Section: Today (Singapore)
Dutch PM not optimistic on deal over EU-Ukraine partnership
BRUSSELS – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was not optimistic of reaching a deal over the partnership between the European Union and Ukraine, which was rejected by Dutch voters in a referendum in April. Rutte said this was because he… …read more Source:...
Kremlin says Berlin talks on Ukraine crisis were positive
MOSCOW – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday talks on the Ukraine crisis in Berlin were “as a whole, positive”. Speaking on a conference call with journalists, Peskov said the leaders of Russia, France, Germany and Ukraine “swapped… …read more Source:...
Russia’s Putin says Minsk accord should be basis for Ukraine solution
BERLIN – The Minsk accord, reached in February 2015 in the Belarussian capital, should be the basis for a resolution of the crisis in southeast Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters on Wednesday after international talks in Berlin. … …read more Source:...
Baltics, fearing Russia, to triple military spending by 2018: report
VILNIUS – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia intend to triple annual spending on arms and military equipment to $670 million by 2018 from 2014 due to fears of Russia following its annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea region, an IHS Markit report said on Thursday. … …read more Source:...
Ukraine: roadmap for Minsk peace process to be drawn up in November
BERLIN – Ukraine, Germany, France and Russia have agreed to draw up a roadmap in November on how to implement a Minsk ceasefire agreement for eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday after four-way leader talks. … …read more Source:...
We don’t expect breakthroughs at Berlin talks on Ukraine: Kremlin
MOSCOW – The Kremlin said on Wednesday it did not expect any breakthroughs at talks on the stalled Ukrainian peace process between the leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine in Berlin later in the day. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov… …read more Source:...
France wants progress on disengagement, Donbass at Ukraine summit
PARIS – France said on Tuesday a summit in Berlin to put peace accords on Ukraine back on track needed to establish a calendar for elections in the Donbass region and get agreements to pull government and separatist troops back from more zones. … …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko not optimistic about meeting with Putin
OSLO – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said he was not optimistic about a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Berlin on Wednesday addressing the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. “For the tomorrow meeting, let’s not have very high… …read more Source:...
Ukraine announces ‘Normandy Format’ meeting in Berlin on October 19
KIEV – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has agreed to a so-called “Normandy Format” meeting in Berlin on Oct 19, bringing together Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine for talks on the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, a statement said on Tuesday. … …read more Source:...
Prominent Russian separatist commander killed in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW/KIEV – A prominent Russian separatist commander was assassinated in eastern Ukraine on Sunday evening, his allies said on Monday, accusing Ukrainian government forces of murdering him to try to destabilize an already fragile ceasefire. … …read more Source:...
