Europe depends heavily on commerce with Russia, especially on energy.
The Ukrainian parliament ratified an agreement on Tuesday to receive £500 million in loans from the EU.
Crimea is best known in Britain for the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava in 1854.
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Over 150 care workers in Doncaster are taking on private firm Care UK after the firm announced pay cuts of up to 50 percent. Julie Sherry, Trev Jones and Jim Board report from the strike
Socialist Workers Party member and author Martin Empson was set to debate officials from fracking firm Cuadrilla on Monday of this week
A disabled man starved to death in David Cameron’s constituency last year, four months after his benefits were cut, a coroners court heard last week. Atos Healthcare declared Mark Wood “fit for work” despite the fact that he had serious health problems.
Solicitors and barristers were set to bring the court system to a halt on Friday of this week in a strike against attacks on legal aid.
Tory benefit cuts and low wages have driven up food poverty across Britain.
Tory plans to close ticket offices and cut nearly 1,000 Tube workers’ jobs on London Underground (LU) has suffered a blow.
Local government workers in Unison, GMB and Unite unions are furious at bosses’ failure to make a pay offer for this year.
Teachers in the NUT union are preparing to strike on Wednesday 26 March to defend their pay, pensions and conditions.
