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Ukraine leader says he hopes 'fragile truce' will hold
ASTANA (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko struck a conciliatory tone on Friday in his comments on Russia and Moscow-backed rebels during his visit to Kazakhstan, the Kremlin’s ally in Central Asia. …read more Source: The...
Belarussian writer wins Nobel prize, denounces Russia over Ukraine
STOCKHOLM/MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian author Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday for her portrayal of the harshness of life in the Soviet Union and in her first public response denounced Russia’s intervention in Ukraine as an “invasion”. …read more Source: The...
Belarussian Nobel prize winner says Russia invaded Ukraine
MINSK (Reuters) – The Belarussian recipient of the Nobel prize for literature charged Russia on Thursday with carrying out an “invasion” of Ukraine by backing separatists in its eastern regions. …read more Source: The...
Svetlana Alexievich wins Nobel Literature Prize
STOCKHOLM: Belarussian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the 2015 Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday, honoured for her work chronicling the horrors of war and life under the repressive Soviet regime. The Swedish Academy hailed the 67-year-old “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”. Alexievich has...
Ukraine's Kiev city to halt foreign debt payments in 2015 – statement
KIEV (Reuters) – The city council of the Ukrainian capital Kiev said on Thursday it would impose in 2015 a moratorium on payments on its foreign debt, which has been included in the Finance Ministry’s restructuring of sovereign and sovereign-guaranteed bonds. …read more Source: The...
German president wants greater US commitment on refugee crisis
WASHINGTON:German President Joachim Gauck (pix) called for a greater US commitment to easing the refugee crisis engulfing Europe, during a visit to the White House on Wednesday. “We are much aware of the fact that this is a major humanitarian challenge,” Gauck said as he met US President Barack Obama. “My wish would be that this...
Ukraine says four soldiers wounded in rebel attack despite truce
KIEV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military said on Wednesday pro-Russian separatists had violated a ceasefire in the east of the country by firing an anti-tank missile and wounding four soldiers, even as President Petro Poroshenko hailed a “real truce”. …read more Source: The...
Poroshenko says ‘real truce’ has begun in Ukraine
President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday a “real truce” had begun in Ukraine but that a long-lasting peace with pro-Russian insurgents would still take some time. “There has not been a single shot fired. This is still not peace. This is not the end of the war,” the pro-Western leader said in a televised address....
Street artists give Kiev colourful makeover
KIEV: In a mural splashed across a four-story building in central Kiev, a small boy nonchalantly throws paper planes. …read more Source: New Straits...
West, Ukraine, hail rebel decision to postpone disputed elections
KIEV (Reuters) – A decision by pro-Russian separatists to postpone local elections that Ukraine had said were illegitimate was welcomed on Tuesday by Kiev, the European Union and Moscow – the rebels’ patron – as a sign of progress in the faltering peace process. …read more Source: The...
