Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Germany eyes truce extension in Ukraine talks
Germany’s foreign minister said he hoped the warring sides in Ukraine’s conflict could agree to extend a shaky truce, ahead of peace talks in Berlin later Wednesday …read more Source: The Daily...
IMF team arrives in Ukraine to check on new government
An International Monetary Fund team arrived in Kiev Tuesday after the formation of a new Ukrainian government resolved a prolonged political crisis that had stalled the release of vital aid …read more Source: The Daily...
OSCE says open to sending armed monitors to Ukraine conflict zone
By Matthias Williams The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, which is monitoring a fragile cease-fire in rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine, is open to sending armed personnel there, but only if that is agreed by all sides, its chief said Monday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine rebels parade banned weapons on Victory Day
Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels Monday commemorated the former Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany by parading tanks and other heavy weapons banned under a fragile truce …read more Source: The Daily...
Early signs from new Ukraine government encouraging says IMF
By Marc Jones The early signs coming from Ukraine’s new government are “very encouraging” one of the International Monetary Fund’s top officials said Friday …read more Source: The Daily...
1 dead, 9 missing after Ukraine coal mine blast
One Ukrainian coal miner was killed and nine others were reported missing, feared dead, Wednesday after a methane gas explosion in a mine shaft in the war-scarred pro-Russian separatist east …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s tense Odessa marks two years since clashes killed 48
Ukrainian police in the tense southern city of Odessa Monday discovered three grenades near the site of commemorations to mark two years since clashes between Moscow and Kiev supporters killed 48 …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine accuses separatists of violating Easter armistice
The Ukrainian government says one soldier has been killed and several troops wounded in the country’s east in what seems to be a violation of a recently brokered armistice …read more Source: The Daily...
Two Ukrainian soldiers killed in rebel east despite truce
Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fresh fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east even as a new truce took effect, Kiev said Saturday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine, pro-Russian rebels agree Orthodox Easter truce
Ukraine’s government on Friday agreed a new truce with pro-Russian insurgents to take effect on Orthodox Easter this weekend, reinforcing a deal signed more than a year ago. …read more Source: The Daily...
