Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
Syria will be topic at Saturday meeting of ministers in Berlin
Foreign ministers meeting in Berlin on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis are also likely to touch on the situation in Syria, a spokesman for the German foreign ministry said on Friday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Two soldiers killed in east Ukraine blast
Ukraine on Thursday reported the death of two soldiers in a mine blast but no heavy fighting as a new truce with pro-Russian insurgents appeared to be holding for the 10th day. …read more Source: The Daily...
Juncker: EU borders are untouchable
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker warned Moscow Wednesday that the security of EU member nations was sacrosanct, amid growing alarm in eastern states over the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Poroshenko may renege on self-rule promise if Russia violates truce
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned Wednesday he may renege on his promise to give pro-Russian separatists more power should Moscow fail to abide by the terms of a shacky truce. …read more Source: The Daily...
Juncker warns Moscow that EU borders are ‘untouchable’
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker warns Moscow the security of EU member nations was sacrosanct, amid growing alarm in eastern states over the crisis in Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Nearly 8,000 killed since start of Ukraine conflict: U.N.
Nearly 8,000 people – including civilians, soldiers and militia members – have been killed since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) said Tuesday. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine accepts ICC jurisdiction dating back to early 2014
In a move that could clear the way to investigations of possible war crimes in Ukraine’s bitter conflict with Russian-backed rebels, Kiev has accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, backdated to early 2014 …read more Source: The Daily...
Nearly 8,000 killed since start of Ukraine conflict: UN
Nearly 8,000 people – including civilians, soldiers and militia members – have been killed since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) says …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine says NATO head to make first visit
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg will make his first visit to Ukraine later this month, Kiev’s foreign minister says, as efforts to solve the conflict between pro-Russian rebels and government forces pick up pace …read more Source: The Daily...
France proposes talks with Ukraine, Russia and Germany in September
French President Francois Hollande Monday offered to host talks on the situation in Ukraine with his German, Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, as a February truce finally appeared to be holding. …read more Source: The Daily...
