Section: Africa&ME
Austrian president voices doubts over Russia sanctions
Austria’s president says he believes the sanctions imposed on Russia after its annexation of Crimea could be relaxed next year if there is progress in peace talks between Moscow and Kiev …read more Source: The Daily...
EU proposes visa-free travel for Ukrainians
EU migration commissioner says the proposal ‘is the result of the success of the Ukrainian government in achieving far-reaching and difficult reforms’ …read more Source: World...
News24.com | NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation
NATO and Russia begin their highest level talks for nearly two years, in a bid to ease military tensions over the Baltic Sea and the simmering violence still gripping eastern Ukraine. …read more Source:...
NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation
NATO and Russia begin their highest level talks for nearly two years on April 20, in a bid to ease military tensions over the Baltic Sea and the simmering violence still gripping eastern Ukraine …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
NATO, Russia to hold high-level talks since Crimea annexation
Ambassadors from the 28 countries that make up NATO will meet Russian officials in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, improving military cooperation and the war in Afghanistan …read more Source: World...
Dutch government wins time to renegotiate EU-Ukraine agreement
Dutch lawmakers have narrowly rejected a motion calling on the government to immediately withdraw a law ratifying an association agreement between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine. …read more Source: Iran...
NATO, Russia to hold highest-level talks since Crimea annexation
NATO and Russia begin their highest level talks for nearly two years Wednesday, in a bid to ease military tensions over the Baltic Sea and the simmering violence still gripping eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine proposes pilot, Russian soldiers swap
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had agreed a framework for a deal to secure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko from a 22-year jail sentence in Russia. The sentencing of two captured Russian servicemen in Ukraine on Monday fuelled speculation that they might be...
Dutch govt narrowly beats call to scrap EU-Kiev deal
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s ruling coalition Tuesday narrowly defeated a motion calling for the country to immediately pull out of an EU-Ukraine deal rejected by voters in a referendum this month …read more Source: The Daily...
Serbia determined to join EU despite bloc’s ‘problems’
By Aleksandar Vasovic Serbia is determined to join European Union despite the bloc’s “problems” but will do nothing to jeopardise its good relations with Russia, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said. Dacic is also deputy prime minister in Serbia’s ruling coalition that is expected to win four more years in power in Sunday’s general...
