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Ukraine, IMF in deal for US$17.5b bailout: Lagarde
The International Monetary Fund and conflict-torn Ukraine have reached a preliminary deal on a new financial rescue plan worth US$17.5 billion that could be a “turning point” for Kiev, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said on Thursday (Feb 12). …read more Source: Channel...
Russian President Vladimir Putin announces cease-fire in eastern Ukraine midnight Saturday
MINSK (Belarus) – Russian President Vladimir Putin today (Feb 12) emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on its terms. Mr Putin told… …read more Source:...
‘Drastic decline’ in media freedom worldwide
PARIS – Media freedom suffered a “drastic decline” worldwide last year in part because of extremist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, the watchdog group Reporters Without Borders said in its annual evaluation released Thursday.”There has been an overall deterioration linked to very different factors, with...
Leaders hold Ukraine peace talks as fighting surges
MINSK – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine held peace talks in Belarus on Wednesday, while in Ukraine pro-Moscow separatists tightened the pressure on Kiev by launching some of the war’s worst fighting.Ukraine’s army said 19 of its soldiers were killed in pro-Russian separatist assaults near the railway town of...
Greece fails to reach bailout deal with Europe
BRUSSELS – Greece’s new anti-austerity government failed to reach a deal with its European partners Thursday on renegotiating its huge bailout, with talks now set to go down to the wire next week.Finance minister Yaris Varoufakis set out Athens’ proposals for a new debt programme at an emergency meeting with his counterparts...
IMF 'very close' to agreement on Ukraine bailout, Lagarde says
[KIEV] The International Monetary Fund is “very close” to an agreement to bail out Ukraine’s war-damaged economy, managing director Christine Lagarde said. …read more Source: The Business...
Leaders start Ukraine peace summit as bloodshed mounts
The leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France on Wednesday (Feb 11) began a crunch peace summit in Minsk aimed at ending 10 months of fighting in Ukraine where violence claimed dozens more lives. …read more Source: Channel...
Merkel, Hollande arrive in Minsk for Ukraine crisis talks
February 11, 2015 11:12 PMMINSK (REUTERS) – French President Francois Hollande and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel have arrived in Minsk to take part in peace talks on the Ukraine crisis on Wednesday, a Reuters witness at the airport said. …read more Source: The Straits...
Ukraine ready to introduce martial law if crisis grows: Poroshenko
President Petro Poroshenko said on Wednesday Ukraine was prepared to introduce martial law across Ukraine if the separatist conflict in the east escalates further, news agency Interfax reported. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine PM hopes IMF talks will be successfully completed within 48 hours – Interfax
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Wednesday he hoped talks with an International Monetary Fund team on further financial aid would be successfully completed within 48 hours, news agencies reported him as saying. …read more Source: Channel...
