Ukraine to launch ‘full clean-out’ of corrupt officials
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine will soon begin mass firings of state officials who served under disgraced Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovich and feathered their nests through corruption, the government said on Friday.
France considers tightening controls on job-seekers
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is looking to impose tighter checks on the unemployed to ensure they are seeking work, an attempt to limit spending on benefits and cut joblessness that has split ruling Socialists and infuriated trade unions.
Russian sanctions could be eased soon if Ukraine progress made: U.S. adviser
LONDON (Reuters) – Talks on easing sanctions against Russia imposed over the conflict in Ukraine could begin in the next few weeks, but more measures are possible if there is no progress over a ceasefire deal, the U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser …
Russian sanctions could be eased soon if Ukraine progress made: U.S. adviser
LONDON (Reuters) – Talks on easing sanctions against Russia imposed over the conflict in Ukraine could begin in the next few weeks, but more measures are possible if there is no progress over a ceasefire deal, the U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser …
Dutch PM: unlikely investigators will get to MH17 crash site
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Friday it was increasingly unlikely Dutch investigators would be able to reach the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash zone in eastern Ukraine due to fighting and the approach of winter.
Iran: nuclear talks might be extended if November deadline missed
ANKARA (Reuters) – Talks over Iran’s nuclear program might be extended if disagreement over remaining issues cannot be resolved by a November deadline, Iran’s top negotiator was quoted as saying on Friday, in the first hint an extension was being conte…
China offers incentives for criminals overseas to give themselves up
BEIJING (Reuters) – Corrupt Chinese officials who have fled abroad are being offered reduced sentences and other incentives to give themselves up and return home, state media said on Friday, as the government continues its sweeping campaign against gra…
Ex-Soviet states bicker as Putin tries to unite them
MINSK (Reuters) – Vulgar chants about Vladimir Putin before he arrived for a regional summit in Belarus did not augur well for the Russian president’s hopes of bringing the leaders of former Soviet republics closer together.
Serbia backs jail terms for Serbs fighting in foreign conflicts
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia’s parliament approved on Friday jail terms of up to eight years for anyone found guilty of fighting in foreign wars, in an effort to dissuade citizens from joining conflicts in Syria, Ukraine and elsewhere.
Anti-EU party up-ends UK politics by targeting left and right
LONDON (Reuters) – After years of promising a political earthquake, the UK Independence Party is causing tremors. It poached one of Prime Minister David Cameron’s parliamentary seats and almost took another from the Labour party.
