Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine hopes to apply for EU membership by 2020
Ukrainian President Poroshenko rules out secession of eastern Ukraine after the grant of special status …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine prepares to close Russia border
President Petro Poroshenko has instructed his government to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s porous border with Russia to help halt its “intervention” in the Westward-leaning former Soviet state’s affairs. …read more Source:...
Ukraine to shut Russia border, seek EU membership
Kiev’s steps deal a further blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s dream of folding Ukraine into a Kremlin-led alliance …read more Source: Gulf...
EU aims for Ukraine-Russia gas deal
European Energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger says he aims to propose an interim solution to the gas price row between Russia and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s president sees country applying for EU membership in 2020
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said he would present a broad plan of social and economic reforms which would allow the country to apply for membership of the EU in six years …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
Ukraine prepares to close Russia border to halt ‘intervention’
President Petro Poroshenko instructed his government on Thursday to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s porous border with Russia … …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine’s uphill battle against graft as election looms
New leaders have done little to tackle rampant corruption …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine to UN: We know what terrorism means
Ukraine’s prime minister is urging countries not to lift sanctions against Russia until his country regains control over its entire territory, including Crimea. …read more Source:...
Obama may lift sanctions if Russia agrees to peace
US President Barack Obama slammed Russia’s ‘aggression’ in Ukraine but has offered to lift sanctions against Moscow if it threw its weight behind a peace deal with Kiev. …read more Source:...
EU plans for gas imports from Iran if sanctions go
EU-Russian gas relations hurt by Ukraine crisis; Iran has world’s second biggest gas reserves; sanctions need to be eased before Iran exports can start …read more Source: Gulf...
