Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Dutch vote against EU-Ukraine treaty – final result
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch voters rejected the Ukraine-EU treaty by a large margin in a nonbinding referendum held last week, according to the final results published by the country’s Election Commission on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
NATO, Russia council to meet on April 20 in Brussels
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO envoys will hold their first formal meeting with Russia in almost two years on April 20, the Western alliance said on Tuesday, with the crisis in Ukraine, reducing military risks and Afghanistan on the agenda. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine coalition hopes boosted by four MPs – vice-speaker
KIEV (Reuters) – Four Ukrainian lawmakers have joined the president’s BPP faction, parliament’s vice-speaker Andriy Parubiy said on Tuesday – moves that will give a reformed coalition enough votes for a slender majority in parliament. …read more Source: The...
Danylyuk to be Ukraine finance minister in possible government – lawmaker
KIEV (Reuters) – Under a possible government headed by Volodymyr Groysman, the post of Ukrainian finance minister would be given to Oleksandr Danylyuk, an official in the president’s administration, lawmaker Mustafa Nayyem said in a Twitter post on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
France says worried by Ukraine ceasefire violations
PARIS (Reuters) – France expressed concern on Monday over increased violations of a ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian separatists and urged both sides to cooperate with international monitors in the area. …read more Source: The...
North Korea 'provocations' make push to abolish nuclear arms harder – G7
HIROSHIMA (Reuters) – The effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons has been made more complex by North Korea’s repeated provocations and by the worsening security environment in Syria and Ukraine, the Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers said on Monday. …read more Source: The...
EU to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch vote – source
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will propose this month granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite a Dutch referendum vote against an EU-Ukraine agreement partly motivated by hostility to migration, a senior EU source said. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine PM Yatseniuk tenders resignation
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk tendered his resignation on Sunday in a televised broadcast. …read more Source: The...
NATO envoys, Russia to hold special council in Brussels – statement
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The NATO-Russia Council, which has not met since 2014, will convene in the next two weeks in Brussels to discuss the Ukraine crisis, the Western military alliance said on Friday, saying both sides had agreed to hold talks at the level of ambassadors. …read more Source: The...
Russia-NATO Council may meet within weeks – agencies cite deputy foreign minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A meeting of the Russia-NATO Council may take place within weeks for the first time since the Ukraine crisis erupted in 2014, Alexey Meshkov, a deputy Russian foreign minister, was cited as saying on Friday by Russian news agencies. …read more Source: The...
