Section: News & Summaries

      Bloomberg: Brexit campaign shifts focus to immigration in attack on Cameron
      May29

      Bloomberg: Brexit campaign shifts focus to immigration in attack on Cameron

      Two of Brexit`s leading campaigners attacked U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron for failing to keep his pledge to cut immigration, pushing the issue to the center of the debate on whether Britain should leave the European Union, according to Bloomberg.Former London Mayor Boris Johnson and Justice Secretary Michael Gove said Cameron, who is leading...

      Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, four wounded in Donbas in last day
      May29

      Five Ukrainian soldiers killed, four wounded in Donbas in last day

      Five Ukrainian soldiers were killed and another four were wounded in hostilities in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, in the last day, according to presidential administration`s spokesman for ATO affairs Oleksandr Motuzianyk.”Unfortunately, five Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the past 24 hours. Another four...

      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 30 times in last day
      May29

      Russian proxies attack Ukraine 30 times in last day

      Russian proxies attacked Ukrainian troops in Donbas, eastern Ukraine, 30 times in the past day, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.In particular, 13 attacks were recorded in the Donetsk sector, 12 in the Mariupol sector, and five in the Luhansk sector.The town of Avdiyivka remains the hottest spot,...

      Reuters: Sixteen killed in house fire in village near Kyiv
      May29

      Reuters: Sixteen killed in house fire in village near Kyiv

      Sixteen people have been killed and one is missing after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kyiv, Ukraine`s state emergency service said in a statement on Sunday, according to Reuters.It said the fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning in a privately-owned two-storey building that was...

      We’ll kill Savchenko – representative of Russian separatists in Minsk process Zaharchenko
      May29

      We’ll kill Savchenko – representative of Russian separatists in Minsk process Zaharchenko

      Ukrainian pilot and MP Savchenko announced her participation in the process of exchange captured persons in Donbas but Russian separatist denied it. The Minsk representative of separatists and self-proclaimed head of the Russia-backed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko said that separatists will not conduct a dialogue...

      Medical experts want Rio Olympics delayed or moved due to Zika
      May28

      Medical experts want Rio Olympics delayed or moved due to Zika

      More than 100 medical experts, academia and scientists on Friday called for the Rio Olympic Games to be postponed or moved because of fears that the event could speed up the spread of the Zika virus around the world, according to Reuters.Their assessment counters the view of some leading experts of infectious disease who say that as long as the...

      Former NATO chief Rasmussen comments on his appointment as Poroshenko`s advisor
      May28

      Former NATO chief Rasmussen comments on his appointment as Poroshenko`s advisor

      The newly appointed freelance advisor to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said that he will do his utmost to promote security, economic reforms and stronger EU ties.”Pleased to accept pre. Poroshenko`s appointment as advisor. Will do my utmost to promote security, economic reforms...

      G7 leaders welcome energy policy reforms in Ukraine
      May28

      G7 leaders welcome energy policy reforms in Ukraine

      G7 leaders have welcomed the substantial energy policy reforms ongoing in Ukraine, and strongly urge it to pursue further ambitious reform of its energy sector.”In the context of the ongoing crisis between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, we reiterate that energy should not be used as a means of political coercion or as a threat to security,”...

      One Ukrainian soldier killed in Donbas in last day
      May28

      One Ukrainian soldier killed in Donbas in last day

      One Ukrainian soldier was killed in the Donbas conflict zone in the last 24 hours, presidential administration spokesman for the Anti-Terrorist Operation Colonel Andriy Lysenko said at a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”In the last day, we lost one Ukrainian soldier as a result of military clashes. No soldiers...

      Poroshenko names key conditions for elections in occupied Donbas
      May28

      Poroshenko names key conditions for elections in occupied Donbas

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that the withdrawal of the Russian-occupied troops, the restoration of Ukrainian control over the state border and the deployment of the OSCE armed police mission are the key conditions for the elections in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas, according to an UNIAN correspondent.”The Minsk...