Section: International Business Times (USA)
Ukraine MPs Approve Groysman For Prime Minister
Ukraine’s parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman for the post of prime minister on Thursday in the biggest political shakeup since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. A new Groysman-led government could end months of political infighting that has stalled efforts to tackle graft and delayed billions of...
Ukraine Set For New Cabinet Amid Growing Infighting, Stymied Reform Agenda
MOSCOW — On Sunday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk used a television statement to announce that his resignation would be formally submitted Tuesday and ratified by the country’s parliament. Two days later, this didn’t happen. Yatsenyuk remained in the prime minister’s job. It was the latest stay of execution for...
Russia-NATO Relations 2016: First Meeting Since Ukraine Crisis Will Not Be ‘Business As Usual’
NATO and the Russia Council are scheduled to meet next week for the first time since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014, but don’t expect it to be a breakthrough in relations between the political and military alliance and the Kremlin. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk Resigns Amid Splintering Parliament
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation in a televised address Sunday, the Associated Press reported. The resignation is set to be announced in Parliament Tuesday, and it followed after months of low approval ratings pushed the president to call for the prime minister’s resignation. …read more Source:...
What’s Next For Ukraine? Dutch Reject Agreement On European Union Trade
In a blow to European Union cohesion, Dutch voters late Wednesday rejected an association agreement between Ukraine and the European Union. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has now been left in the awkward position of having to choose whether or not to go against voters as the EU’s top leaders pledged to support Ukraine Thursday. …read...
Ukraine Tax Controversy: Petro Poroshenko Promises Reforms Amid Panama Papers Fallout
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko promised to reform his country’s tax system Wednesday to make tax evasion impossible. Poroshenko was one of several dozen high profile names implicated in the so-called Panama Papers leaks that revealed the offshore accounts of political figures, prominent businessmen and some celebrities. …read more...
How A Dutch Referendum On European Union Trade Could Send Ukraine Over The Edge
Voters in the Netherlands are heading to the polls Wednesday to decide whether Ukraine is on the path to eventually join the European Union two years after a massive revolution turned the country away from Moscow and toward Brussels. But polls show that Dutch voters are not ready to embrace Ukraine as an ally. …read more Source:...
Panama Papers Live Updates: What We Know So Far About Who Is Involved In The Leaks
UPDATE: 11:10 a.m. EDT — NSA leaker Edward Snowden urged world leaders Tuesday to stop using offshore accounts as tax havens. “With scandals in Russia, China, UK, Iceland, Ukraine, and more, perhaps a new rule: if you’re in charge of a country, keep your money in it,” he tweeted Tuesday. With scandals in Russia, China, UK,...
Kalashnikov, Russia’s AK-47 Manufacturer, Eyes Domestic Civilian Market To Increase Sales Amid Western Sanctions
Kalashnikov Concern, the manufacturer of the famed Russian AK-47 assault rifle, is planning to increase the share of its civilian products to counter declining sales amid international sanctions on Russia over Crimean annexation in March 2014, according to reports Monday. Vladimir Dmitriev, the company’s marketing director, said that the...
Vladimir Putin And Wendi Deng? Russian President’s Ties To Women Revealed By Real Estate Paper Trail
Russia’s involvement in Syria and Ukraine took a back seat Thursday to unsubstantiated rumors that Russian President Vladimir Putin could have a new love interest in his life. Who could match the horseback-riding strongman? American celebrity magazine US Weekly, citing an “insider” source, reported that businesswoman Wendi Deng, Rupert...
