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Ukraine and rebels announce Dec 9 ceasefire
President Petro Poroshenko said the terms of the new ceasefire were already included in an earlier peace deal agreed with the help of European representatives in the Belarussian capital Minsk on September. …read more Source: Channel...
Online freedom suffered this year; declined in 36 of 65
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Internet freedom suffered this year as a growing number of countries stepped up efforts to spy on users and censor online postings, a global survey showed Thursday.The report by the non-government watchdog group Freedom House said online freedom declined in 36 of 65 countries surveyed.In some cases, governments use...
Ukraine will halt fire in east from December 9, president says
KIEV – Ukraine’s army will halt fire across the separatist east on December 9 under the terms of a Russian-brokered peace deal signed in September, President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Online freedom declines, amid NSA effect
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Internet freedom suffered this year as a growing number of countries stepped up efforts to spy on users and censor online postings, a global survey showed Thursday. The report by the non-government watchdog group Freedom House said online freedom declined in 36 of 65 countries surveyed. In some cases, governments use...
John Kerry Says Russia Can Rebuild Trust if it Withdraws From Ukraine
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday Russia had pitched itself into isolation through its own actions in Ukraine and could rebuild international credibility only by ending its support for… …read more Source:...
Russia is ‘strategic problem’ for EU: Juncker
Russia is now a “strategic problem” for the EU amid the crisis in Ukraine, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday (Dec 4), but he insisted Brussels would not be blackmailed by the cancellation of a huge gas pipeline. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine minister pleads for energy saving, gas stocks drop
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s new energy minister pleaded with industrial and domestic consumers to use less electricity as hard frosts led to a sharp drop in gas stocks and low coal stockpiles, making more blackouts likely. …read more Source: The...
Putin says foes hope to dismember Russia
MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin accused Russia’s enemies on Thursday of seeking to carve it up and destroy its economy to punish it for becoming strong, but said his country would rise to any challenge.In a fiercely patriotic state of the union speech, the Kremlin leader trumpeted his annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula,...
Putin defends Russia’s aggressive foreign policy
Defends the annexation of Crimea, describing it as Russia’s spiritual ground, “our Temple Mount” …read more Source: The...
Obama pessimistic on chances of Putin shift on Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama said Wednesday Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is unlikely to shift hi …read more Source: The Korea...
