Section: Global Times (China)
Coal mine explosion kills 10 in eastern Ukraine
Ten people were killed and 23 others missing after an explosion happening at a coal mine in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region early Wednesday, authorities confirmed. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine fulfills IMF conditions for new loan: PM
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Wednesday that his country has fulfilled all the conditions needed to secure a new loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and awaiting an approval of the financial aid next week. …read more Source: Global...
Over 30 miners killed in east Ukraine mine blast
At least 32 miners were killed Wednesday in a blast at a coal mine in a rebel-held area of eastern Ukraine, a senior politician and a mining union spokesman said. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine warns against ‘premature optimism’ over conflict resolution
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday has warned the European Union (EU) against “premature optimism” concerning the speedy resolution to conflict in eastern Ukraine, the presidential press service said. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine sets up commission to push forward decentralization
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday signed a decree setting up a commission to push forward a constitutional reform on government decentralization. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine FM casts doubt on cease-fire with Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on Tuesday cast doubt on hopes that a UN-backed truce with pro-Russian rebels will stick, as he called for an expansion of international monitoring. …read more Source: Global...
Russia, Ukraine agree on gas delivery: EU
Moscow and Kiev have agreed on a gas delivery deal to ensure Ukrainian gas consumption until the end of March, with Ukraine guaranteeing an undisputed transit of gas to the EU, after an EU-brokered trilateral gas talks in Brussels. …read more Source: Global...
Kerry, Lavrov in ‘hopeful’ talks as Ukraine toll tops 6,000
The US and Russian foreign ministers held “hopeful” talks in Geneva Monday to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says more than 6,000 people have died in less than a year. …read more Source: Global...
President allows deployment of peacekeepers in eastern Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday approved a decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to call for international peacekeepers to monitor ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the presidential press service said. …read more Source: Global...
Obama to host European Council president on March 9
US President Barack Obama will meet with European Council President Donald Tusk next month at the White House over issues like Ukraine, trade negotiations and combating violent extremism, the White House said on Friday. …read more Source: Global...
