Section: Global Times (China)
NATO head to make first visit to Ukraine
NATO head Jens Stoltenberg will make his first visit to Ukraine later this month, Kiev’s foreign minister said on Monday, as efforts to solve the conflict between rebels and government forces pick up pace. …read more Source: Global...
Truce upheld for first time in eastern Ukraine: president
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday that the Western-backed truce signed in Minsk in February had been respected this week for the first time, despite rebel claims that a civilian had been killed. …read more Source: Global...
Putin slams Kiev for stoking political confrontation
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday criticized the Ukrainian authorities for failing to observe the new Minsk agreement reached early this year, saying Kiev is introducing a “new edition of political confrontation” in the conflict-torn country. …read more Source: Global...
2 policeman dead as Ukraine reels from clashes
Ukraine was on Tuesday reeling after fierce clashes in Kiev killed two policemen and wounded 140 people outside parliament as tensions flared over controversial legislation giving more autonomy to the rebels. …read more Source: Global...
Death toll from clashes in Kiev rises to 3
The death toll from clashes that erupted near the Ukrainian parliament building in central Kiev rose to three on Tuesday after two officers died in hospitals of wounds sustained in the violence, the country’s authorities said. …read more Source: Global...
1 dead, over 100 injured in clashes in central Kiev
At least one person was killed and more than 100 were injured on Monday as clashes erupted near Ukrainian parliament building in central Kiev between police and protesters, who opposed constitutional amendments on decentralization. …read more Source: Global...
Guardsman killed in Kiev protests
A national guardsman was killed and nearly 90 others protecting Ukraine’s parliament were wounded by grenades hurled by protesters on Monday, the Interior Ministry said, as deputies backed reforms to give more autonomy to rebel-held areas. …read more Source: Global...
Tug of war
Activists from several radical Ukrainian parties clash with police officers in front of the parliament in Kiev on Monday. One police officer was killed and more than 100 people were injured after a grenade exploded outside parliament as lawmakers gave initial approval to constitutional changes granting more autonomy to rebels in eastern Ukraine....
Ukraine clinches debt-restructuring deal with int’l creditors: PM
Ukrainian government and its international private creditors have reached an agreement on restructuring its outstanding foreign debt after five months of negotiations, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Thursday. …read more Source: Global...
Tusk says EU, Ukraine want to see early free travel
European Council President Donald Tusk here on Thursday said that the European Union (EU) and Ukraine wanted to see free travel between Ukraine and Europe sooner rather than later. …read more Source: Global...
