Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Ukraine buries unidentified soldiers months after eastern battle
Ukraine buried Friday 57 soldiers still unidentified up to a year after being killed in the eastern separatist conflict, highlighting the difficulties the country faces moving on from one of its deadliest military defeats. …read more Source: The Daily...
EU offers more help for farmers hurt by Russia sanctions
The EU Friday formally extended until next year a multi-million-euro aid package to help European fruit and vegetable growers hit by Russian sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s debt offer not acceptable to creditors: source
Ukraine’s latest debt restructuring proposal is not acceptable to bondholders, who will not be able to attend a high-level meeting scheduled by Kiev to discuss the offer Thursday, a source close to the negotiations said Wednesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
President-elect says Poland should be part of Ukraine peace talks:PAP
Poland together with Ukraine’s other neighbors should be involved in resolving the crisis in eastern Ukraine, Poland’s president-elect Andrzej Duda said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine leader calls in generals after failed peace talks
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko convenes his top generals to discuss the latest failed peace talks with pro-Russian militias, aimed at stemming clashes that saw seven troops killed …read more Source: The Daily...
Four killed ahead of new Ukraine peace talks
Ukraine reports the death of four soldiers in widespread clashes with pro-Russian rebels that came only hours ahead of fresh talks on ending the 15-month separatist revolt …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine president accuses Putin of wanting ‘whole of Europe’
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Monday accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of wanting to take over the “whole of Europe” and potentially aiming his sights next at Finland and the Baltics. …read more Source: The Daily...
Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal control
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has placed a major archaeological site in Crimea under federal control following turmoil over the appointment of its director. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine court permits self-rule for pro-Russia rebels
Ukraine’s highest court Friday allowed parliament to vote on Western-backed constitutional amendments aimed at stemming daily bloodshed by giving pro-Russian insurgents partial autonomy in the separatist east. …read more Source: The Daily...
Finland demands explanation over US sanctions on Finns over Ukraine crisis
Finland has asked the United States to explain why two Finnish citizens and four enterprises have been slapped with sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine, the Finnish Foreign Ministry said Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
