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Sweden steps up hunt for “foreign underwater activity”
By Niklas Pollard Sweden beefed up its military presence in the Stockholm archipelago on Saturday to scour its waters for “foreign underwater activity”, a mobilisation of Swedish ships, troops and helicopters unseen since the Cold War. The search in the Baltic Sea less than 30 miles (50 km) from Stockholm began on Friday and reawakened memories...
Ukraine and Russia make breakthrough on gas
“Ukraine will have the gas, will have heating,” president tells state television after meeting Vladimir Putin in Milan. …read more Source: AL...
Donetsk, Luhansk reject Poroshenko’s law
Pro-Russian separatists of self-proclaimed republics refuse to recognize Ukrainian President Poroshenko’s law granting special status to local authorities …read more Source: Anadolu...
MH17 discussion with Putin ‘constructive’: Australian FM
The Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight was blown out of the air on July 17 as it flew over rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Gulf...
Peace hopes for Ukraine after Milan meeting
Putin and Poroshenko meet for the first time since Crimea’s ceasefire was agreed last September to discuss gas deal. …read more Source: AL...
Australia official: Putin to ask Ukraine rebels to aid Malaysia Airlines crash probe
Experts say flight MH17 was brought down by explosion consistent with surface-to-air missile. …read more Source:...
The importance of implementing the Minsk protocol
By Borys Humeniuk ON SEPTEMBER 5, the Trilateral Contact Group of official delegates of Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE met representatives of Russia-backed militants from Donetsk and Luhansk in Minsk and signed a protocol on joint steps aimed at implementation of the Peace Plan of President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. In a follow-up meeting on...
One dies of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, six people infected, says Oman’s health ministry
MUSCAT, 17th October 2014 (WAM) — Oman’s Ministry of Health has reported six cases of the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever, CCHF, in a number of Omani governorates, and said one person died of the disease. …read more Source:...
Russia and Ukraine gas agreement "close at hand"
Putin and Ukrainian President Poroshenko are close to an agreement on payments for gas supply …read more Source: Anadolu...
Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talks
By Andreas Rinke and Alexei Anishchuk RUSSIA and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a row over gas supplies, but European leaders said Moscow had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine. The mooted deal aimed at re-opening Russian gas supplies to Ukraine ahead of the cold winter months...
