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World powers jockey for influence in Eastern Europe

Andrew Hammond

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Tuesday separately met with the poster boys of Eastern European populism, Polish President Andrzej Duda and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, respectively. The Washington and Moscow meetings underlined the growing international interest in the region, as Brussels and Beijing also jockey for economic and political influence. Trump and Duda discussed stepping up cooperation inRead more

Calls for action over dirty money flowing

Edinburgh - Arab Today

Dirty money from eastern Europe is flowing through companies registered to nondescript properties across Scotland in a practice that has alarmed global campaigners and policymakers, experts say. The first Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) were set up a century ago when they were widely used to register contracts for tenant farmers, but today organised crime gangs and corrupt politicians are exploitingRead more

Nato approves rapid force to deter Russia aggr

Kuwait City - Arab Today

Seeking to counter Russian aggression, Nato leaders approved plans on Friday to create a rapid response force with a headquarters in Eastern Europe that could quickly mobilise if an alliance country in the region were to come under attack. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said a command headquarters would be set up in Eastern Europe with supplies and equipment stockpiledRead more

February shatters global temperature records

Kuwait City - Arab Today

October was a record-breaker, as was December, and so was January. It is easy to become accustomed to regular reports that the month just past was the warmest ever recorded. Despite all that, February was a shocker. It was the warmest month ever recorded, but it was also the warmest by an extremely large margin. February was 1.35 degrees CelsiusRead more

Zara owner Inditex profits up on strong sales

Madrid - Arab Today

Spain's fashion retail giant Inditex said Wednesday its net profit rose 6.0 percent in the first nine months of its fiscal year on the back of stronger sales and its international expansion. The company, the owner of the popular brand Zara and one of the world's largest fashion retailers, posted net profit of 2.34 billion euros ($2.7 billion) in theRead more

Pence slams Russian 'occupation' on Georgia visit

Moscow - Arab Today

US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday blasted Russia's "occupation" of Georgian territory, as he pledged Donald Trump will sign off on new sanctions against Moscow "soon". Pence is currently on a tour of Eastern Europe aimed at reassuring US allies rattled over Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and backing for a bloody separatist rebellion in Ukraine. Standing alongside GeorgianRead more

Blizzards, icy weather grip parts of Europe

Bucharest/Sofia - Arab Today

Blizzards swept parts of eastern Europe on Friday, closing roads and causing traffic accidents, travel delays and leading to medical evacuations. In Romania, one of the worst affected areas, authorities said main highways in the south and east were made impassable due to the heavy snow. More than 40 trains were not running due to snow on the track. SeniorRead more

Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport grows 9.4%

Dubai - Arab Today

Dubai International witnessed a 9.4 per cent increase in passenger traffic throughout November 2016, according to the monthly report issued on Wednesday by operator Dubai Airports. The airport registered a total of 6,581,805 passengers in November, compared to 6,013,911 passengers during the same month in 2015. Up until that point in the year, traffic at Dubai international totalled 75,947,899 passengers,Read more

UN Warns HIV Infections on Rise in Eastern Europe, Central Asia

Geneva - QNA

Global efforts to fight HIV are stalling as Eastern Europe and other regions have seen increasing numbers of infections since 2010, the United Nations reported Tuesday. While annual infections among children have fallen sharply, there was no decrease among adults over the past five years, according to the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in Geneva. In Eastern Europe andRead more

Zambia, Tanzania to hold meeting on curbing border revenue loss

Lusaka - Arab Today

Officials from Zambia and Tanzania will hold a high-level meeting aimed at finding solutions to reduce revenue losses at a border entry between the two nations, Zambian authorities said on Tuesday. About 100 officials from the two governments will meet in the northern Zambian town of Nakonde on Wednesday to work out mechanisms to curb revenue collection leakages at theRead more