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Czech Republic parliament has ratified the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement
Press Center of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Chech Republic informs that the Czech Republic’s parliament has ratified Ukraine’s Association Agreement with the European Union, approved by the Ukrainian and the European Parliaments on September 16, 2014. The Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU has been approved at first...
Russia, Greece to discuss EU sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plan to discuss economic ties and the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow . ||| Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras plan to discuss economic ties and the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow when they...
Iran deal may vindicate Obama
US president has long insisted that diplomacy trumps force and historic Iran nuclear deal appears to bear him out ||| RPT-Iran deal may vindicate Obama’s view that diplomacy trumps force(Repeats to additional subscribers) By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) – Barack Obama ran for president in part on the proposition that...
Pro-Russian terrorists shelled at the British Lord John Quentin Davies in Eastern Ukraine
Member of the British Labour Party Lord John Quentin Davies arrived in Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine to personally witness Russian aggression and violation of the Minsk agreements (February 12, 2015) by pro-Russian terrorists, and to verify the evidence of Russian involvement in the conflict in Ukraine. Lord John Quentin Davies reported about...
The IMF’s Very Tough Love for Ukraine
As Kyiv Slashes Spending, the Economy’s Real Shrinkage This Year May Be 10, Not 6, Percent The International Monetary Fund last month threw what looks like a much-improved financial lifeline to Ukraine—and indeed, the new loan program is welcome help for a desperate need. But a check on the math of one prominent IMF realist suggests that...
Russia trawler sinks, 54 dead
At least 54 crew on a Russian fishing trawler died and 15 were missing after it sank in freezing waters in the Western Pacific Ocean, officials said. ||| Moscow – At least 54 crew on a Russian fishing trawler died and 15 were missing after it sank in freezing waters off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Western Pacific Ocean late on Wednesday,...
At the office of a “Sberbank Rossii” in Kyiv occurred the explosion
According to the press service of the State Ministry of Interior Affairs (MIA) of Ukraine in Kyiv, the message about the explosion at the door of the main entrance to the branch office of the Russian bank “Sberbank Rossii” in Kyiv, Ukraine, was received by the police at night, 04:13, April 02, 2015. According to preliminary...
National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Army keeps pro-Russian forces at bay next to Shyrokyne despite militant’s use of heavy weapons
Kyiv, April 1, 2015. Shyrokyne village, which is in close proximity to Mariupol, remained one of the hotspots of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian Armed Forces engaged in combat with the forces of Russia-backed militants, fighting off their attacks for several hours. The militants used 120-mm mortars to fire at the Ukrainian troops....
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined the Putin’s invitation to go to the Moscow parade
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe refused the invitation from the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to come to the Moscow parade (Russia) dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the WWII Victory Day to held on May 9, 2015. As it is well known the peace treaty between Japan and Russia regarding the end of the World War II is still...
National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian law enforcers uncover militant funding schemes
Kyiv, March 31, 2015. Ukraine’s Security Service detained several accomplices of Yevhen Zhilin, leader of the Oplot criminal group, in the Kharkiv region. They were transporting the money for the “DPR” and “LPR” militants. The suspects would first transfer funds to Russia, accumulate them in the Rostov region and then sent these sums to the...