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Ukraine economy minister quits in blow to reform hopes
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius quit on Wednesday saying his ministry was being hijacked by corrupt vested interests, dealing another blow to Western hopes that the country can reform itself. …read more Source: The...
Bulgaria charges four Ukrainians over Sofia grenade attack
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian prosecutors have charged four Ukrainians with attempted murder after a grenade attack on a former security agent in Sofia last October, a senior prosecutor said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine PM says there is a campaign to discredit government
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday political forces were seeking to discredit his government in order to gain power and control state revenue, after the economy minister resigned citing graft. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko sees increased risk of open war with Russia
BERLIN: The risk of open war between Russia and Ukraine is greater than it was a year ago and Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun an “information war” against Germany, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the German newspaper Bild. Poroshenko, who met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, said Russia had implemented...
Ukraine’s economy minister resigns over state graft
Ukraine’s economy minister abruptly tendered his resignation on Wednesday saying overwhelming corruption had stifled his efforts to push through measures essential to getting growth back on track in the cash-strapped country. Aivaras Abromavicius’s shock departure laid bare divisions within the pro-Western government of President...
Ukraine's Poroshenko sees increased risk of open war with Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – The risk of open war between Russia and Ukraine is greater than it was a year ago and Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun an “information war” against Germany, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the German newspaper Bild. …read more Source: The...
Pentagon chief unveils extra funds to bomb IS, counter Russia
WASHINGTON: US forces have fired so many smart bombs at Islamic State targets that stocks of the sophisticated weapons are dwindling, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday as he previewed the Pentagon’s enormous budget. American drones and warplanes are at the forefront of an 18-month-old coalition effort to fight the IS group in...
Merkel presses Putin to ensure Ukraine ceasefire holds
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to use his influence to ensure a ceasefire is upheld in eastern Ukraine and OSCE monitors are granted free access to conflict areas, her spokesman said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko says sanctions against Russia must remain
BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday urged the West to maintain sanctions against Russia over its backing of militants in the east of the country. …read more Source: The...
Statue of controversial Bolshevik leader toppled in Ukraine
Ukrainian activists in the eastern city of Dnipropetrovsk on Friday night toppled a statue of controversial Bolshevik leader Grigory Petrovsky, implicated in a famine that killed millions in the 1930s, city hall said. Several young men toppled the 12-tonne bronze statue of Petrovsky – nicknamed “the butcher” for his role in the…...
