Section: The West Australian (Australia)
EU leaders reach deal to let Netherlands ratify Ukraine pact: PM (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU leaders agreed Thursday to give the Netherlands guarantees that will enable it to ratify the bloc’s association pact with Ukraine, which Dutch voters rejected in a referendum, Prime Minister Mark Rutte said. …read more Source: The West...
EU leaders agree to extend Russia economic sanctions to mid-2017: sources (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – EU leaders on Thursday agreed to extend for another six months damaging economic sanctions imposed on Russia for its role in the Ukraine crisis, diplomatic sources said. …read more Source: The West...
NATO to hold talks with Russia Monday: Stoltenberg (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – NATO will hold a fresh round of formal talks with Russia on Monday to discuss European security and the Ukraine conflict, alliance head Jens Stoltenberg said. …read more Source: The West...
Kiev to free 15 east Ukraine prisoners in ‘goodwill gesture’ (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Kiev said Thursday it would unilaterally release 15 prisoners captured in war-torn eastern Ukraine in a bid to encourage a prisoner swap with pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: The West...
No call for EU sanctions aginst Russia on Syria: Mogherini (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – The EU has no plans to impose sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Syria, foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday ahead of a leaders’ summit this week. …read more Source: The West...
NATO urges continued sanctions on Russia over Ukraine (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – Damaging EU economic sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine crisis must be kept in place to force Moscow to meet its Minsk ceasefire commitments, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday. …read more Source: The West...
Wounded in east Ukraine struggle for artificial limbs (AFP)
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Yulia Mikhailova considers herself lucky after surviving a shell strike on a trolley last year that killed 15 people in war-scarred east Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebel-held territory. …read more Source: The West...
Five Ukraine police killed in friendly fire mix-up (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Five Ukrainian police were killed by friendly fire in a tragic accident in which officers mistook colleagues for burglars, officials said Sunday. …read more Source: The West...
600,000 risk losing water in war-scarred Ukraine (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – International monitors warned on Friday that around 600,000 impoverished people could be left without water or heat in war-scarred eastern Ukraine this winter. …read more Source: The West...
Ukraine launches missile drills near Russia-annexed Crimea (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Thursday unleashed a barrage of missile tests near Russian-annexed Crimea in a show of strength and defiance bound to irritate Moscow. …read more Source: The West...
