Section: The West Australian (Australia)
Ukraine takes historic step toward NATO (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine took a historic step toward NATO on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote certain to stoke Russia’s anger ahead of talks on ending the ex-Soviet state’s separatist war. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko to hold peace talks with rebels ‘this week’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Monday a fresh round of peace talks with pro-Russian rebels would take place this week following an international push to revive the stalled negotiations. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine peace talks to resume Wednesday in Minsk: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A fresh round of peace talks with Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels will take place in the Belarussian capital on Wednesday and Friday, President Petro Poroshenko said after speaking by phone with his French, Russian and German counterparts. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine peace talks in Minsk on Wednesday and Friday: Poroshenko (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – A fresh round of peace talks with Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels will take place in the Belarussian capital on Wednesday and Friday, President Petro Poroshenko said after speaking by phone with his French, Russian and German counterparts. …read more Source: The West...
Crisis-hit Russia’s top allies forge ties with Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev followed his Belarussian counterpart to Ukraine on Monday as Moscow’s old allies reassessed their reliance on Russia in the heat of its financial malaise. …read more Source: The West...
Turkey-based AFP photographer wins Time laurel (AFP)
Washington (AFP) – Time magazine named AFP’s Bulent Kilic as its Best Wire Photographer for 2014 on Monday for his powerful images from the Syrian border, Ukraine and his native Turkey. …read more Source: The West...
Crisis-hit Russia’s top allies build ties with Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev followed his Belarussian counterpart to Ukraine on Monday as Moscow’s old allies built bridges to Europe while Russia’s financial crisis and diplomatic isolation grew. …read more Source: The West...
Belarus strongman looks to revive Ukraine peace talks (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – The authoritarian leader of Belarus visits Kiev on Sunday hoping to revive stalled Ukrainian peace talks he has been hosting in order to calm Europe’s volatile eastern edge. …read more Source: The West...
Putin says no one can ‘intimidate or isolate’ Russia (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – President Vladimir Putin said Saturday no country can “intimidate” or “isolate” Russia, after the West imposed new sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: The West...
Russia brands new sanctions roadblock to Ukraine peace (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Russia accused the West on Saturday of fuelling unrest in Ukraine by adopting anti-Kremlin sanctions that further erode the prospects of peace talks to end the separatist war. …read more Source: The West...
