Section: Africa&ME
New clashes kill army soldier in east Ukraine: Military
The Ukrainian military has announced the death of one of its soldiers in new clashes with pro-Russia forces operating in the country’s troubled east. …read more Source: Iran...
New clashes kill army soldier in east Ukraine: Military
The Ukrainian military says a soldier has been killed in clashes between government troops and pro-Russia forces in east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Iran hopes for better Ukraine economic ties
Iran hopes for the enhancement of its economic relations with Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, rebels swap nine prisoners
KIEV: Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels on Saturday exchanged nine prisoners captured in the country’s war-torn east in the first such swap this year, an AFP journalist witnessed. The swap between the Kiev army and the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) took place at mid-day on a road through fields close to the town of...
Ukrainians mark two years since Maidan protests
Two years after the protests which toppled a Russia-backed president, Ukrainians have come to Kiev to remember the victims. There was also discontent expressed on the current situation. …read more Source:...
Kyiv’s crisis continues its spiral
Two years after Kyiv’s transition of power, signs are pointing again to change. Reforms are barely moving forward; accusations of corruption grow louder. Now even the government coalition has collapsed. …read more Source:...
European Union: Hungary says Italian threat to cut funds to east is blackmai
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi warned Eastern European leaders on Thursday that they may get less European Union development money if they do not help with the refugee crisis, participants at an EU summit in Brussels said. A threat from Italy to cut European Union funding to eastern European members is “political blackmail,”...
Ukraine conflict affects over half a million children, says UNICEF
At least 215,000 children have been internally displaced and many more psychologically affected by fighting in Ukraine. UNICEF has called for “unhindered access” to help those affected. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s pro-west coalition quits raising risks of early elections
Ukraine is in a political crisis. Two parties from the ruling pro-West coalition have decided their decision to quit the alliance. …read more Source:...
Radical Party rejoins Ukraine coalition
KIEV: Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk moved to shore up the ruling coalition and ease the threat of early elections after this week’s failed bid to oust him. Efforts to attract new members to the alliance appeared to pay off on Thursday as the Radical Party said it’s ready to rejoin, having left last year. Yatsenyuk courted...
