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Crimea loses quarter of power after Ukraine halts supplies
MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – Crimea has lost at least one quarter of its power after Ukraine switched off supplies, citing a downed electricity pylon, an official in the contested peninsula said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Crimea official says Ukraine has cut off power again, Interfax reports
MOSCOW: A Crimean official said on Thursday that Ukraine had cut off a major source of electrical power to the region, a month after saboteurs first plunged the Russian-annexed peninsula into darkness. Kirill Moskalenko, a spokesman of the governor of Sevastopol city, said Ukraine has cut off the Kakhovka–Titan line to Crimea. “The line has...
Germany's Steinmeier warns Ukraine ceasefire is fragile
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned on Tuesday that the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists was becoming more fragile. …read more Source: The...
Political feuding imperils Ukraine's future, Obama's record
KIEV (Reuters) – On his most recent visit to Kiev, U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden said he spends more time speaking to Ukrainian officials than to his own wife. …read more Source: The...
Merkel takes centre stage in EU’s year of crises
BERLIN: In a year of crises for Europe, from the Ukraine war to Greece’s debt turmoil to the historic refugee influx, Germany’s Angela Merkel emerged as the continent’s de facto leader, drawing more praise and fire than ever. Whether spearheading EU diplomacy with Moscow, bargaining with Athens over tough bail-out terms or...
Merkel takes centre stage in EU’s year of crises
BERLIN: In a year of crises for Europe, from the Ukraine war to Greece’s debt turmoil to the historic refugee influx, Germany’s Angela Merkel emerged as the continent’s de facto leader, drawing more praise and fire than ever. Whether spearheading EU diplomacy with Moscow, bargaining with Athens over tough bail-out terms or...
Chronology of developments in 2015 on MH370, MH17 tragedies
KUALA LUMPUR: Following is the chronology of developments in 2015 on the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 that vanished on March 8, 2014, and MAS Flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine on July 17, 2014: MH370: Police carry a piece of debris from an unidentified aircraft found in the coastal area of Saint-Andre de la Reunion on July 29, 2015. –...
Implementation of Ukraine ceasefire deal to drag into 2016 – RIA cites Russian official
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The implementation of the ceasefire accords, aimed to resolve the Ukraine crisis and known as the Minsk 2 agreements, will drag into 2016, RIA news agency reported on Thursday, citing Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin as saying. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine MPs approve tit-for-tat Russian trade embargo
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to give the government the right to impose a trade embargo against Russia, which said last week that it would suspend a free trade zone with Ukraine from Jan. 1. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine, rebels accuse each other of violating latest truce
Over 9,000 people have been killed since the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine in April 2014. – AFP File Photo KIEV: Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian rebels accused each other of violating a holiday ceasefire Wednesday, just hours after it came into force in the war-torn country’s east. “Illegal armed groups have already...
