Section: Global Times (China)
Donetsk rebel leader inks deal on weapon withdrawal
Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of independence-seeking insurgents in Donetsk region, on Wednesday has signed a deal on the withdrawal of small weapons from the frontline in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine gets half-billion-dollar loan for Russian gas purchases
Ukraine’s state-run energy firm Naftogaz said Monday it has received a loan worth 500 million US dollars from international financial institutions to cover its purchases of natural gas from Russia. …read more Source: Global...
Kiev bans Russia’s flagship airline from flying to Ukraine
Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot has received a notification from Kiev banning it from flying to Ukraine, local media reported Monday. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine prepares pilot project on selling farmland by auction
The Ukrainian government is preparing a pilot project to partially open the country’s farmland market by selling state-owned agricultural land by auction, Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine rebels mull local vote delay
Ukraine rebels on Tuesday proposed postponing the date of local elections in separatist parts of east Ukraine to February 2016 in an effort to lift peacemaking out of a “stalemate,” according to a statement posted on separatist website LITs. …read more Source: Global...
EU extends Ukraine sanctions
EU member states on Monday formally approved a six-month extension of sanctions against Ukrainian and Russian figures accused of backing pro-Moscow separatists fighting to break away from Kiev. …read more Source: Global...
NATO not considering sending troops to Ukraine: official
NATO is not considering the issue of sending its troops to the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine, a senior alliance’ s official said Friday. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine reports first shooting-free day since start of conflict
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said here Friday that a truce between his government’ s troops and independence-seeking insurgents has resulted in the first day free of shooting since the conflict in eastern regions erupted in April 2014. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine, Slovakia PMs blast Nord Stream capacity expansion
Visiting Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico on Thursday blasted the announced expanding of transport capacity of the Nord Stream gas pipeline as an “anti-Ukrainian” and “anti-European” project. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine says nine-day truce holding despite soldiers’ death
Ukraine’s army said on Wednesday that a new nine-day truce with insurgents was holding despite small skirmishes that claimed the lives of two government soldiers this week. …read more Source: Global...
