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At least four civilians killed at checkpoint in eastern Ukraine
At least four civilians were killed and several wounded by explosions at a village checkpoint in rebel-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said. …read more Source: Channel...
US diplomat Nuland says optimistic about Ukraine reforms
U.S Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday she was encouraged by signs of commitment to reforms from a new government in Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Crimean court bans Tatar ruling body in blow to minority
Crimea’s supreme court banned Crimean Tatars’ highest ruling body on Tuesday, declaring it an “extremist” organisation in a move one exiled leader said was part of a Kremlin drive to crush the minority ethnic group on the Russia-annexed peninsula. …read more Source: Channel...
Thirty years on, Ukraine remembers Chernobyl catastrophe
Church bells rang and mourners lit candles and laid flowers at the site’s memorial as the clock turned 1.23am – the exact moment when the plant’s reactor number four exploded and changed the fate of a generation living across the former Soviet Union. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl catastrophe
Church bells rang and mourners lit candles and laid flowers at the site’s memorial as the clock turned 1.23am – the exact moment when the plant’s reactor number four exploded and changed the fate of a generation living across the former Soviet Union. …read more Source: Channel...
On 30th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine remembers its victims
Ukraine held memorial services on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl disaster
KIEV – Ukraine prepared on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system. In the early hours of April 26, 1986, a… …read more Source:...
Ukraine marks 30 years since Chernobyl disaster
Ukraine prepared on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which permanently poisoned swathes of eastern Europe and highlighted the shortcomings of the secretive Soviet system. …read more Source: Channel...
Germany’s Merkel says truce in eastern Ukraine not being respected
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday that a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine was not stable, adding that she and U.S. President Barack Obama had discussed ways to ensure the Minsk peace deal is implemented. …read more Source: Channel...
Economy, security crises in focus as Obama arrives in Germany
HANOVER, Germany – U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Germany on Sunday to hold talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, one of his closest allies in dealing with a shaky global economy and security crises in the Middle East and Ukraine. It will be the… …read more Source:...
