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Europe won’t recognise vote in eastern Ukraine, Merkel tells Putin
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (pic) told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone that Sunday’s planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognised by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman said on Friday. Merkel and Putin held a joint telephone conversation with French President Francois...
Ukraine's Poroshenko backs Yatseniuk for new term as prime minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on Friday backed Arseny Yatseniuk for a new term as prime minister following last Sunday’s election. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine will guarantee transit of Russian gas to Europe – PM
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk, speaking after a gas agreement with Russia was nailed down, said on Friday Ukraine would guarantee deliveries of gas through its territory to Europe to make sure Moscow had no room for “blackmailing”. …read more Source: The...
Europe won't recognise vote in eastern Ukraine, Merkel tells Putin
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone that Sunday’s planned elections in eastern Ukraine were illegitimate and would not be recognised by European leaders, a Berlin government spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Putin, Poroshenko, European leaders welcome Ukraine gas deal – Kremlin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in a telephone call, welcomed an agreement on gas supplies to Ukraine, the Kremlin said. …read more Source: The...
FIFA sorry for Crimea video blunder
GENEVA: FIFA has apologised for an embarrassing diplomatic faux-pas when its video launching the 2018 World Cup logo portrayed the Crimean peninsula as part of Russia. …read more Source: New Straits...
UK gas prices drop to record low on Ukraine-Russia deal
LONDON (Reuters) – British wholesale gas prices for November and December fell to their lowest ever levels on Friday after Ukraine and Russia signed a deal which will see Moscow resume supplies of gas over the winter. …read more Source: The...
EU, Russia, Ukraine seal breakthrough gas accord
Russia agreed to resume gas deliveries to war-torn Ukraine through the winter in an EU-brokered, multi-billion dollar deal signed by the three parties in Brussels on Thursday. In a hard-fought accord the EU hopes will ease the broader crisis over Ukraine, Russia agreed to ensure supplies until the end of March. “I’m glad that...
EU will ‘play its role’ to support Ukraine-Russia gas deal: Hollande, Merkel
PARIS: The European Union will “fully play its role” to implement the gas deal signed by Ukraine and Russia on Thursday, the French and German presidents said in a joint statement. …read more Source: New Straits...
Gas deal may be first sign of Russia-Ukraine detente – EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The gas deal struck on Thursday between Russia and Ukraine is perhaps the first sign of an easing of tension between the two countries, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
