Section: Croatia
CEI supports EU enlargement to W. Balkans
The foreign ministers of the Central European Initiative, who gathered in the Macedonian lakeside resort of Ohrid on Monday, supported European Union enlargement to the western Balkans and expressed their deep concern for the situation in Ukraine. The… …read more Source:...
PHOTO: Conference on contemporary security environment starts in Zagreb
Security threats that pose a challenge to the transatlantic community, the Ukraine conflict and ISIL are some of the topics to be discussed in the next two days at the conference “The Republic of Croatia in the Contemporary Security Environment”, which… …read more Source:...
Six soldiers killed in Ukraine in last 24 hours
Six soldiers have been killed in eastern Ukraine in the last 24 hours amid fierce fighting with rebels, an army spokesman said Saturday, despite a long-running ceasefire supposedly being in place. Ukraine army spokesman Andrey Lyssenko in Kiev said the… …read more Source:...
OSCE sees hotspots multiplying along Ukraine conflict line
Fighting in the Ukraine is flaring up in areas where there had been little violence since a shaky truce deal came into effect in February, says the deputy chief monitor of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).”It is an escalation,”… …read more Source:...
IMF says it will back Ukraine even if private debt talks fail
The International Monetary Fund said Friday it can continue backing Ukraine amid stalled negotiations between Kiev and its private creditors.The Washington-based crisis lender, which launched a four-year, 17.5-billion-dollar loan programme in March for… …read more Source:...
Poroshenko:Â “Occupied territory” in Ukraine, not civil war
The conflict in Ukraine is not a civil war, said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Thursday as he visited the government stronghold of Mariupol in the country’s troubled Donetsk region.”Those who are located on occupied territory amid this humanitarian… …read more Source:...
Putin insists Russia is not isolated after G7 snub
Russian President Vladimir Putin denied Wednesday that his country had become an international outcast after being expelled from the Group of Eight (G8) and slapped with sanctions over its actions in Ukraine.Putin spoke during an official trip to Italy… …read more Source:...
Massive fire engulfs fuel depot outside Kiev
Hundreds of firefighters and National Guardsmen frantically tried on Tuesday to contain a massive blaze that engulfed a fuel storage facility outside Kiev. All 17 tanks at the depot, about 25 kilometers south-west of the Ukrainian capital, caught fire… …read more Source:...
Defying sceptics, Merkel’s beer summit produces more than hot air
German Chancellor Angela Merkel convinces her G7 counterparts of the merits of her positions on Ukraine and climate change.”Everybody wave,” suggested US President Barack Obama as the Group of Seven (G7) leaders posed for the traditional family photo… …read more Source:...
G7 threatens further Russia sanctions; agrees to climate target
The Group of Seven (G7) leaders have threatened to strengthen sanctions against Russia, if the situation in eastern Ukraine worsens, the final summit communique will say, according to officials who spoke to dpa on Monday.At their meeting in southern… …read more Source:...
