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OSCE members urge parties to Ukraine conflict to meet commitments
Member states of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) agree on the need for the parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine to meet their commitments to end the violence there, the group’s chairman said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
US senators urge Trump to take tough line on Russia over Ukraine
A group of 12 Republican and 15 Democratic U.S. senators signed a letter sent to President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday urging him to take a tough line against Russia over what they termed its “military land grab” in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Airlines call for alternative to ‘useless’ U.N. security database
GENEVA – Airlines said on Thursday a U.N. warning mechanism designed to avoid a repeat of the 2014 downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine is “useless” and called for urgent new ways of detecting dangers to aircraft posed by war zones. A… …read more Source:...
EU unblocks visa-free travel for Ukraine, Georgia
The European Union will soon let Ukrainians and Georgians visit the bloc without needing a visa after officials said a deal had been struck on Thursday to end an internal EU dispute that had been holding up the promised measures. …read more Source: Channel...
EU unblocks visa-free travel for Ukraine, Georgia
BRUSSELS – The European Union will soon let Ukrainians and Georgians visit the bloc without needing a visa after officials said a deal had been struck on Thursday to end an internal EU dispute that had been holding up the promised measures. … …read more Source:...
Uncertainty over U.S. position delays action on Ukraine peace deal: Germany
[BRUSSELS] Uncertainty in Moscow and Kiev about what policies US President-elect Donald Trump will adopt means there is little prospect of making much progress in implementing the Minsk ceasefire accord on Ukraine, Germany’s foreign minister said. …read more Source: The Business...
Ukraine feels let down by EU with visa deal elusive
KIEV – Ukraine feels let down by the European Union for not keeping to a promise to give its citizens visa-free travel in the bloc, senior Ukrainian officials said. The comments, made by two senior officials in interviews with Reuters, were unusually outspoken and cut through the public displays of bonhomie shown at a Ukraine-EU summit in...
Ukraine feels let down by EU with visa deal elusive
Ukraine feels let down by the European Union for not keeping to a promise to give its citizens visa-free travel in the bloc, senior Ukrainian officials said. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine feels let down by EU with visa deal elusive
KIEV – Ukraine feels let down by the European Union for not keeping to a promise to give its citizens visa-free travel in the bloc, senior Ukrainian officials said. The comments, made by two senior officials in interviews with Reuters, were… …read more Source:...
Ukraine ready to join trilateral gas talks in Brussels
MOSCOW – Ukraine is ready to join trilateral talks to discuss gas issues with Russia on Dec. 9 in Brussels, Ukraine state energy company Naftogaz said on its Twitter account on Monday (https://twitter.com/naftogazukraine). The former Soviet… …read more Source:...
