Section: Africa&ME
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...
Ukraine President says edging closer to prisoner swap deal with Putin
NNA – Ukraine39;s President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday said he had made progress towards agreeing a deal with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to swap jailed pilot Nadiya Savchenko for two a …read more Source: National News...
News24.com | Ukraine, Russia reach deal to release pilot
Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to free a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko says, suggesting that she will be swapped for two Russian servicemen jailed in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Russia opens ‘extremism’ probe into US-funded Crimea news site
Russian security forces in annexed Crimea on Tuesday opened a criminal probe into a US-funded news site for allegedly condoning extremism, searching three journalists’ homes and hauling them in for questioning …read more Source: The Daily...
Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader lashes out at Russian ban
‘On behalf of Ukrainian parliament, I urge intl organizations to react against this move’, says Tatar Mejlis chairman …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko hints at deal with Russia to swap pilot Savchenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin a framework for a deal to secure the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, serving a 22-year jail sentence in Russia. The sentencing of two captured Russian servicemen in Ukraine on Monday fuelled speculation that they might be...
Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader lashes out at Russian ban
‘On behalf of Ukrainian parliament, I urge intl organizations to react against this move’, says Tatar Mejlis chairman …read more Source: World...
Ukraine, Russia reach deal to release pilot, Poroshenko says
Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to release a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, without elaborating if it would entail a swap for two Russian servicemen convicted by Kiev …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine claims deal with Russia to release pilot Savchenko
Ukraine’s president says he has reached a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to release a jailed Ukrainian pilot …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia, Ukraine presidents hold phone talks
Putin and Poroshenko discuss jailed Ukrainian pilot Savchenko as well as the Russians held in Ukraine …read more Source: World...
