Section: Africa&ME
EU, Ukraine sign $2 billion loan deal at Eastern summit
The European Union offered more money and the promise of visa-free travel to some post-communist nations in an East-West partnership that has tempered its ambitions after Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine wants roadmap to EU accession at Riga summit: minister
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Amnesty says torture of Ukraine war prisoners is rife
Amnesty International says both warring sides in eastern Ukraine are almost daily perpetrating war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners …read more Source: The Daily...
News24.com | Merkel sets tough line at EU summit with eastern partners
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told the EU’s eastern partners not to expect too much of the block and warned Russia to mend its ways over Ukraine if it wants to rejoin the G7 club of top nations. …read more Source:...
Lavrov, Kerry discuss world ‘hotspots’ in phone call: Moscow
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the conflicts in Ukraine, Yemen and Syria in a telephone conversation initiated by Washington, the Russian Foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday, RT reported. “The situation in Syria and Yemen, including efforts by the international community...
‘No promises’ on EU membership for Eastern states at Riga summit
The EU is not ready to welcome its eastern non-member partners, including Ukraine, according to a leaked draft resolution ahead of the Eastern Partnership Summit. German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned EU leaders not to make false promises. “We must not create false expectations,” Merkel said when speaking in front of the Berlin parliament before...
Britain resigns as a world power
LONDON On Monday, the Right Honorable David Cameron, prime minister of Great Britain, gave his first major speech after being reelected to his high office — once held by Pitt, Gladstone, Disraeli, Lloyd George, Churchill and Thatcher. Confronting a world of challenges — including Greece’s possible exit from the euro, a massive migration...
Russia threatens to sue Ukraine over $3bln debt
Russia has threatened to sue Ukraine over unpaid money related to a long-standing gas row between the two countries. …read more Source:...
Kiev rips up key deals with Moscow
KIEV: Kiev lawmakers on Thursday annulled five crucial security agreements with Moscow that allowed Russia to transport troops to a separatist region of Moldova and purchase weapons only produced in Ukraine. The five co-operation agreements scrapped by the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament, include one giving the Russian military transit rights to...
On Ukraine’s external debt, EU suggests dialog
Ukrainian parliament passed moratorium bill allowing government to cease foreign debt payments. …read more Source: Anadolu...
