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    Ex-PM Tymoshenko’s party quits Ukraine’s ruling coalition (AFP)
    Feb17

    Ex-PM Tymoshenko’s party quits Ukraine’s ruling coalition (AFP)

    Kiev (AFP) – Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s party Wednesday quit Ukraine’s ruling pro-Western coalition after the government survived a no-confidence vote, accusing it of being a stooge of shadowy tycoons. …read more Source: The West...

    Vote of no confidence fails in Ukraine (AAP)
    Feb16

    Vote of no confidence fails in Ukraine (AAP)

    A motion of no confidence against the government has been rejected in the Ukraine parliament despite calls in the ruling coalition for a new cabinet. …read more Source: The West...

    Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk survives no confidence vote (AFP)
    Feb16

    Ukraine PM Yatsenyuk survives no confidence vote (AFP)

    Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk survived a no confidence vote Tuesday that came hours after the president asked him to resign because he had lost the public’s trust. …read more Source: The West...

    Yatsenyuk: Ukraine’s unlikely firebrand (AFP)
    Feb16

    Yatsenyuk: Ukraine’s unlikely firebrand (AFP)

    Kiev (AFP) – Arseniy Yatsenyuk once said that taking the job of Ukrainian prime minister was an act of “political suicide” and on Tuesday he appeared to have been proven right. …read more Source: The West...

    Ukraine’s Poroshenko asks embattled PM to resign (AFP)
    Feb16

    Ukraine’s Poroshenko asks embattled PM to resign (AFP)

    Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk to resign in the face of the government’s perceived failure to fight endemic corruption and overcome a deep economic crisis. …read more Source: The West...

    Ukraine PM faces possible dismissal as crisis deepens (AFP)
    Feb16

    Ukraine PM faces possible dismissal as crisis deepens (AFP)

    Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk was fighting for his political life on Tuesday as parliament considered holding a vote of no confidence in the government over its perceived failure to fight graft. …read more Source: The West...

    Ukraine bans transit of trucks from Russia in trade war (AFP)
    Feb15

    Ukraine bans transit of trucks from Russia in trade war (AFP)

    Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine on Monday banned the transit of Russian trucks across its territory in a tit-for-tat response to an escalating trade war between the feuding ex-Soviet states. …read more Source: The West...

    Russia warns of new Cold War as east Ukraine violence surges (Reuters)
    Feb13

    Russia warns of new Cold War as east Ukraine violence surges (Reuters)

    By Robin Emmott and Shadia Nasralla MUNICH (Reuters) – Violence in eastern Ukraine is intensifying and Russian-backed rebels have moved heavy weaponry back to the front line, internatio… …read more Source: The West...

    Russia sanctions to remain until Ukraine deal implemented: Kerry (AFP)
    Feb13

    Russia sanctions to remain until Ukraine deal implemented: Kerry (AFP)

    Munich (Germany) (AFP) – Sanctions against Russia will continue until it implements all aspects of the Ukraine peace agreement reached in Minsk last year, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday. …read more Source: The West...

    Russia decries ‘new Cold War’ as East-West strains cloud talks (AFP)
    Feb13

    Russia decries ‘new Cold War’ as East-West strains cloud talks (AFP)

    Munich (Germany) (AFP) – The world has plunged into a “new Cold War”, the Russian premier said Saturday, as East-West tensions over Ukraine and Syria took centre-stage at a gathering of world leaders in Germany. …read more Source: The West...