Section: News & Summaries

      Montenegro coup suspects push for poll to foil NATO bid – Financial Times
      Mar10

      Montenegro coup suspects push for poll to foil NATO bid – Financial Times

      Pro-Russian politicians in Montenegro accused of attempting a failed, Kremlin-backed coup to stop the country joining NATO are planning an unauthorized referendum to rally public hostility to the alliance, according to the Financial Times (FT). The attempt will add to fears that Russia is backing attempts to turn parts of the Balkans away from...

      Ukraine to provide visa-on-arrival for Indian tourists
      Mar10

      Ukraine to provide visa-on-arrival for Indian tourists

      In a bid to boost bilateral ties, Ukraine has simplified the visa procedure for Indian travelers, according to The Hindu. Diplomatic sources confirmed to The Hindu that the new visa procedure for Indian travelers adopted by the Ukrainian government on March 1 will grant visa-on-arrival for certain categories of Indian travelers. ”Considering...

      Ukrainians in Feb sell $86 mln more currency than purchase
      Mar10

      Ukrainians in Feb sell $86 mln more currency than purchase

      Net sales of cash foreign currency by Ukrainians through the banking system amounted to $86 million in February, according to the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) website. In February, the banks sold $186.8 million of cash currency, buying $272.7 million over the same period, the NBU said. It is also reported that in January-February, Ukrainians...

      South Korean court throws president out of office, two dead in protest
      Mar10

      South Korean court throws president out of office, two dead in protest

      South Korea`s Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft scandal involving the country`s conglomerates, sparking protests from her supporters two of whom were killed in clashes with police, according to Reuters. Park becomes South Korea`s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office,...

      FBI investigates “odd” computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization
      Mar10

      FBI investigates “odd” computer link between Russian bank and Trump Organization

      Federal investigators and computer scientists continue to examine whether there was a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, sources close to the investigation tell CNN. Questions about the possible connection were widely dismissed four months ago. But the FBI`s investigation remains open, the sources said,...

      U.S. Congress passes resolution on $150 mln for arming Ukraine
      Mar10

      U.S. Congress passes resolution on $150 mln for arming Ukraine

      Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada member Iryna Friz, who chairs the information systems security subcommittee of the Rada committee for national security and defense, announced that a resolution introduced by Rep. Liz Cheney on arming Ukraine passed the U.S. House of Representatives on March 8, 2017. See also: Canada renews military commitments to Ukraine...

      Oil edges off three-month low, but glut worries fester
      Mar10

      Oil edges off three-month low, but glut worries fester

      Crude prices inched up on Friday after dropping to their lowest in more than three months the session before, pressured by concerns that a global supply glut is proving stubbornly persistent, according to Reuters. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) was up 37 cents, or 0.8 percent, at $49.65 a barrel at 0604 GMT, Reuters said. It fell below...

      Ukraine smelts 3 mln tonnes of steel less in H2 2016 due to railcar shortage
      Mar10

      Ukraine smelts 3 mln tonnes of steel less in H2 2016 due to railcar shortage

      Head of the Ukrmetprom Association Oleksandr Kalenkov says Ukrainian steelmakers smelted about 3 million tonnes of steel less in the second half of 2016 due to JSC Ukrzaliznytsia (UZ) railways operator`s bad performance, according to the Ukrainian-based media outlet RBC-Ukraine. ”In the second half of the year, Ukrzaliznytsia`s operation was the...

      Ukrainian ports` potential assessed by Japan International Cooperation Agency
      Mar10

      Ukrainian ports` potential assessed by Japan International Cooperation Agency

      The seaport ”Yuzhnyi” has the greatest development potential among Ukrainian seaports. It is proved by transport system and logistics analysis of the Southern region, conducted by the working group of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), according to UkrAgroConsult. Among other things, traffic forecast and attractive projects of...

      Tusk reelected President of EU Council
      Mar10

      Tusk reelected President of EU Council

      Donald Tusk has been re-elected President of the European Council, the Prime Minister of Luxembourg has confirmed, according to Euronews. The issue was high on the agenda at today`s EU summit (March 9), Euronews reports. His mandate ends on May 31, but was widely expected to be renewed for two and a half years. Issues on a local political level...