Section: Global Times (China)
Ukraine to resume suspended LNG terminal project: PM
Ukraine will resume the project of building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Black Sea coast in southern Odessa region, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said here Friday. …read more Source: Global...
Putin against setting up of MH17 tribunal
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte that establishing an international tribunal to prosecute those behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine would be counterproductive. …read more Source: Global...
People in Ukraine continuing to flee homes, UN says
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the number of people fleeing their homes continue to rise, with close to 1.4 million people now internally displaced and some 922,000 people having fled to neighbouring countries, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters here Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
Kiev to launch probe into deadly shooting in west Ukraine town
The Ukrainian parliament will form a commission to probe into a fatal shooting incident on Saturday in Mukachevo town of the western Transcarpathia region, Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Groysman said here on Monday. …read more Source: Global...
Ukraine to hold multinational military exercises this month
Multinational military exercises Saber Guardian and Rapid Trident-2015 will be held in the western Ukrainian town of Yavoriv on July 20-31, the country’s Deputy Defense Minister Igor Dolgov announced here on Thursday. …read more Source: Global...
Russia halts Ukraine gas supply
Gas giant Gazprom said on Wednesday it was halting all natural gas supplies to Ukraine after pricing talks broke down in the latest row between Russia and its ex-Soviet neighbor. …read more Source: Global...
Keeping an eye out
A serviceman looks through a spyglass at a Ukrainian army position near the frontline with pro-Russian separatists in Krymske village, Luhansk province, on Thursday. NATO head Jens Stoltenberg warned Thursday there was still a risk of heavy fighting in Ukraine and urged Russia to halt its support for pro-Moscow rebels. Photo: AFP …read more...
NATO won’t be ‘dragged into arms race’
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday the alliance will not get dragged into an arms race with Russia but must counter Moscow’s “aggressive actions” in Ukraine. …read more Source: Global...
Kiev pledges to ease travel restrictions in E.Ukraine
Ukraine will ease the special regime for travelling between areas in eastern regions controlled by the government and the pro-independence rebels by introducing electronic permits, a senior official said Wednesday. …read more Source: Global...
Putin ‘saved my life’: former Ukraine pres Yanukovych
Former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych has thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for “saving my life” during the bloody demonstrations that led to his ouster. …read more Source: Global...
