Section: The United Kingdom
Britain ‘to send more troops to Falklands amid invasion fears’
Alt Text Soldiers Falklands Fallon will reportedly bolster defences on Falkland Islands to reflect ‘increased nature of the threat’ One-Minute Read Tuesday, March 24, 2015 – 8:40am See related Falklands War 2? Argentina’s …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s former ruling party hit by spate of apparent suicides
Four members of Viktor Yanukovych’s Party of Regions have died within weeks as investigations into old regime officials mount upBefore jumping, Mykhailo Chechetov wrote a note. He said he had “no moral strength” to live, and thanked people for their support. Then he stepped out of the window of his 17th-floor apartment, leaving his slippers...
Ukraine’s Jaresko in plea for more money
Finance minister calls $40bn IMF-led bailout a ‘first step’ to rebuilding country’s economy …read more Source: Financial...
Mother of captured Ukraine pilot lobbies Germany to help free daughter
BERLIN (Reuters) – The mother of captured Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko sought German support on Monday in her campaign to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into ordering the release of her daughter who has become a national hero in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
‘Crimea has more reason to be Russian than Falklands to be British,’ says Russian politician
A senior Russian politician has told Britain to “have a break, have a Twix” over Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea. …read more Source: The...
Son of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych ‘drowns in lake’
Yanukovych’s son, also called Viktor, was reportedly driving a van that fell through the ice on a Siberian lake at the weekendThe son of Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovych drowned over the weekend, after the van he was driving fell through the ice on a Siberian lake, according to reports.Yanukovych’s son, also called...
We have ‘FAR MORE’ right to Crimea than Britain has to Falklands, claims Russia
RUSSIA has “far more” right to Crimea than Britain does to the Falkland Islands, a Russian lawmaker has sensationally claimed. …read more Source:...
Kremlin urges France, Germany to push Ukraine more on peace deal
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia accused Kiev on Monday of violating parts of the Minsk peace deal for east Ukraine and urged Germany and France, which helped negotiate it, to do more to ensure Kiev sticks to the agreements that were reached. …read more Source:...
Russia will not ask for early repayment of Ukraine debt: Finance Ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will not request early repayment of debt owed by Ukraine, Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak said on Monday. …read more Source:...
Russia has more right to Crimea than Britain to Falkands, says Russian MP
Head of the Duma’s foreign affairs committee, Alexei Pushkov, responds to British foreign secretary’s attack on Crimea’s annexationRussia has more claim to Crimea than Britain has to the Falkland Islands, a senior Russian lawmaker insisted Sunday as London again denounced Moscow’s “illegal annexation” of the...
