Section: The Star (Malaysia)
International lenders will back Ukraine if it reforms – EBRD official
LONDON (Reuters) – International lenders will help Ukraine ride out its economic turmoil provided that the government pushes through reforms, a senior official of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
EU foreign policy chief to visit Ukraine next week
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini will travel to Kiev on Tuesday for talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on the crisis in the rebel-held east of the country, the EU said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Crimean leader slips into New Delhi during Putin visit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The leader of Crimea, the former Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, visited India on Thursday as a member of President Vladimir Putin’s summit delegation, in a move likely to provoke the West. …read more Source: The...
Russia says pushing for Ukraine peace talks as soon as possible
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is sparing no effort to convene another round of peace talks on the conflict in east Ukraine, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday, criticising Kiev’s reluctance to do so. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian parliament approves economic reform programme
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday approved the new government’s economic programme of tough reforms aimed at securing billions of dollars in financial aid from the International Monetary Fund and other backers. …read more Source: The...
Ukrainian PM says needs funds from international donors to prevent default
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk on Thursday called for a conference of international lenders to be held to provide Ukraine with extra funds to head off a default. …read more Source: The...
Pro-Russian rebels say withdrawing artillery in east Ukraine – Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists have started pulling back artillery from positions in the southern part of their Donetsk separatist region in east Ukraine, Russian news agency Interfax quoted a separatist leader as saying on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Russian gas flows to Ukraine stable – Ukrtransgaz
KIEV (Reuters) – Russian natural gas flows to Ukraine have been stable since Dec. 9, when Gazprom resumed supplies after a six-month gap caused by a price dispute and unpaid debts, Ukraine’s gas transport monopoly said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Exclusive – Crimean leader in New Delhi during Putin visit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The leader of Crimea, the former Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia, arrived for unofficial talks in New Delhi on Thursday as President Vladimir Putin met Prime Minister Narendra Modi for summit talks. …read more Source: The...
Lithuanian ex-finance minister to be Ukraine anti-corruption tsar
LONDON (Reuters) – Former Lithuanian finance minister Algirdas Šemeta is to become Ukraine’s new anti-corruption tsar after winning the backing of the Kiev government and its Western lenders, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The...
