Section: News & Summaries

      U.S. Marine Corps aircraft deploy to Turkey
      Apr15

      U.S. Marine Corps aircraft deploy to Turkey

      EA-6B Prowler aircraft from Marine Corps Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 have deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, to support electronic attack requirements in Operation Inherent Resolve, the effort to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, U.S. Department of Defense reported.The deployment is planned to last through...

      Russia says launches 3rd line of ”energy bridge” to Crimea
      Apr15

      Russia says launches 3rd line of ”energy bridge” to Crimea

      The third line of the so-called ”energy bridge” to Crimea has been launched, Russian Energy Ministry reported on its website referring to Russian Minister Alexander Novak.”After the early launch of the third line, the amount of power generated in Crimea will total 1,060 MW, excluding alternative and backup power supply sources,” the Russian...

      Prosecutors request 15 years in prison for Russian GRU officers
      Apr15

      Prosecutors request 15 years in prison for Russian GRU officers

      Prosecutor Maksym Krym requires the court to sentence Russian GRU officers Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeniy Yerofeyev to 15 years in prison each, with the confiscation of property and a ban to on military service within three years, according to an UaPosition correspondent.”We demand to sentence Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeniy Yerofeyev to 15...

      Poroshenko, Merkel, Hollande call on Kremlin to immediately release Savchenko
      Apr15

      Poroshenko, Merkel, Hollande call on Kremlin to immediately release Savchenko

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande called on the Russian leadership to immediately release illegally convicted Ukrainian pilot, MP and member of the Ukrainian delegation to PACE Nadia Savchenko, the president`s press service reported.”Speaking by phone, Poroshenko, Merkel...

      Turkey blocks Russian propaganda website
      Apr15

      Turkey blocks Russian propaganda website

      The Turkish Telecommunications Department has confirmed the blocking of the Russian news agency Sputnik`s website, said chief editor of Sputnik-Turkey Tural Kerimov, according to RIA Novosti.”This morning, we`ve been confirmed the blocking of the website. According to a representative from Turkey`s Telecommunications Department, in accordance...

      China GDP: economy slows to 6.7% in Q1
      Apr15

      China GDP: economy slows to 6.7% in Q1

      China`s economy grew at an annual rate of 6.7% in the first quarter of the year, according to official data released on Friday, BBC News reported.It is the slowest quarterly growth in the Chinese economy in seven years, but in line with expectations and China`s own growth targets, according to BBC News.In the final quarter of last year, the...

      Russia sets new demands to ”all-for-all” prisoner swap
      Apr15

      Russia sets new demands to ”all-for-all” prisoner swap

      Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich insists that as part of the exchange of ”all for all” Ukraine should release all the terrorists detained in different regions of Ukraine, as well as Russian citizens, who came to Ukraine ”to visit relatives,” the Russian Foreign Ministry told an UNIAN correspondent in Russia.”The...

      World Bank Chief: estimates to rebuild Syria could be as high as $150bln
      Apr15

      World Bank Chief: estimates to rebuild Syria could be as high as $150bln

      World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said Thursday that more than $150 billion would be required for the Syrian reconstruction.”I`ve heard estimates for the cost of rebuilding Syria that reaches $150, $180 billion just to get them back to the levels that they were before the war,” the World Bank president said.”In my meetings with Syrian refugees…I...

      MFA Ukraine condemns ban on Mejlis in occupied Crimea
      Apr15

      MFA Ukraine condemns ban on Mejlis in occupied Crimea

      The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed its strong protest against the so-called decision of the occupying prosecution office in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea to suspend the activity of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars, the ministry said in a statement published on its website.”This decision...

      Dutch voters now demanding referendum on TTIP: EurActiv
      Apr15

      Dutch voters now demanding referendum on TTIP: EurActiv

      Dutch voters want a referendum on the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), throwing into doubt the future of the U.S.-EU free trade deal, nine days after the country`s `no` vote in a plebiscite on an EU-Ukraine association agreement, according to EurActiv.”We want this to happen. We are in favour of a referendum on TTIP,” said...