Section: France 24 (France)
Ukraine elections by year’s end unlikely, says Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said Friday that local elections in Ukraine, planned for October, will be delayed until next year. …read more Source: France...
Pro-Russia rebels order UN to leave east Ukraine stronghold
Pro-Russian rebels have ordered UN agencies working in the separatist stronghold of Lugansk in east Ukraine to leave the area by Friday, the UN aid chief said. …read more Source: France...
Second Ukrainian policeman dies following Kiev protest
A second Ukrainian policeman died from injuries after clashes in central Kiev that also saw more than 140 people hospitalised, the interior minister said Tuesday. …read more Source: France...
Dozen injured in blast outside Kiev parliament building
A loud explosion shook central Kiev near the country’s parliament building Monday as lawmakers voted for constitutional changes to give its eastern regions a special status that it hopes will blunt their separatist drive. …read more Source: France...
Hollande and Merkel meet to tackle migrant crisis, Ukraine violence
The leaders of Germany and France will meet in Berlin on Monday to seek a unified stance on efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis since World War II, as hundreds more people poured into Serbia in a desperate bid for a better life. …read more Source: France...
Putin buffs up image while exploring shipwreck off Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image on Tuesday by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year. …read more Source: France...
Masked men attack Ukraine gay rights activists
Masked men on Saturday fired tear gas into a venue in the Ukraine port city of Odessa where gay rights activists were to hold a forum after deciding against marching in defiance of a ban. …read more Source: France...
Tensions flare in eastern Ukraine as Kiev ‘repels tank assault’
A surge of fighting in eastern Ukraine, where Kiev reported the heaviest shelling in six months, has raised concerns that both Ukrainian and pro-Russian separatist forces are getting ready for a return to all-out warfare. …read more Source: France...
‘Possible’ Russian missile fragments found at MH17 crash site
Investigators probing the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 said Tuesday they had identified pieces that “possibly” come from a Russian-made BUK missile from eastern Ukraine, where the plane crashed. …read more Source: France...
Hollande, Putin agree compensation for cancelled Mistral deal
President François Hollande’s office announced Wednesday that a deal had been reached with President Vladimir Putin to pay Russia compensation for cancelling the delivery of two French Mistral warships over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source: France...
