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Minsk talks on Ukraine crisis could last six more hours – Kiev presidential aide
MINSK (Reuters) – Talks between leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine on the Ukraine crisis in Minsk, Belarus, could continue for at least another five to six hours, a Ukrainian presidential aide said early on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Leaders hold Ukraine peace talks as fighting surges
The summit was being held in neighbouring Belarus under a Franco-German proposal to try to halt the fighting. Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Francois Hollande began talks with Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. …read more Source: China...
Ukraine: dialogue is recipe for success
The current crisis in Ukraine cannot be solved by weapons, only by people, said Othmar Karas, chair of the European Parliament (EP) delegation to the EU-Russia parliamentary cooperation committee. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
1st LD Writethru: Four-way peace talks on Ukraine resume with expanded format
Four-way peace talks on the Ukraine crisis resumed here Wednesday in the Belarusian capital as heads of state and government of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine were joined by their respective entourages. …read more Source: China Internet Information...
Ukraine crisis should not be solved militarily: Russian FM
There should be no military solution of the Ukraine crisis, Russian Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. …read more Source:...
Croatian volunteers fighting alongside Ukrainian army; Serb counterparts helping pro-Russian rebels
Croatian nationals, believed to be mostly veterans of the country’s 1990s war, joined Ukraine’s army to fight against pro-Russian rebels, Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said Wednesday without giving any numbers. “As far as I know there are (Croatian fighters) who joined the Ukrainian army,” Pusic told reporters and added that the...
Crunch Time in Minsk Will the German Chancellor Bring Peace to Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande flew to Moscow on Friday for an emergency meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to put an end to the spiraling … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukrainian central bank says will hold concluding press briefing with IMF on Thursday
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s central bank said on Wednesday it would hold a “concluding” joint press conference with the International Monetary Fund and the Ukrainian Finance Ministry in … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Four-way peace talks on Ukraine resume with expanded format
Four-way peace talks on the Ukraine crisis resumed here Wednesday in the Belarusian capital as heads of state and government of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine were joined by their respective entourages. …read more Source: Global...
Is Climate Change Fueling War?
Paris. For years, scientists and security analysts have warned that global warming looms as a potential source of war and unrest. Storms, droughts, floods, and spells of extreme heat or exceptional cold: all can destroy wealth, ravage harvests, force people off land, exacerbate ancient rivalries and unleash a fight for resources, they say. These...
