Section: The Business Times (Singapore)
Merkel says "not there yet" on lifting of Russia sanctions
[DAVOS] German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Russia on Thursday of violating Europe’s peaceful post-war order with its interventions in Ukraine and said Europe could not consider lifting economic sanctions against Moscow until it changed course. …read more Source: The Business...
Ukraine requests fresh IMF bailout
[DAVOS] Ukraine has asked the IMF for a new and broader rescue package, and would seek to renegotiate its debt with bond holders, officials said on Wednesday as the war-torn country fights to save its reeling economy. …read more Source: The Business...
Foreign ministers in Ukraine talks call for ceasefire
[BERLIN] The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France ended their latest Berlin crisis meeting Wednesday with a joint call to cease hostilities in Ukraine but no breakthrough agreement to stop the bloodshed. …read more Source: The Business...
Germany's Merkel plays down expectations as new Ukraine talks start
[BERLIN] Germany’s Angela Merkel said on Wednesday she hoped a new round of talks with Ukraine and Russia in Berlin could help implement an elusive ceasefire in eastern Ukraine but warned against expecting too much, given another upsurge in the violence. …read more Source: The Business...
EU agrees to stick to Russia sanctions policy
[BRUSSELS] EU foreign ministers agreed on Monday there would be no change in the bloc’s Russia policy, including sanctions, as the union’s diplomatic chief warned the Ukraine situation had got “much worse” in recent weeks. …read more Source: The Business...
Oil price plunge drags down Russian economy: EBRD bank
[LONDON] Russia’s battered economy will shrink by a far worse-than-expected 4.8 per cent this year, as plunging oil prices add to fallout from the Ukraine crisis, the EBRD development bank forecast on Monday. …read more Source: The Business...
Merkel sets high bar for lifting of Russia sanctions
[BERLIN] German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Europe could not consider lifting sanctions against Russia until all elements of a 12-point peace agreement signed in September between Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were fully implemented. …read more Source: The Business...
Hollande: Russia sanctions should end 'if Ukraine progress'
[PARIS] French President Francois Hollande said Monday that biting Western sanctions against Russia should be lifted if progress were made in resolving the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The Business...
Text of PM Lee's New Year message
2014 has been an eventful year. We have seen rising nationalism lead to tensions in our part of the world, and even to conflict in Ukraine and the Crimea. …read more Source: The Business...
Ukraine expects loan disbursement after IMF visit, hopes for more
UKRAINE expects the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to disburse new and overdue loans after a visit next month and still hopes a US$17 billion bailout programme can be expanded, its central bank chief said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The Business...
