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Poroshenko party short of majority in Ukraine vote
The last major poll published today ahead of Ukraine’s parliamentary election showed President Petro Poroshenko’s party seizing up to a third of seats but reliant on help from nationalist parties to form a ruling coalition. The Kiev-based Foundation for Democratic Initiatives said just over 30% of respondents who had made up their...
Russia says Ukraine should find money to pay for gas within a week
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that Ukraine should find ways to pay for Russian gas with the European Union’s help within a week. …read more Source: The...
DR Congo rape doctor Mukwege wins EU Sakharov prize
STRASBOURG, France: Doctor Denis Mukwege (pix) won the European Parliament’s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on Tuesday for his work in helping thousands of gang rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Parliament president Martin Schulz announced the award for Mukwege, who has previously been tipped several times for the...
Russia says waiting for assurances of Ukraine gas payments
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine and the European Union have failed to give Moscow guarantees that Kiev will be able to pay in advance for gas supplies from Russia in November and December, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Poland's speaker backs down from claim Putin proposed dividing Ukraine
WARSAW (Reuters) – The speaker of Poland’s parliament, Radoslaw Sikorski, said on Tuesday he had mis-remembered when he told an interviewer that Russian President Vladimir Putin had proposed that Warsaw and Moscow occupy Ukraine and divide it between them. …read more Source: The...
East Ukrainians guard against mortar bombs and coming autumn chill
SPARTAK Ukraine (Reuters) – Waiting for a lull in fighting between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian rebels, Nikolai Batyshchev ventures out with his chainsaw and wheelbarrow to collect firewood to fend off the damp autumn chill. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine brings in law to try fugitive Yanukovich in absentia
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in a move to head off discontent before an election, signed a law on Tuesday that will allow ousted leader Viktor Yanukovich to be tried by court in his absence for crimes carried out while he was in power. …read more Source: The...
Factbox – Ukraine's October 26 snap parliamentary election
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered a snap parliamentary election for Oct. 26 with the aim of clearing out loyalists of ousted Moscow-backed leader, Viktor Yanukovich, and producing an assembly with a pro-Europe majority. …read more Source: The...
War heroes and activists to shape new-look Ukraine parliament
KIEV (Reuters) – Out will go the bodyguards and mistresses, in are likely to come the street activists and war veterans: Ukraine’s next parliament will be pro-Western and strongly nationalist, and it won’t be to Russia’s liking. …read more Source: The...
EU to consider Ukraine request for extra 2 billion euros – Commission
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine has requested an extra 2 billion euros (1.5 billion pounds) and EU authorities will consider the loan request together with the International Monetary Fund, a European Commission spokesman said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
