Section: New Europe (EU)
Bus shelled in Ukraine, at least 9 dead
Author(s): NEOnline | KT ukraine.jpg At least 9 people have been killed in in east Ukraine after a city bus was hit by an artillery shell. The shell struck the vehicle Thursday morning in Donetsk, instantly killing numerous passengers and blowing out the windows of a nearby building. A rebel official at the site said up to 10 people may have been...
Lithuania: a citizens' manual in case of foreign invasion
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51408235.jpg Lithuania’s defense ministry is advising its citizens how to react in case of war, reflecting jitters over neighboring Russia’s intervention in Ukraine and a recent increase of reported airspace violations in the Baltic region. The 98-page booklet, entitled “How to act in extreme situations or...
Ukraine and Russia agree to pull back heavy weapons
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51733955.jpg After a marathon of talks in Berlin, Ukraine and Russia agreed to pull back heavy weapons in the east of the country. Frank-Walter Steinmeier made the announcement late last night after a marathon of talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Ukraine’s Pavlo Klimkin and Laurent Fabius of France....
Clouds of gloom over Davos
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51193252.jpg A gloomy atmosphere of fin-de-règne has dawned upon Davos, where the World Economic Forum is due to start on Wednesday, after a year that has seen the twin Malaysia Airlines disasters, the conflict in Ukraine, the worst ever Ebola outbreak, terrorists on the rampage in the middle of Paris, and a growing...
As EU discusses Ukraine, Poroshenko vows to retake separatist east
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51602650.jpg EU foreign ministers are meeting today to discuss a review of relations with Russia, a potential minefield for EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini. A draft paper sent to the ministers by Mogherini’s services before has raised alarm, as it asks ministers to consider “possible elements for...
No summit on Ukraine, after failure of closed-door meeting
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51733955.jpg The foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, Ukraine and France were unable to make enough progress in closed-door meetings Monday on the Ukrainian crisis to move ahead with a higher-level summit. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said their four-hour meeting was a “very open exchange”...
With IMF back in Kiev, bankrupt Ukraine seeks West unity
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51727073.jpg Ukraine’s prime minister is calling for continued Western unity in pressing Russia to fully implement a much-violated peace deal. Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Thursday that Russia is “desperately trying” to split European Union countries, “but they’re going to fail.” Yatsenyuk is...
US to station 150 armored vehicles in Eastern Europe
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51651510.jpg As Russia identified NATO as the nation’s main military threat, the United States announced plans by the end of next year to station around 150 tanks and armored vehicles in Europe. NATO denies it is a threat to Russia and, amid tensions over Ukraine, accuses Moscow of undermining European security....
New Russian military doctrine says NATO major threat
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_02802815.jpg Russia identified NATO as the nation’s main military threat and raised the possibility of a broader use of precision conventional weapons to deter foreign aggression under a new military doctrine signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday. The updated doctrine says Russia faces threats from foreign...
Ukraine parliament votes to join NATO, EU
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51713894.jpg Ukraine’s parliament has voted to abandon the country’s neutral “non-bloc” status and set membership in NATO and the European Union as a goal, a move immediately denounced by Russia as “unfriendly.” The legislative amendment submitted by President Petro Poroshenko was...
