Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Merkel ready to lift Russia sanctions if conditions met: party officials
German Chancellor Angela Merkel would like to lift European sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine conflict sooner rather than later but does not yet see the basis to do so, deputies from her party said Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko asks PM Yatsenyuk to resign
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Tuesday asked Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the country’s controversial prosecutor general to resign because both had lost the public’s trust …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine president’s party to condemn government’s performance: leader
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s party will vote to criticize the performance of Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk’s government as “unsatisfactory” in a parliament vote, its leader Yuriy Lutsenko told parliament Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine bans Russian cargo trucks in tit-for-tat move: PM
Ukraine has temporarily banned Russian cargo trucks from crossing Ukrainian territory in response to a similar move from Russia, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said Monday …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukrainian Greek Catholics ‘betrayed’ by pope-patriarch meeting
Pope Francis is under fire in Ukraine after his historic meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, with the head of the country’s Greek Catholic Church saying believers felt “betrayed” …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia sanctions to remain until Ukraine deal implemented: Kerry
Sanctions against Russia will continue until it implements all aspects of the Ukraine peace agreement reached in Minsk last year, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday …read more Source: The Daily...
Russian, Ukrainian, German, French officials meet on Ukraine
Senior officials from Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have met on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich to discuss the situation in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
IMF threatens to cut Ukraine aid over corruption
The International Monetary Fund pounded the table in Ukraine on Wednesday, threatening to cut crucial financial aid because of the country’s “slow progress” in fighting corruption …read more Source: The Daily...
Landmine kills four civilians in east Ukraine
Four Ukrainian civilians were killed when a minivan carrying them drove over a landmine as they waited to cross out of separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, authorities said. …read more Source: The Daily...
Suspension of Turkey flights costs Russian airports heavily
A top official at Russia’s busiest airport says the halt or reduction of flights to Turkey, Ukraine and Egypt over the past three months has cost the country’s airports six billion rubles ($77 million) …read more Source: The Daily...
