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Merkel sees no reason to roll back Russia sanctions – spokeswoman
German Chancellor Angela Merkel sees no reason at all now to roll back sanctions against Russia in the Ukraine crisis, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Savchenko hailed in Ukraine parliament, berates ‘lazy schoolchildren’ lawmakers
Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko, whose resistance to her imprisonment in Russia has made her a national hero and a potentially disruptive force in Ukrainian politics, received a standing ovation in her first address to parliament on Tuesday. …read more Source: Channel...
Seventeen killed in care home fire in Ukraine
Seventeen people have been killed after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, Ukraine’s state emergency service said in a statement on Sunday. …read more Source: Channel...
Progress on Ukraine reforms can boost case for Russia sanctions – Rasmussen
Ukraine will find it easier to persuade European Union countries to renew sanctions against Russia this summer if it shows progress in pushing reforms and tackling corruption, the former chief of NATO told Reuters on Saturday. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin in Greek trip as EU sanctions talks loom
The visit, Putin’s first to the EU since December, comes at a low ebb in relations between Russia and Europe over the conflict in Ukraine that broke out in 2014, with sanctions still in force against Moscow. …read more Source: Channel...
Freed by Russia, Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc’ may prove thorn in own leaders’ side
Securing pilot Nadiya Savchenko’s release from Russian captivity was a PR coup for Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko but the outspoken woman feted as the nation’s “Joan of Arc” may ultimately prove a thorn in his side. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine files defence in US$3 billion Russia Eurobond case
Ukraine filed its defence on Friday with a British court over a US$3 billion (2 billion pounds) debt to Russia, arguing that the original loan agreement with its neighbour and former ally was invalid, the Foreign Ministry and Finance Ministry said in a statement. …read more Source: Channel...
Insight – How a 26-year-old Ukrainian took on Odessa’s customs service
The head of customs at the Black Sea port of Odessa says her job used to be such a money-spinner the going bribe for securing it was US$5 million (3.4 million pounds). …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine bans Gorbachev over support for Crimea annexation
Ukraine has banned former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev from entry for the next five years over his support for Russia’s seizure of Crimea, a spokeswoman for Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Kremlin – Savchenko’s release won’t accelerate warming in EU-Russia ties
President Vladimir Putin has consistently expressed his willingness to improve ties with the European Union, the Kremlin said on Thursday, but the release of Ukrainian Nadiya Savchenko from a Russian jail is unlikely to make this task easier. …read more Source: Channel...
