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Ukraine votes for pro-West parties, peace talks
The results pointed to overwhelming consensus on Ukraine’s bid to steer from Russia’s orbit on a pro-Western path eventually targeting European Union membership. …read more Source: Channel...
Pro-West, nationalist parties win Ukraine vote: exit polls
The vote saw the Communist Party shut out of parliament in elections for the first time since the Soviet era, with the group failing to clear the five-per cent threshold. …read more Source: Channel...
War-scarred Ukraine votes for pro-Western future
The snap general election is also expected to reveal the level of trust in President Petro Poroshenko’s bid to hold on to the separatist east through talks with pro-Russian rebels and their alleged puppet masters in the Kremlin. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine set to vote for pro-Western future
ThePetro Poroshenko Bloc was forecast to emerge as the biggest party in the 450 seat legislature, although without an absolute majority, meaning the Ukrainian President will have to form a coalition, probably with harder-line nationalists. …read more Source: Channel...
War-scarred Ukraine counts down to key vote
Sunday’s snap poll was called by President Petro Poroshenko in August under public pressure to purge parliament of lawmakers tied to the old regime of Viktor Yanukovych, ousted in February after a wave of bloody protests. …read more Source: Channel...
At least 824,000 displaced by Ukraine conflict: UN
The UN refugee agency has warned it is having to scramble aid to offset the impact of winter as the conflict in Ukraine has driven more than 824,000 people from their homes. …read more Source: Channel...
EU leaders struggle for ‘difficult’ climate deal
The two-day EU summit will focus on an ambitious package of climate change targets for 2030 but also tackle the Ebola crisis, economic stagnation and the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia spy plane intercepted in NATO airspace
NATO fighter jets intercepted a Russian spy plane over the Baltic Sea after it breached Estonian airspace, the alliance said Wednesday in the latest of such incidents amid tensions with Moscow over Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia-Ukraine gas talks falter, new meeting next week
European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger however said “significant progress” was made after the talks broke up between the Ukrainian and Russian energy ministers, Yuri Prodan and Alexander Novak. …read more Source: Channel...
EU sees less violence in eastern Ukraine
The accords reached last month were a step towards a sustainable political solution of the crisis, the EU’s 28 foreign ministers said, but they left to another day any review of current sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: Channel...
