Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Landmine kills four civilians in east Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – Four Ukrainian civilians were killed when a minivan carrying them drove over a landmine as they waited to cross out of separatist-held territory in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, authorities said. …read more Source: The...
Russia's Lavrov, Germany's Steinmeier discuss Syria, Ukraine by phone
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier held a telephone conversation on Wednesday to discuss Syria and Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said. …read more Source: The...
Dutch 'no' on Ukraine pact would force rethink, minister says
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch government would be obliged to reconsider its position on an EU pact establishing closer ties with Ukraine if it loses an upcoming referendum on the issue, the country’s foreign minister said, but he stopped short of saying a “no” vote would scupper the treaty. …read more Source: The...
EU sanctions on Russia at risk without Ukraine reforms -Denmark
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Ukraine must uphold its part of a peace deal with Russia by modernising the country or risk a collapse of support for EU sanctions against Moscow, Denmark’s foreign minister said on Friday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine needs new-look government, says outgoing economy minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine needs a new technocratic government led by the present finance minister to have any hope of pushing through long-promised reforms, the outgoing economy minister told Reuters on Friday, two days after his shock resignation. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine economy minister quits in blow to reform hopes
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Economy Minister Aivaras Abromavicius quit on Wednesday saying his ministry was being hijacked by corrupt vested interests, dealing another blow to Western hopes that the country can reform itself. …read more Source: The...
Bulgaria charges four Ukrainians over Sofia grenade attack
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian prosecutors have charged four Ukrainians with attempted murder after a grenade attack on a former security agent in Sofia last October, a senior prosecutor said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine PM says there is a campaign to discredit government
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday political forces were seeking to discredit his government in order to gain power and control state revenue, after the economy minister resigned citing graft. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's Poroshenko sees increased risk of open war with Russia
BERLIN (Reuters) – The risk of open war between Russia and Ukraine is greater than it was a year ago and Russian President Vladimir Putin has begun an “information war” against Germany, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told the German newspaper Bild. …read more Source: The...
Merkel presses Putin to ensure Ukraine ceasefire holds
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to use his influence to ensure a ceasefire is upheld in eastern Ukraine and OSCE monitors are granted free access to conflict areas, her spokesman said. …read more Source: The...
