Ukraine Gets 600-Million-Euro Financial Aid From EU

KIEV, May 21 (NNN-UNIAN) – Ukraine has received the second tranche of 600 million euros (634 million U.S. dollars) of the European Union’s (EU’s) emergency macro-financial assistance programme, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said yesterday. “The funds will be used to maintain financial stability in Ukraine during the war,” the ministry…

Italy’s Oil Imports From Russia Quadruple Since Feb: Reports

ROME, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Italy is importing three times more oil from Russia than it did, before the start of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, according to news reports. A story, published in the Financial Times reported that, Italy had quadrupled the amount of Russian crude oil it…

Demining In Ukraine To Take 5-7 Years: Official

KIEV, May 21 (NNN-UNIAN) – The work on clearing the territory of Ukraine from the landmines scattered during the conflict with Russia would take between five and seven years, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported yesterday, citing a senior Ukrainian official. About 300,000 square metres of Ukrainian territory are littered with…

France Announces New Government

PARIS, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – French President, Emmanuel Macron, appointed yesterday, ministers for the new government of the country. In total the new government has 27 members with 17 ministries, six ministries delegates and four secretaries of state. Some ministers from the previous governments were again appointed as ministers, but…

Israel Reports First Suspected Case Of Monkeypox

JERUSALEM, May 21 (NNN-PNA) – The Israeli health ministry, last night, reported the country’s first suspected case of monkeypox, after the viral disease has recently been detected across North America and Europe. Earlier in the day, a man in his 30s, returning from western Europe, visited Ichilov Hospital in Tel…

New French government to be announced on Friday: presidency

 PARIS, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s new government lineup will be announced later on Friday, the presidency said, with the new cabinet set to meet on Monday. The announcement came four days after Elisabeth Borne, the outgoing labour minister, was named premier, becoming the first woman to head the French…

Covid-19 may already be classified as seasonal disease, Russia’s chief sanitary doctor says

MOSCOW, May 20 (NNN-TASS) – The coronavirus infection may now be categorized as a seasonal acute respiratory viral disease, Russia’s Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing Anna Popova said in an interview with TASS. “We really hope that we will be able…

Iranian FM Says Agreement In Vienna Talks Within Reach If U.S. Acts “Logically”

TEHRAN, May 20 (NNN-IRNA) – If the United States acts “logically,” an agreement in the Vienna talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal will be within reach, Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, yesterday. Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart,…

US Pres Biden leaves for Asia under Ukraine, North Korea nuclear shadows

WASHINGTON, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden left for South Korea and Japan to cement US leadership in Asia at a time when the White House’s attention has been pulled back to Russia and Europe — and amid fears of a North Korean nuclear test during his trip. Biden…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: US, Russia trade blame on food insecurity

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (BSS/AFP) – The United States and Russia blamed each other for the worsening food situation around the world as the war in Ukraine unfolds. Washington called on Russia to allow exports of Ukrainian grain that is held up in Black Sea ports. Ukraine is one of…
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