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Kiev Corruption
Can Volodymyr Zelensky take on the Ukrainian oligarchy?
KIEV, UKRAINE - MAY 20: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses parliament during his inauguration as Ukraine's sixth president since independence in 1991 on May 20, 2019 in…
Artist draws dark side of Ukraine with ballpoint pen
Kiev - whatever the subject - the big people who live big while many are hungry, the goats hired to disperse the protests, the poor Ukrainians who have been driven abroad in search of work - the artist Serhiy Kolyada l 'written on paper…
Why Ukraine is a dangerous and unworthy ally
The Atlantic Council, the de facto seat of the pro-Ukraine lobby in the United States, has made a surprisingly insistent effort to refute criticism of Ukraine. He seems to deny Kiev's growing authoritarian tendencies. After all, Ukraine…
Car bomb injures 15 UN peacekeepers in northern Mali
KABUL: Afghanistan defended on Sunday its controversial decision to arm nearly 30,000 people to help troops prevent the Taliban from achieving further territorial gains, which began with the gradual withdrawal of US-led forces from…
Joe Biden’s European Vacation – Modern Diplomacy
President Trump has led the US government propaganda that the coronavirus originated from the WIV. However, even after twelve months, the US government failed to provide factual or scientific evidence. Now, the 'dark…
United States and Russia: New Rules for a New Cold War
The world has yet to see the results of the Geneva summit between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Strategic stability, climate change, cybersecurity and the plight of American and Russian nationals…
Why the new “controversy” over aid to Ukraine is not at all controversial
At first glance, this Politics report from the end of last week has a familiar feel.The Biden White House has temporarily halted a military aid program to Ukraine that would include lethal weapons, a plan originally devised in response…
Ukraine, one of the most fertile nations, wants to feed the world, Europe News & Top Stories
KIEV (BLOOMBERG) - It was nicknamed the breadbasket of the Soviet Union, and now Ukraine could finally begin to tap its agricultural potential at a time when the world seems to need it most.
On July 1, a new law will allow the purchase…
The headlines of the television press
Iranian presidential election
Iran's Constitutional Council said all necessary measures had been taken to protect the rights of the people and hold a secure…
Construction of the Kiev Bypass: from promises to action
Pushkarenko Arsenii, People's Deputy of Ukraine
The President Big Construction program rekindles confidence that the state can tackle large-scale strategic tasks. Zaporizhzhya and Kremenchug Bridges,…
Putin calls summit with Biden “constructive”
Jeniva-US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin completed a summit meeting in Jeniva, which was chosen as the venue for talks for a story of political neutrality. In a post-summit press conference, Putin described the…
Ukrainian Table Tennis Federation and Sport Integrity team join forces to end match-fixing
Kiev, Ukraine and LONDON, June 15, 2021 / PRNewswire / - The Table Tennis Federation of Ukraine (TTFU) and the Sport Integrity Team are proud to announce today their partnership with the aim of countering violations of the principles of…
Biden denies Ukraine claim that NATO has ‘confirmed’ Ukraine can join
President Biden directly denied on Monday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's assertion that NATO leaders had agreed to allow his country to join the military alliance.
Biden refused to give a "yes" or a "no" to…
Who is Andreas Ekberg? Swedish referee supporting Euro 2020
EURO 2020 has arrived and Andreas Ekberg will join the refereeing team.
The Swede is a rising star in his homeland and the only official from his country to be nominated for the tournament.
1Andreas Ekberg to officiate at Euro…
Turkish Erdogan strong abroad and weak at home
(MENAFN - Asia Times) As Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepares to meet his American counterpart at the NATO summit on June 14, the leader may wonder how far his country has come since…
Ukraine’s NATO membership schedule will not be discussed at alliance summit – source…
BRUSSELS, June 11. / TASS /. Leaders from 30 NATO member countries will confirm a potential opportunity for Ukraine to join the alliance at the June 14 summit in Brussels. However, they will neither discuss the prospects of providing…
Bechtel-Ukravtodor Bypass Agreement in Kiev
The Ukrainian national road agency Ukravtodor and the American engineering group Bechtel have signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of a bypass around the capital Kiev.
National media reported that Oleksandr…
Russia bans Navalni organization a week before Putin-Biden summit – 06/09/2021 – world…
On Wednesday (9), the Russian justice banned the two organizations linked to Alexeï Navalni, qualifying them as "extremists" and effectively liquidating the work of the loudest opponent of Vladimir Poutine. Indeed, the…
The Jerusalem flag march will take place next Tuesday, two days after the vote on the new government
Iran's 2nd presidential debate sees candidates piling up on Rouhani's criticism
The seven Iranian presidential candidates put all the problems of the Islamic Republic on the shoulders of the one man who was not there to…
US envoy says Yemeni Houthi militia not trying to reach ceasefire
Why the Lebanese Rafik Hariri court needs to be funded until he ends his term
NEW YORK / BEIRUT: With the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) facing a severe financial crisis and the threat of an impending closure, it is imperative…
Interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
"I ALWAYS NOT feel comfortable here, âsaid Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, as he quickly entered a lavish presidential meeting room. A former successful comedian TV series "Servant of the People", which tells…
Burisma-linked company offered Ukrainian prosecutor ‘access’ to Camp Clinton in 2016,…
EXCLUSIVE: Former Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko told former Obama State Department official George Kent he was "presented" by a lobbying firm linked to Hunter Biden and Burisma to give him "access To "high levels" of the Clinton…
Former Treasury employee jailed over Trump leaks
A former senior US Treasury Department official who pleaded guilty to conspiring to give a journalist sensitive information about former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and others was sentenced Thursday to six months in…
Hariri bombing tribunal “could close without urgent funding”
BEIRUT: A UN tribunal set up after the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has warned it will be forced to close after July unless it finds urgent funding.
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) said…
Israeli lawmakers to vote for next president
BEIRUT: Political appeals and meetings have intensified in Lebanon over the past 48 hours in what has been described as perhaps "the last attempt" to salvage the process of forming a new government as the Bank Global said the…
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Turkey seeks arrest of crime boss at heart of video scandal
LONDON: Over three decades ago, Ebrahim Raisi made a name for himself overseeing the summary execution of thousands of Iranian political prisoners - an act considered one of Tehran's first crimes against humanity.
Now the…
Croatia Airlines hires US company to compete
Croatia Airlines has chosen the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to support its post-Covid-19 strategy, which will include competition with low-cost giant Ryanair on its territory in Zagreb. BCG will develop plans on how the carrier can…
Hunter Biden’s salary in Ukraine slashed – after Joe Biden left
The Ukrainian energy company that paid President Biden's son Hunter $ 1 million a year cut his monthly pay in half two months after his father quit being a vice president.
As of May 2014, Burisma Holdings Ltd. was…
EU blocks Belarus flights ahead of new round of sanctions – Courthouse News Service
After Belarus forced a Ryanair flight to land so it could arrest a prominent opposition figure, the EU is toughening up with Minsk by banning flights to and from Belarus and preparing new sanctions.
Belarusians living in Poland…
Kyiv mayor Klitschko accuses Ukrainian presidency of ‘pressure’
Vitali Klitschko, the former boxing champion who is now mayor of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, accused President Volodymyr Zelensky's administration of "pressure" after the country's security services searched his building on…
Kateryna Pavlova battled a pandemic, wildfires, corruption, and sexism in the Chernobyl Exclusion…
Kateryna Pavlova served as acting head of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone during the 2020 wildfires and COVID-19 pandemic. Photo permission from Kateryna Pavlova. Kateryna Pavlova was two years old in 1986, living approximately 500…
Ex-federal prosecutor explains how Giuliani could ‘point the finger at Trump to save…
Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti said Giuliani's may have to reveal 'damning secrets' about Trump to 'save himself'A former federal prosecutor claimed Sunday that Rudy Giuliani's loyalty could shift as he…
High Voltage: Corruption risks weigh on cobalt supply
Our High Voltage column wraps all the news driving ASX stocks with exposure to lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, rare earths, and vanadium.
With some 85 per cent of the…
US urges Ukraine to investigate crimes against journalists on World Press Freedom Day
KIEV (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - May 04, 2021) The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine called on Monday to investigate crimes that have been committed in the country against journalists, in particular the late Pavel Sheremet and Georgy…
German election campaign: the Green Party on the road to war
When the ruling class in Germany prepares an offensive for war and rearmament, it can count on the Green Party. This was the case in 1998, when the then Green Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, organized Germany's first post-war…
PREVIEW – Blinken to attend G7 in UK before heading to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - May 3, 2021) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begins his overseas trip on Monday to discuss competition with China and post-pandemic recovery at the G7 ministerial meeting in United…
Blinken to visit Ukraine next week to ‘reaffirm US support’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine next week to show his "unwavering" support after Russian troops gathered at its border, the State Department said on Friday.Russia has deployed in recent weeks up to 100,000 troops…
Blinken to show support on trip to Ukraine after Russian troop movements
Published on: 04/30/2021 - 5:50 pmAmended: 04/30/2021 - 17:49
Washington (AFP)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Ukraine…
EU ‘concerned’ over Ukrainian dismissal of energy company boss – EURACTIV.com
The European Union is "seriously concerned" by the Ukrainian government's decision to fire the reformist leader of state-owned oil and gas company Naftogaz, a spokesperson said on Friday (April 30th).
The Ukrainian…
Kremlin critic Navalny looks skinny and exhausted after hunger strike
In this photo provided by Babuskinsky District Court on Thursday,…
European Parliament wants SWIFT shutdown and Russian energy consumption halt ‘if Ukrainian…
Business14:21 GMT 28.04.2021(updated at 15:44 GMT on 04.28.2021) Get a short urlTensions in war-torn eastern Ukraine between Kiev and the breakaway Donbas republics escalated this spring after the Ukrainian government mobilized its!--/noindex-->!--noindex-->…
Sadakat Kadri | Cursed soldiers LRB April 21, 2021
Since the hotly contested re-election of Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian leader has had problems with his neighbors. After spending 27 years imagining himself as the true heir to Soviet power, he increasingly depended on the rival…
EU corrects estimate of Russian troops at Ukraine border
The European Union on Monday reduced its estimate of the number of Russia from 150,000 to over 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border, correcting a statement earlier today.
But in the revised statement online, EU foreign…
COVID-19 vaccination in Ukraine – The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Widespread reluctance to vaccinate in Ukraine threatens the success of the country's COVID-19 vaccination program. Edward Holt reports.Ukraine has finally started its COVID-19 vaccination program - months after other European countries…
Ukraine sets virus death record for third day in a row
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Ukraine recorded a record number of coronavirus deaths for the…
Vaccine resistance rampant in fight against COVID-19 in Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine (AP) - After receiving its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine, Ukraine found itself in a new fight against the pandemic - persuading its very reluctant people to be vaccinated.Although infections are rising sharply,…