Section: The United Kingdom
Refugee crisis: politics aside, Britain needs immigrants
Flowers and balloons doecrate a fence as a welcome sign at the temporary accommodation centre for refugees in Luechow, Germany. © Philipp Schulze/dpa On Wednesday this week, Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the EU Commission, is scheduled to unveil the EU’s latest proposals to address the migration crisis. Previous initiatives have not...
Beware the magnate in need of a sacrifice
The verbal shooting match between Mikhail Saakashvili, Arseniy Yatsenyuk and one of Ukraine’s most powerful tycoons is a reminder that… …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president’s ally launches bid to oust discredited PM
One of President Poroshenko of Ukraine’s closest allies has accused the country’s prime minister of abusing his position by furthering… …read more Source: The...
IMF chief urges Ukraine’s creditors to accept debt restructuring program
KIEV (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday voiced support for Ukraine’s economic progress and urged its creditors to take full advantage of a deal to restructure $18 billion of sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt. …read more Source:...
German film portrays Ukraine conflict through local voices
GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) – German film director Georg Genoux went as a volunteer to eastern Ukrainian city of Mykolaivka last November to film ordinary people talking about the Ukraine conflict and to help the city destroyed by shelling. …read more Source:...
Friday September 4
The latest news from The City at 8am, plus a US business update landing at 4pm Apple and Google agree $415m ‘no poaching’ settlement Apple and Google are among a group of Silicon Valley giants who have agreed to pay a combined $415m to settle a lawsuit over ‘no poaching’ deals in place up to a decade ago. The Daily...
Ukraine’s government bears more responsibility for ongoing conflict than the far-right
The question of autonomy in the Donbass has fractured the fragile coalition, but the government must start thinking of solutions – not point fingers at paramilitariesViolence erupted outside the parliament building in Kiev this week during protests against constitutional changes which could grant more autonomy to pro-Russian separatists in...
U.S. sanctions Russia’s state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has imposed sanctions on Russian and Chinese companies, including Russian state-owned arms exporter Rosoboronexport, for violating a U.S. law restricting weapons trade with Iran, North Korea and Syria. …read more Source:...
First cases of polio in Europe since 2010 detected in Ukraine
Credits Shah Marai/Getty Alt Text Polio Two children are paralysed after contracting polio because vaccination rates are dangerously low One-Minute Read Thursday, September 3, 2015 – 11:54am …read more Source: The...
Nordic, Baltic foreign ministers call on Russia to release Estonian, Ukrainians
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers, meeting in Copenhagen on Thursday, called on Russia to immediately release an Estonian policeman who they say was “abducted” from his country and jailed for 15 years in a case that violated international law. …read more Source:...
