Section: EU

Feb09

Bypassing EU, Merkel and Hollande try to fix Ukraine crisis

Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 12:48 (EEST) Section: New Europe (EU)

Author(s): Dan Alexe Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande.jpg The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine have announced plans for four-way talks this week. The proposed meeting Wednesday in the Belarusian capital of Minsk emerged from a phone call between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande,...

Feb09

EU leaders to meet with Russia and Ukraine in Minsk

Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 10:48 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

France, Germany, Ukraine, and Russia are to hold peace talks in Minsk on Wednesday, in an event described as a “last chance” to avert full-scale war. …read more Source:...

Feb09

The EU fights fires in its neighbourhood

Monday, February 9 , 2015 - 8:03 (EEST) Section: European Voice (EU)

When the leaders of the European Union’s member states gather in Brussels on Thursday (12 February), their minds will be on issues of war and peace. François Hollande, France’s president, was blunt this weekend about the dangers created by the rivers of blood flowing in eastern Ukraine. “If we do not manage to find not just a...

Feb07

[Ticker] Moscow peace talks said to be ‘constructive’

Saturday, February 7 , 2015 - 11:19 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

Germany’s Angela Merkel, French leader Francois Hollande, and Russia’s Vladimir Putin described their four-hour talks in Moscow on Friday as “constructive and substantive”, the BBC reports. The German and French leaders are to go to Kiev on Sunday to present a new peace plan to the Ukrainian president. …read more...

Feb06

US has little faith in Hollande-Merkel trip to Russia

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 20:23 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

US vice president Joe Biden has indicated he has little faith France and Germany will persuade Russia to halt its offensive in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

Feb06

Joe Biden: Ukraine battling for its “very survival”

Friday, February 6 , 2015 - 18:38 (EEST) Section: New Europe (EU)

Author(s): Dan Alexe Joe Biden.jpg US Vice President Joe Biden has said Ukraine is battling for its “very survival” in the face of escalating Russian involvement in the conflict Speaking at the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Biden said he is questioning the willingness of Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek peace in Ukraine. Putin...