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Germany’s Steinmeier tells Russia, Ukraine to show ‘responsibility’ at Minsk talks
Germany’s foreign minister called on Ukraine and Russia to “show responsibility” and agree on a roadmap in four-way talks on Tuesday on how to implement last year’s ceasefire accord for eastern Ukraine, but dampened hopes for a breakthrough. …read more Source: Channel...
Norway resumes high-level trade talks with Russia after two-year break
Norway has resumed high-level talks with Russia on trade and economic cooperation that were broken off after Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014, the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries said in a statement on Monday. …read more Source: Channel...
Czech aid group says evicted from eastern Ukraine’s Doneck by separatists
Czech humanitarian organisation Clovek v Tisni (People in Need, PIN) has been banned from the Doneck area in eastern Ukraine by separatist authorities, the aid group said in a statement. …read more Source: Channel...
Protests prompt Ukraine court to halt video-link testimony by ex-president
Protests prompted a Ukrainian court to postpone its questioning of exiled former president Viktor Yanukovich as a witness at a trial on Friday over the killing of demonstrators, a delay that Yanukovich said was a bid to obstruct justice. …read more Source: Channel...
European foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine next week in Minsk
The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine are to meet in Minsk next week to discuss plans for implementing a ceasefire agreement for eastern Ukraine, said a spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s ex-president to testify from Russia on killing of protesters
Ex-president Viktor Yanukovich will be questioned as a witness on Friday by a Ukrainian court trying police officers accused of killing demonstrators during the protests in Kiev that forced him to flee in 2014. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany, 15 other countries press for arms control deal with Russia
Fifteen European countries have joined Germany in its push for a new arms control agreement with Moscow, saying more dialogue is needed to prevent an arms race in Europe after Russia’s actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, a German newspaper said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine leader confident of Trump’s support
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko insisted on Thursday he was confident of US support, saying President-elect Donald Trump had raised the issue of Russian “aggression” with him in a phone call. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia says to attend Ukraine talks if Paris, Berlin think it’s useful
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday he was willing to attend four-way talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine if mediators Germany and France believe the meeting can be useful. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to hear some praise, calls to do more at summit with EU
European Union leaders will praise Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday for his reform efforts but behind the scenes the EU is losing patience over Kiev’s slow fight against corruption and the intractable conflict in the country’s east. …read more Source: Channel...
