Section: The New Age (South Africa)
Russia’s Lavrov says EU’s Tusk upping tension over Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused European Council President Donald Tusk and Brussels bureaucrats on Tuesday of stirring up tensions betw …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine’s military says eastern rebels using truce to amass arms
Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday pro-Russian rebels were amassing heavy weapons in depots around separatist-held Donetsk city despite a ceasefire …read more Source: The New...
Putin reveals details of Crimea annexation for the first time
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in comments released Monday that he took the decision to annex Crimea at a nightlong Kremlin meeting after forme …read more Source: The New...
German foreign minister sees reduction of violence in east Ukraine
Violence in eastern Ukraine has reduced significantly since a ceasefire deal was agreed in Minsk, Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeie …read more Source: The New...
Italian PM in Moscow to discuss Russia-EU ties
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi visited Moscow Thursday for talks focusing on Russia-EU ties, which have been badly strained by the Ukrainian cris …read more Source: The New...
Polish PM chastises deputy for warnings over Ukraine
Poland’s prime minister has chastised her coalition partner for describing Ukraine’s economy as on the brink of disintegration and suggesting Po …read more Source: The New...
EU ready with sanctions if Ukraine ceasefire violated, Merkel says
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Russia on Wednesday that any serious violation of the current ceasefire in east Ukraine – which she described a …read more Source: The New...
EU hopes for ‘positive outcome’ in Russia-Ukraine gas talks
The EU said it hoped for a “positive outcome” in talks in Brussels on Monday between the Russian and Ukrainian energy ministers aimed at resolving a g …read more Source: The New...
Kerry, Lavrov meet as Ukraine death toll surpasses 6000
The chief diplomats from the United States and Russia, John Kerry and Sergei Lavrov, met Monday in Geneva to discuss the Ukraine crisis as the UN said …read more Source: The New...
Estonia votes amid jitters over Ukraine crisis
Polls opened on Sunday in Estonia, as the small Baltic country elects a new parliament. …read more Source: The New...
