Section: World Bulletin (Turkey)
Tillerson blasts Russian aggression over Ukraine
Moscow denounces NATO ‘slander’ over ‘Russian aggression’ …read more Source: World...
Five killed in east Ukraine as tensions simmer
The latest deaths were announced as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he would be holding talks with NATO allies in Brussels about Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
EU’s top court says Russia sanctions are valid
Court backs ‘restrictive measures’ taken by EU states over Moscow’s role in Ukraine crisis …read more Source: World...
Woman found dead after ammunition blast in Ukraine
Eastern Kharkiv region, scene of blast, borders areas of conflict between government and Russian-backed separatists …read more Source: World...
Arms depot explodes in Ukraine, Kiev blames ‘sabotage’
Ukraine’s security services said they had opened an investigation into a suspected act of “diversion”. …read more Source: World...
Ukraine central bank warns of steep hit from trade blockade
The bank warned that it now expects GDP to grow 1.9 percent this year, down from its previous forecast of 2.8 percent, after an estimated 1.8 percent growth in 2016. …read more Source: World...
Three years of illegal Crimea occupation by Russia
It’s now been three years since Russia’s illegal occupation of Crimea …read more Source: World...
Trade war drives fresh wedge between Ukraine and rebels
The sudden collapse in trade ties between the two sides has sparked fears among Kiev’s Western allies that it will now be even harder to make peace in Ukraine, with a European-brokered plan to end the conflict long stalled. …read more Source: World...
Putin says Merkel to visit Russia on May 2
Merkel has been the main mediator with Putin over the crisis in Ukraine that has seen Moscow seize the Crimea peninsula and back a separatist insurgency in the east of the country. …read more Source: World...
EU extends sanctions over Ukraine crisis for six months
The asset freezes and travel bans were first introduced in early 2014 as the crisis deepened into outright war between pro-Russian rebels and government forces in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: World...
