Section: The Jakarta Post (Indonesia)
EU careful not to tread on Moscow’s toes at Eastern summit
European Union leaders on Thursday will seek new ways to bolster ties with six post-communist nations in Eastern Europe, a year and a half after a previous summit of the Eastern Partnership ended with a fateful standoff over Ukraine.Just ahead of the two-day summit in Riga, the EU promised grants of 200 million euros ($223 million) over the next...
Ukraine lawmakers suspend military cooperation with Russia
Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday voted to suspend military cooperation with Russia in a long-anticipated move signaling a further break in relations between the once-close partners.The five cooperation agreements scrapped by the Verkhovna Rada include one giving the Russian military transit rights to reach Moldova, whose territory is partly...
Kiev shows off captured ‘Russian soldiers’ to media
Kiev on Tuesday showed off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle with separatist fighters in the industrial east of the war-wrecked state.The two wounded men were being treated in a Kiev military clinic. One of them shielded his face while speaking briefly to reporters from his hospital bed. The other man refused to...
Top NATO, Russian officials to meet in Brussels
NATO officials say the alliance secretary-general will hold talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the first such contacts since they met in January.According to one NATO official, secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg and Lavrov will meet Tuesday in Brussels, and are expected to discuss NATO-Russia relations, including...
Barcelona wins Spanish title, Man United looking at 4th
Barcelona clinched its 23rd Spanish league title on Sunday thanks to — who else — Lionel Messi.It wasn’t the only title to be handed out in Europe, as the Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian leagues were also decided. In the Premier League, Arsenal stayed ahead of Manchester United in the fight for third place after a draw at Old...
Kosovo police raid houses of suspected militants
Kosovo police raided several households across the country Friday, including the families of ethnic Albanians involved in last week’s deadly clashes with police in neighboring Macedonia.Police spokesman Baki Kelani confirmed several raids were underway. The raids follow accusations from Macedonian leaders that Kosovo gunmen plotted...
NATO, EU work to tighten cooperation against ‘new threats’
NATO and the European Union on Thursday said they wanted to tighten cooperation in the face of “new threats” emanating from the assertive policies of Russia in the ex-USSR and violence to the south of the military alliance’s borders.EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, attending a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in...
Kerry to hold talks with Russian president Putin this week
The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Russia this week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.It will be his first trip to Russia since the start of the Ukraine crisis, which has badly damaged relations between Moscow and the west, and only his second since taking office.The State Department said...
Putin hosts huge WWII victory parade amid Western snub
Russia on Saturday staged a huge military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany in a conspicuous show of military might amid a standoff with the West over Ukraine.In what is seen as punishment for the Kremlin’s meddling in Ukraine, Western countries led by Russia’s World War II allies are boycotting...
NATO to briefly move command HQ to Romania from Naples
NATO will briefly move an allied joint force command headquarter to Romania as the alliance continues to hone its ability to react to Russia’s moves in Ukraine and other security challenges, a top commander said Tuesday.The Allied Joint Force Command based in Naples, Italy, will relocate to Cincu, in mountainous central Romania, for 12 days...
