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EU-Ukraine summit to take place on April 27: Poroshenko
A summit between top EU officials and Ukraine’s leaders will take place in Kiev at the end of April, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko announced. …read more Source: Channel...
EU’s Juncker postpones Kiev visit due to kidney stones
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has postponed plans to visit Kiev on Monday because he needs to receive treatment for kidney stones. …read more Source: Channel...
EU-Ukraine summit to take place on April 27: Poroshenko
March 29, 2015 12:29 AMKIEV (AFP) – A summit between leading European Union officials and Ukraine’s leaders will take place on April 27, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko announced on Saturday. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine arrests Turkish cargo ship over Crimea port call
Ukrainian authorities have arrested a Turkish-owned cargo ship and detained its captain over a visit it made to a port in Crimea after Russian annexed the peninsula from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin’s mystery military award points to Ukraine involvement
MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded several military units a hugely prestigious title that was given to troops for heroism during WWII, sparking new questions about the Kremlin’s involvement in Ukraine.Putin this week bestowed the honorary “guards” title on two air assault brigades and a communications...
Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who blessed Ukraine-bound fighters
The Russian Orthodox Church has suspended a priest who publicly blessed a group of fighters heading to eastern Ukraine, encouraging them to battle government troops he called “fascist scum”. …read more Source: Channel...
Poland to charge two Russian officials over Kaczynski plane crash
Poland said on Friday it will bring charges against two Russian air traffic controllers over a 2010 plane crash which killed then Polish president Lech Kaczynski, a move likely to damage bilateral relations already strained by the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
Russia not prepared to discuss restructuring Ukraine debt – Russian FinMin
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday Russia was not prepared to discuss restructuring its US$3 billion (2.01 billion pounds) holding of Ukrainian debt and considered itself to be an official rather than a private creditor. …read more Source: Channel...
London or Paris: which is the club for Russia’s Ukraine debt?
A legal conundrum is threatening plans to ease Ukraine’s debt burden and possibly its entire US$40 billion (26.88 billion pounds) IMF-led bailout: should a US$3 billion Eurobond held by Russia be classed as bilateral sovereign debt or a plain vanilla bond? …read more Source: Channel...
Syria’s Assad says West wants to weaken Russia
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the West of trying to weaken Russia by turning Ukraine into a puppet state, a tactic he said had also been used against his own country. …read more Source: Channel...
