Section: Africa&ME
EU-Ukraine Summit Set for Late April in Kyiv
A summit between European Union officials and Ukraine’s leaders is scheduled to be held in Kyiv at the end of April. A statement on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s official website said that during a Saturday phone conversation with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, “the parties have agreed … that...
Ukraine accuses rebels of firing Grad rockets
KIEV: Ukraine government forces on Saturday accused pro-Russian separatists of using Grad multiple rocket launchers overnight in the country’s war-torn east in violation of a truce deal signed last month. Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters that separatists fired the heavy weapons towards the village of Novotoshkivka from their...
EU-Ukraine summit to take place on April 27: Poroshenko
Ukraine, EU signed association deal shortly after pro-Western government came to power in Kiev in… …read more Source:...
Civilian Casualties Push Men to Join Rebels in Eastern Ukraine
DONETSK, UKRAINE—The continued fighting in eastern Ukraine and the shelling of civilian neighborhoods seem to be pushing more men to join the separatist fighters. Although the Kyiv government, the United States and the NATO alliance have shown the heavy presence of Russian fighters and weapons among the rebel forces, many of the new recruits are...
Ukraine clashes claim life of one civilian
KIEV: Fighting close to the strategic eastern Ukraine port of Mariupol, the last major city in the conflict zone controlled by Kiev, claimed one civilian life overnight, police loyal to the government said on Friday. “A male inhabitant of Shyrokyne village died after suffering injuries in shelling” by pro-Russian separatists, Viktoriya Guts, a...
Civilian Casualties Push Men to Join Rebels in Ukraine
Patrick Wells Published March 27, 2015 The continued fighting in eastern Ukraine and the shelling of …read more Source:...
Russia refuses to restructure Ukraine’s $3bn debt
Russian finance minister says deal with Kiev ‘not done on a commercial basis because of the risks it carries’. …read more Source: World...
Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who blessed Ukraine-bound fighters
The Russian Orthodox Church has suspended a priest who publicly blessed a group of fighters heading to eastern Ukraine, encouraging them to battle government troops he called “fascist scum”. Vladimir Zaytsev, from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg, was filmed on March 12 sending off some 50 camouflaged fighters, some wearing balaclavas and waving...
News24.com | West wants to weaken Russia, says Assad
Syrian President Bashar Assad has accused the West of trying to weaken Russia by turning Ukraine into a puppet state, a tactic he says has also been used against his own country. …read more Source:...
Turkey passes tough new security law, raising fears of election crackdowns
By Jonny Hogg and Gulsen Solaker Turkey’s parliament overwhelmingly passed a security law on Friday to broaden police powers and allow the use of firearms against demonstrators, deepening fears of crackdowns on dissent ahead of parliamentary elections. The legislation has sparked fierce criticism from opposition parties who say the ruling...
