Video of model and mayoral candidate performing a striptease is ‘leaked’ just before election in Ukraine
The raunchy two minute-long video shows Valeria Prokopenko (pictured), 21, who wants to become the next mayor of Odessa in south-west Ukraine, stripping down to her underwear. …read more Source: Daily...
Ukraine elections: high stakes and dirty tricks in hotly contested vote
Local elections are both a referendum on Petro Poroshenko’s rule and a jostle for power and influence among country’s oligarchsOn the side of the road to Kiev’s main airport, Gennady Korban slipped out of his black Mercedes to unveil a new campaign poster for the Dill party. The billboard featured a hand dragging from the earth...
Ukraine ceasefire helps volunteers bring dead soldiers home
ZELENE POLE, Ukraine (Reuters) – A ceasefire in eastern Ukraine means more work for the volunteer group Black Tulip, which can now collect remains of Ukrainian soldiers killed in action without the risk of being caught in crossfire between rebels and government troops. …read more Source:...
Chelsea finally click in Kiev as Mourinho delivers ‘impish’ aside
Credits Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text Cesc Fabregas Blues denied by referee and the woodwork as Mourinho references Wenger and the Rugby World Cup Match Report Wednesday, October 21, 2015 – 11:43am …read more Source: The...
