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Life on street dividing Ukraine and Russia
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Champions League draw: bad news for Arsenal and Man City
Credits Valerie Hache/Getty Alt Text Champions League groups Gunners must face Bayern Munich as unlucky Man City are drawn in the ‘Group of Death’ Reaction Friday, August 28, 2015 – 9:44am …read more Source: The...
Inside rebel-held Ukraine, where a small pocket of nationalists hope of a life without Russian interference
Five miles inside rebel-held Ukraine, 40 worshippers are attending mass. At this distance from the front, the rumble of war is barely audible but the scars of recent conflict are all too visible. Stray timber planks hang, partly dislodged, from the chapel and the ground outside it as well as the nearby blocks of flats are pitted with the holes...
Ray of hope descends on war-torn Ukraine
Debt deal offers government opportunity to push through reforms …read more Source: Financial...
Ukraine’s debt deal is better than defaulting – but it’s just a stop gap
Agreement gives most troubled economy in Europe some breathing space without solving its problems The debt deal Ukraine has painstakingly negotiated with its creditors is welcome and preferable to the alternative: a default that would have put additional pressure on the country’s shaky banks and led to both capital flight and a protracted...
Ukraine ‘secures 20% debt write-off’
The Ukrainian government announces a debt restructuring deal with creditors including a 20% write-off, saving the conflict-hit country from default. …read more Source:...
MH17: Dutch Safety Board report to be published in October
Investigators into Malaysia Airlines crash say relatives of the dead will be informed of conclusions before publication of reportThe long-awaited conclusions of an international investigation into the cause of the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will be published on 13 October, the panel conducting the probe has announced.The Dutch Safety...
Ukraine agrees ‘win-win’ debt restructuring deal
Finance minister hails ‘collaborative’ agreement that will plug $15bn funding gap and allow increased defence spending in country’s war-torn east Ukraine’s finance minister said a “win-win” deal for restructuring $18bn (£11.6bn) of debt had been agreed with a group of its largest creditors, involving a 20% reduction in the...
Dutch air safety body to publish final MH17 crash report in October
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The final report into the crash last July of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine will be published on Oct 13, the Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Poland to store U.S. military equipment from mid-2016: PAP agency
WARSAW (Reuters) – The United States will store heavy military equipment at two sites in Poland from mid-2016, Poland’s defense minister said, a part of Washington’s efforts to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian actions in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
