By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – The new commander of Ukraine’s ground forces plans a “massive transformation” of his branch to improve troop training, management and recruitment, Kyiv said on Friday, as it grapples with manpower problems at the front. The overhaul by Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi, who assumed his post last month, comes as …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece is in advanced talks to buy 36 PULS rocket artillery systems from Israel as it pushes to modernise its armed forces, two officials said on Friday. The discussions on the 600-700 million euro ($630 million-$735 million) deal come as the countries are in negotiations for Israel to sell Greece a 2-billion-euro …
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(Reuters) – Slovakia will conduct a series of negotiations from next week to ensure Russian gas supplies after its current transit contract that involves Ukraine expires at the end of this year, government officials said on Friday. Slovakia has a long-term contract with Russia’s Gazprom and wanted to maintain Russian gas imports through Ukraine. But …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend a meeting with the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, NATO and the EU in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss support for his country in its war with Russia, sources familiar with the plan told Reuters. The meeting comes as European countries face the possibility …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Developing offshore wind projects along Sweden’s coasts is not commercially viable, a government commission tasked with reviewing and speeding up the system for authorising new wind parks said on Friday. The commission recommended Sweden should switch to an auction system for offshore wind farms, widely used in other countries, but the head of …
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By Ramadan Abed and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Dozens of relatives wept and recited verses from the Koran, Islam’s holy book, at a Gaza Strip hospital on Friday before burying some of the 33 Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on a post office where they had been sheltering. Medics said families displaced by the …
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By Olga Popova, Gleb Stolyarov and Jonathan Saul MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) – Russian wheat supplies to Syria have been suspended because of uncertainty about the new government and payment delays, Russian and Syrian sources said on Friday, while two vessels carrying Russian wheat for Syria did not reach their destinations. Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, …
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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine, a global producer and exporter of grain and oilseeds, is ready to supply food to Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Vitaliy Koval told Reuters on Friday. Russian and Syrian sources said earlier that Russian wheat supplies to Syria had been suspended over uncertainty …
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By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – A section of Ancient Roman Emperor Nero’s vast underground Domus Aurea (Golden House) was reopened to the public on Friday after extensive restoration and repair work to protect the nearly 2,000-year-old site from water damage. The inauguration came as Rome is preparing for an influx of tourists during the …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s conservative-led government said on Friday it is offering Syrian refugees a “return bonus” of 1,000 euros ($1,050) to move back to their home country after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer reacted quickly to Assad’s overthrow on Sunday, saying the same day that the security …
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