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Death toll grows after peace deal signed
At least 15 killed in new shelling in East Ukraine and Europe warns Russia of facing fresh sanctions DONETSK: At least 15 people have been killed in east Ukraine in new shelling despite the signing of a peace deal to end the 10-month conflict. Pro-Moscow rebels and government officials said Friday that seven civilians were killed across the...
Ukraine says expects up to $15 billion from debt talks with creditors
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine expects to receive up to $15 billion (9.75 billion pounds) from debt talks with private sector creditors, a finance ministry spokeswoman said on Friday, after the International Monetary Fund announced a bigger, longer-term bailout plan. …read more Source: The...
Battle of the airwaves – Baltics compete with Russia for hearts and minds
Responding to what they see as a wave of Kremlin propaganda over Ukraine, the governments of the three Baltic states are keeping a wary eye on pro-Moscow TV channels and stepping up their own broadcasts in Russian. …read more Source: Channel...
Battle of the airwaves – Baltics compete with Russia for hearts and minds
RIGA/VILNIUS (Reuters) – Responding to what they see as a wave of Kremlin propaganda over Ukraine, the governments of the three Baltic states are keeping a wary eye on pro-Moscow TV channels and stepping up their own broadcasts in Russian. …read more Source: The...
European stocks extend gains awaiting outcome on Greece
LONDON (AFP) – European stock markets rose Friday, with Germanys main index breaching 11,000 points for the first time, as Greece appeared closer to a possible overhaul of its bailout.The DAX index hit an intraday high of 11,013.85 points as the Frankfurt stock exchange was also driven by positive economic data — and later stood up...
France hails ‘historic’ jet sale to Egypt despite rights concerns
PARIS (AFP) – France basked Friday in the historic first foreign sale of its Rafale fighter jet to Egypt in a contract clinched in a breakneck three months, despite criticism over rights abuses by Cairo.For Paris the 5.2 billion euro ($5.9 billion) sale is a rare triumph after six failed attempts to export its flagship multi-role combat...
“Merkel mania” as hyperactive chancellor tackles Ukraine, Greece
BERLIN – Kiev, Moscow, Munich, Washington, Ottawa, Minsk and Brussels – all in a week’s work for Angela Merkel, whose tireless efforts to broker peace in Ukraine and keep Greece in the euro zone won praise even from the chancellor’s fiercest critics in Germany.”I don’t feel bad. And the week isn’t even...
To reach Ukraine accord – high diplomacy, ‘dirty games’ and pig’s fat
The talks lasted more than 17 hours, during which a couple of “buckets” of coffee were drunk, and took place in what Ukraine’s foreign minister, with some understatement, described as a “difficult psychological atmosphere”. …read more Source: Channel...
US conspicuous by its absence at Minsk talks on Ukraine conflict
Washington rarely shies away from seeking to wield its power in a world crisis, but in the tense negotiations that secured Ukraine’s ceasefire it played an oddly behind-the-scenes role. …read more Source: South China Morning...
To reach Ukraine accord: high diplomacy, 'dirty games' and pig's fat
MINSK (Reuters) – The talks lasted more than 17 hours, during which a couple of “buckets” of coffee were drunk, and took place in what Ukraine’s foreign minister, with some understatement, described as a “difficult psychological atmosphere”. …read more Source: The...
