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France – still huge work to be done on Ukraine ceasefire process
MINSK (Reuters) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Tuesday that there was still an enormous amount of work to be done on the ceasefire process for eastern Ukraine but added that talks had not broken down altogether. …read more Source: The...
German Foreign Minister says four-way talks on Ukraine were difficult
MINSK (Reuters) – Four-way talks about the conflict in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday were difficult but meaningful and necessary, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters after a meeting with his counterparts from Ukraine, Russia and France. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Lavrov says no breakthrough reached at Minsk talks on Ukraine
MINSK (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said there had been no breakthrough in talks on Tuesday on the peace process in eastern Ukraine because the foreign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany could not agree on a roadmap. …read more Source: The...
Giant arch slides over Chernobyl site to block radiation for a century
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) – In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world’s largest land-based moving structure has been slid over the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to prevent deadly radiation spewing from the stricken reactor for the next 100 years. …read more Source: The...
Germany's Steinmeier tells Russia, Ukraine to show 'responsibility' at Minsk talks
BERLIN/MINSK (Reuters) – Germany’s foreign minister called on Ukraine and Russia to “show responsibility” and agree on a roadmap in four-way talks on Tuesday on how to implement last year’s ceasefire accord for eastern Ukraine, but dampened hopes for a breakthrough. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine moves new safety dome over Chernobyl’s doomed reactor
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine: Ukraine on Tuesday unveiled the world’s largest moveable metal structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor to ensure the safety of Europeans for generations to come. The giant arch’s height of 108m makes it taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty while its weight of 36,000...
Ukraine to unveil giant new safety dome over Chernobyl
CHERNOBYL, Ukraine: Ukraine was on Tuesday due to unveil the world’s largest moveable metal structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor to ensure the safety of future generations across Europe. The giant arch’s height of 108m makes it taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty while its weight of...
Leading Merkel ally urges sanctions against Russia over Syria
BERLIN (Reuters) – The head of Germany’s foreign affairs committee, an ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, called on Monday for Berlin to impose sanctions on Russia because of its supporting role in the war in Syria. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Yanukovich blames radicals for bloodshed at Maidan protests
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s former president Viktor Yanukovich on Monday blamed armed nationalist radicals for fomenting violence in the 2014 Maidan protests that led to scores of protesters being killed and ultimately prompted him to flee into exile. …read more Source: The...
Norway resumes high-level trade talks with Russia after two-year break
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway has resumed high-level talks with Russia on trade and economic cooperation that were broken off after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries said in a statement on Monday. …read more Source: The...
