Section: Bangkok Post (Thailand)
Ukraine’s restless lenders question sweetened debt deal
KIEV – Ukraine’s main debt holders responded with extreme caution Monday to a sweetened but “final” debt restructuring offer that would keep the war-torn nation from imposing a repayment moratorium next month. …read more Source: Bangkok...
EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months: official
LUXEMBOURG – EU foreign ministers formally agreed Monday to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine vows to pay Russia despite default threat
KIEV – Cash-strapped Ukraine promised on Friday to make the next payment on a disputed Russian loan it had threatened to stop servicing due to Moscow’s rejection of more lenient terms. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Russia tries to shrug off crisis as West snubs investment forum
SAINT PETERSBURG – Russian officials tried to play down fears about the country’s economic crisis Thursday as tensions with the West over Ukraine cast a pall over its showcase investment forum. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukraine creditors reject ‘haircut’ despite default threat
KIEV – Ukraine’s biggest private creditors mounted a firm defence Wednesday of their refusal to accept a debt write-off that could keep the impoverished but strategic ex-Soviet nation from slipping into default. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Ukrainians captured over fake cards
Four Ukrainian men have been arrested at a hotel in Bangkok with 30 counterfeit ATM cards used to withdraw cash from banks. …read more Source: Bangkok...
New deaths and diplomatic warfare rattle Ukraine truce
KIEV – Ukraine’s faltering peace deal suffered fresh setbacks on Saturday when Kiev reported the deaths of six soldiers and accused Moscow of abetting an attack on one of its Russian consulates. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Isolated Putin seeks sympathetic hearing in Italy
ROME – Vladimir Putin makes a rare international outing on Wednesday with a high-profile visit to Italy and the Vatican two days after the G7 threatened him with tougher sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: Bangkok...
‘Gigantic’ fire erupts at fuel depot near Kiev, several dead
KIEV – Several firefighters died on Tuesday as a result of a huge explosion and fire at a fuel depot outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev, officials said. …read more Source: Bangkok...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed when truck hits mine: spokesman
DONETSK (UKRAINE) – At least seven Ukrainian servicemen died on Monday when their truck hit a mine planted by pro-Russian insurgents in the war-torn country’s separatist east, a Kiev military spokesman told AFP. …read more Source: Bangkok...
