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      Ukrainian President sets sights on closer EU ties
      Sep26

      Ukrainian President sets sights on closer EU ties

      Friday, September 26 , 2014 - 9:14 (EET) Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

      Ukraine’s President says his office has been talking with his Russian counterpart to sustain a truce in the east and the country is eyeing EU membership. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

      Ukraine leader sees end to war, eyes EU membership by 2020 (AFP)
      Sep26

      Ukraine leader sees end to war, eyes EU membership by 2020 (AFP)

      Friday, September 26 , 2014 - 6:14 (EET) Section: The West Australian (Australia)

      Kiev (AFP) – President Petro Poroshenko has proclaimed an end to the “most dangerous” part of Ukraine’s pro-Russian uprising and the start of a post-war recovery that would lead to an EU membership bid in 2020. …read more Source: The West...

      G7 leaders warn Russia of more sanctions (AFP)
      Sep25

      G7 leaders warn Russia of more sanctions (AFP)

      Thursday, September 25 , 2014 - 22:19 (EET) Section: The West Australian (Australia)

      United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Leaders of the world’s most developed economies Thursday warned Russia of more sanctions unless all fighting stops in Ukraine and vowed to stand by the war-torn country as winter approaches. …read more Source: The West...

      Japan PM vows to work against ‘war culture’ (AFP)
      Sep25

      Japan PM vows to work against ‘war culture’ (AFP)

      Thursday, September 25 , 2014 - 21:35 (EET) Section: The West Australian (Australia)

      United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Thursday to eliminate “war culture” from the world as he highlighted Tokyo’s aid in crises from the Middle East to Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...

      Ukraine’s Maidan movement wins Lech Walesa freedom prize (AFP)
      Sep25

      Ukraine’s Maidan movement wins Lech Walesa freedom prize (AFP)

      Thursday, September 25 , 2014 - 21:02 (EET) Section: The West Australian (Australia)

      Warsaw (AFP) – The Lech Walesa foundation on Thursday awarded its annual freedom prize to the Euromaidan protest movement that helped topple Ukraine’s pro-Moscow government earlier this year. …read more Source: The West...

      MH17 site still out of bounds: Malaysia PM (AAP)
      Sep25

      MH17 site still out of bounds: Malaysia PM (AAP)

      Thursday, September 25 , 2014 - 13:21 (EET) Section: The West Australian (Australia)

      Malaysian PM Najib Razak says he has been informed by his Ukrainian counterpart that fighting continues around the MH17 crash site, making it inaccessible. …read more Source: The West...

      Ukraine rounds up motley group to exchange for prisoners
      Sep25

      Ukraine rounds up motley group to exchange for prisoners

      Thursday, September 25 , 2014 - 8:15 (EET) Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

      At first glance, the prisoner swap between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists appeared fair enough. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

      Ukraine picks motley group to exchange for prisoners
      Sep25

      Ukraine picks motley group to exchange for prisoners

      Thursday, September 25 , 2014 - 4:47 (EET) Section: The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

      At first glance, the prisoner swap between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists appeared fair enough. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...

      Obama offers to lift sanctions if Russia ‘changes course’ on Ukraine (AFP)
      Sep24

      Obama offers to lift sanctions if Russia ‘changes course’ on Ukraine (AFP)

      Wednesday, September 24 , 2014 - 21:22 (EET) Section: The West Australian (Australia)

      United Nations (United States) (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Wednesday slammed Russia’s “aggression” in Ukraine but offered to lift sanctions against Moscow if it threw its weight behind an unravelling peace deal with Kiev. …read more Source: The West...

      Czech airline CSA to fire a third of its pilots
      Sep24

      Czech airline CSA to fire a third of its pilots

      Wednesday, September 24 , 2014 - 14:43 (EET) Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)

      PRAGUE (AP) Czech national carrier CSA says it is planning to fire a third of its pilots this year after passenger numbers from Russia and other former Soviet republics have declined due to the crisis in Ukraine.CSA spokesman Daniel… …read more Source: The New Zealand...