Section: Africa&ME
‘Shaky’ Ukraine accord gets mixed reaction
Stocks rise, but analysts express concern over whether agreement will work. …read more Source: Anadolu...
News24.com | Marathon talks produce Ukraine peace deal
Guns would fall silent, heavy weapons would pull back and Ukraine would trade a broad autonomy for the east to get back control of its Russian border, under a new peace deal hammered out between Russia and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine deal: West cautious, rebels victorious, civilians sceptical
Western European leaders cautiously optimistic after hammering out Ukraine peace plan, hailed as great victory by pro-Russian rebels but met with scepticism by war-weary civilians …read more Source: Business...
Europe shares lifted by Ukraine peace deal
European stocks hit multi-year highs, boosted by a Ukraine peace agreement and Swedish economic stimulus measures. ||| London/Paris – European stocks hit multi-year highs on Thursday, boosted by a Ukraine peace agreement, Swedish economic stimulus measures and hopes for a Greek debt deal. The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine...
Civilians sceptical on Ukraine deal
There was cautious optimism after a Ukraine peace deal was hammered out, but war-weary civilians were sceptical. …read more Source:...
Ceasefire agreed for eastern Ukraine
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine have agreed a deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine, participants at the summit talks said today. The deal reached after all-night negotiations in the Belarussian capital Minsk included a ceasefire that would come into effect on February 15, followed by the withdrawal of heavy weapons. The news...
Greek PM Tsipras in Brussels as clock ticks on EU bailout (Updated)
By Alastair Macdonald and Foo Yun Chee Greece’s radical new prime minister Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels on Thursday to lay out his case for more financial help to fellow EU leaders following finance ministers’ failure to narrow differences overnight. The summit chairman, conservative former Polish premier Donald Tusk, confessed to...
IMF Agrees to $17.5 Billion Bailout for Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund has agreed on …read more Source:...
Eastern Ukraine Cease-fire Deal Reached
French President Francois Hollande, right, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel hug each other after their marathon talks in Minsk, Belarus, Feb. 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, right, speaks with...
IMF to provide $17.5bn for Ukraine over four years
Total of $40 billion for country which is on brink of bankruptcy …read more Source: Anadolu...
