Section: South Africa
EU not ready to ease Russia sanctions
European Union foreign ministers said there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals. ||| Brussels – European Union foreign ministers said on Monday there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals from the EU’s foreign policy chief, as...
News24.com | Renewed fighting rages at Donetsk airport
Pro-Russian separatists have renewed attacks on Ukrainian forces at an airport complex in the east after Kiev launched a mass operation to reclaim lost ground there. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian troops recapture airport from rebels
Military spokesman says troops have retaken almost all territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks …read more Source: Business...
News24.com | Ukraine offers ceasefire to Russia
Ukraine has offered an immediate ceasefire to Russia, after Moscow claimed that Kiev rejected a fresh peace initiative by Russian President Vladimir Putin. …read more Source:...
Ukraine offers ceasefire
Ukraine offered an immediate ceasefire to Russia, after Moscow claimed that Kiev rejected a fresh peace initiative by Vladimir Putin. ||| Moscow/ Berlin – Ukraine on Monday offered an immediate ceasefire to Russia, after Moscow claimed that Kiev rejected a fresh peace initiative by Russian President Vladimir Putin.“We are ready to work with...
Davos forecast: win some, lose some
History suggests the Davos pundits are likely to get plenty of things wrong. ||| Davos, Switzerland – As the world’s business and political elite ascends the Swiss Alps for an annual bout of crystal-ball gazing this week, history suggests the Davos pundits are likely to get plenty of things wrong. More than 1500 business leaders and...
News24.com | UN chief alarmed by flare-up in Ukraine fighting
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced alarm over fierce fighting around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine and called for an immediate end to the violence. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian troops retake most of Donetsk airport from rebels
Ukrainian troops have recaptured almost all the territory of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine they had lost to separatists in recent weeks and thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Terrorism threat to dominate Davos talks
The deadly Islamist attacks in France and conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine are set to dominate discussions at the WEF’s annual meeting. ||| Europe – The deadly Islamist attacks in France and conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine are set to dominate discussions at this week’s gathering of the world’s political and economic elite in...
News24.com | Russia: Poroshenko rejected peace proposal
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has rejected a peace plan proposed to him last week by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Putin’s spokesperson says. …read more Source:...
