Section: The Star (Malaysia)
Party of Ukraine's new president leads parliamentary vote race
KIEV (Reuters) – A party set up by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office in May, is the most popular political movement in the country, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday ahead of a snap parliamentary election due on July 21. …read more Source: The...
Top EU officials visit Kiev, pledge more aid for war-torn east Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – European Union leaders Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker pledged support and financial assistance to conflict-riven Ukraine during a visit to Kiev on Monday while urging Russia to do more to bring peace to the Donbass region. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine's president ready to meet Russia's Putin in Minsk
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is ready to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Minsk for talks that would also involve Germany, Britain, the United States and France, Zelenskiy said in a social media video on Monday. …read more Source: The...
Rock star seeks to upstage comedian president in Ukraine vote
KIEV (Reuters) – Standing on stage in a black t-shirt, Ukrainian rock star Sviatoslav Vakarchuk turns to his massed ranks of fans and asks if they are fed up about how their country is run. …read more Source: The...
Putin to meet pope in shadow of Ukraine crisis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Pope Francis on Thursday, a day before Ukraine’s Catholic leaders meet at the Vatican to discuss the crisis in their country, and amid speculation that the visit could be a prelude to the first trip by a pope to Russia. …read more Source: The...
Full results of Ukraine reforms to take years to be seen -finance minister
TORONTO (Reuters) – It will take years for the full effects of reforms to be seen in Ukraine, where the government is trying to cast off Soviet-era institutions while clamping down on corruption, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Putin says Trump stressed issue of detained Ukrainian sailors
OSAKA (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that the issue of Ukrainian sailors detained by Russia in 2018 had dominated his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 summit but no decision on the sailors’ fate had been made yet. …read more Source: The...
Putin says Russia will do all it can to improve ties with U.S.
OSAKA (Reuters) – Russia’s president said on Saturday that Moscow would do all it could to improve relations with the United States that have been strained by years of diplomatic conflicts over Ukraine and alleged Russian meddling in U.S. elections. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine president's party leads poll ahead of July election
KIEV (Reuters) – A party set up by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office last month, continues to lead in an opinion poll published on Wednesday ahead of a snap parliamentary election due on July 21. …read more Source: The...
Council of Europe readmits Russia, five years after suspension over Crimea
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – Europe’s main human rights forum on Tuesday approved Russia’s readmission, the first time that an international sanction imposed for its seizure of Crimea in 2014 has been reversed, despite a stalling protest from Ukraine and Georgia. …read more Source: The...
