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Ukraine says nuclear plant fault cuts power
Dec03

Ukraine says nuclear plant fault cuts power

Ukraine’s Energy Minister Volodymr Demchishin, however, insists that the the Zaporozhiya plant in the country’s south poses no danger. …read more Source: The...

Accident at a nuclear plant in the southeast: Ukraine Prime Minister
Dec03

Accident at a nuclear plant in the southeast: Ukraine Prime Minister

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday an accident had occurred at the Zaporizhye nuclear power plant (NPP) in south-east Ukraine and called on the energy minister to hold a news conference. …read more Source: The Times of...

Ukrainian PM reports accident at nuclear power plant
Dec03

Ukrainian PM reports accident at nuclear power plant

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday an accident had occurred at the Zaporizhye nuclear power plant (NPP) in south-east Ukraine and called on the energy minister to hold a news conference. “I know that an accident has occurred at the Zaporizhye NPP,” Yatseniuk said, asking new energy minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn to make...

UNGA approves Arab-backed resolution, urges Israel to renounce nuclear arms
Dec03

UNGA approves Arab-backed resolution, urges Israel to renounce nuclear arms

US told UNSC there needs to be greater international pressure on Russia to abide by a ceasefire in Ukraine. The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution on December 2 calling on Israel to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and put its nuclear facilities under international oversight. The resolution, adopted in a...

Ukraine Names US National Natalia Jaresko as Finance Minister
Dec03

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
Dec03

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
Dec02

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:...

Ukraine government, rebels agree on new cease-fire
Dec02

Ukraine government, rebels agree on new cease-fire

In this photo taken on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014, a woman lights a candle before a service in the St. Olga and St. Vladimir Cathedral in Simferopol, Crimea. The property has come under threat from Crimea’s pro-Moscow leaders. International monitors in eastern Ukraine say government troops and Russian-backed separatist forces in the Luhansk...

Russia Lashes Out at NATO Over Ukraine Crisis
Dec02

Russia Lashes Out at NATO Over Ukraine Crisis

Russia lashed out at NATO on Monday, saying the alliance risked “destabilising” Europe with military drills linked to a spike in tensions over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...

Ceasefire at Ukraine Airport After Deadly Clash
Dec02

Ceasefire at Ukraine Airport After Deadly Clash

Ukraine’s military said Monday that its forces and Russian representatives had agreed a temporary ceasefire around the airport in rebel-held Donetsk that has been the focus of fighting for months. …read more Source:...