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European Union to Seek More Turkish Help in Islamic State Fight
The European Union will press Turkey to cooperate more closely in the fight against Islamic State and urge it not to undermine European Union sanctions on Russia on a visit this week intended to give … …read more Source:...
French President Hollande to Discuss Ukraine Crisis With Putin in Moscow
French President Francois Hollande will make an unscheduled stop in Moscow later on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, his office said. …read more Source:...
Coal Crunch Forces Ukraine to Seek Russian Power Supplies
Ukraine said Friday it has been forced to ask Russia to supply electricity to make up for energy shortages caused by the loss of control to pro-Russian separatists of the country’s coal-producing east… …read more Source:...
Ukraine, Pro-Russia Rebels Announce December 9 Truce
Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels said on Thursday they had agreed to halt fire across the eastern war zone on December 9 under the terms of a Kremlin-brokered truce. …read more Source:...
John Kerry Says Russia Can Rebuild Trust if it Withdraws From Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday Russia had pitched itself into isolation through its own actions in Ukraine and could rebuild international credibility only by ending its support for… …read more Source:...
Barack Obama Pessimistic Over Chances of Vladimir Putin Shift on Ukraine
US President Barack Obama said Wednesday Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is unlikely to shift his stance on Ukraine until the full force of economic sanctions levelled against Moscow hits home. …read more Source:...
John Kerry Arrives in Basel for OSCE Talks on Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Basel Wednesday evening for a meeting of top diplomats from some 50 OSCE countries which will focus on the spiralling Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Names US National Natalia Jaresko as Finance Minister
Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday confirmed US national Natalia Jaresko as finance minister while handing the economy portfolio to Lithuanian investment banker Aivaras Abromavicius in a new government d… …read more Source:...
Vladimir Putin Foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky Urges More Targeted Russia Sanctions
Exiled Russian former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky urged the EU to target sanctions more closely against key officials over the Ukraine crisis, saying ordinary Russians were taking the brunt of the pai… …read more Source:...
NATO Ministers Chart Course on Ukraine, Afghanistan
NATO Foreign Ministers met in Brussels today aiming to plot a new course after a “year of aggression” from Ukraine to the Middle East and the end of the alliance’s combat mission in Afghanistan. …read more Source:...
