Section: Lebanon
Without peace in Ukraine, NATO’s chief says Russia sanctions must remain
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday urged the United States and the European Union to maintain their economic sanctions on Russia until Moscow does its part in bringing an end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin visits Crimea to mark 2 years since annexation
President Vladimir Putin heads to Crimea Friday as Russia marks two years since annexing the peninsula from Ukraine in a move that dramatically impacted its ties with the West …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine topples its biggest remaining Lenin statue
It took two days and a giant crane, but Ukraine on Thursday finally managed to lift its biggest remaining statue of Soviet founder Lenin off its pedestal and consign it to the dustbins of history …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine vows swift end to political crisis, wins EU offer of visa-free travel
Ukraine’s president tried to reassure the European Union Thursday that his country would soon overcome a political crisis that has rattled Western lenders and he won support for Kiev’s cherished goal of visa-free travel in Europe for its citizens …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels issue their own passports
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk province on Wednesday began issuing their own passports in a bid to reassert their independence from the Western-backed leaders in Kiev. …read more Source: The Daily...
Judges excuse Serb from war crimes verdict, averting EU sanctions threat
Serbian war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj will not need to attend his sentencing hearing in The Hague later this month, the court trying him said, removing the threat of Serbia being sanctioned for failing to carry out his court summons …read more Source: The Daily...
Proximity along contact line in east Ukraine raises violence risks: OSCE
International monitors want Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists to pull further apart along the line of contact in east Ukraine, a senior official with Europe’s main security and rights watchdog said Monday …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia’s Lavrov says hopes US willing to compromise over Minsk agreements on Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he hoped the United States was willing to compromise so that the Minsk agreements on the Ukraine crisis could be fulfilled, Russian news agencies reported …read more Source: The Daily...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in separatist east: Kiev
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in clashes between government forces and pro-Russian rebels over the past 24 hours, a military spokesman in Kiev said Saturday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine Foreign Ministry Condemns Attacks on Russian Diplomatic Missions
Ukraine’s foreign ministry condemned attacks on Russian diplomatic and consular missions. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
