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Giant new dome set to keep Chernobyl safe for generations
CHERNOBYL – The world’s largest metal moveable structure will be unveiled Tuesday over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor in Ukraine to ensure the safety of future generations across Europe. The giant arch – nearly as long as two… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s missile test plans near Crimea heat up row with Russia
MOSCOW/KIEV – Moscow protested against Ukraine’s plans to carry out missile tests near Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014 following the toppling of a pro-Russian Ukrainian president, raising the temperature in the dispute between the two countries. … …read more Source:...
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 Commission says Russia and Ukraine to meet in Brussels for gas talks
MOSCOW – Russia and Ukraine are about to meet in Brussels with officials from the European Commission to discuss the resumption of gas supplies to Ukraine, halted after Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014, the EU Commission Vice-President for Energy… …read more Source:...
European foreign ministers to discuss Ukraine next week in Minsk
PARIS – 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. “The meeting in… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s ex-president to testify from Russia on killing of protesters
KIEV/ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia – 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:...
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...
Russia prepares for Ukraine talks in Normandy format on November 29
MOSCOW – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday it was preparing to take part in the Normandy format talks on Ukraine with other foreign ministries in Minsk on November 29. The Normandy format includes Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine…. …read more Source:...
Germany, 15 other countries press for arms control deal with Russia
BERLIN – 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:...
