Section: France
Ukraine votes to drop neutrality and seek NATO membership
Ukraine has taken a significant step towards joining NATO after the country’s parliament voted on Tuesday to drop its official neutrality in… …read more Source:...
The presidents of Kazakhstan and Ukraine hold talks in Kyiv
The president of Kazakhstan has met with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv for talks. Nazarbayev congratulated Poroshenko on holding elections and… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Belarus Leader makes pledge on peace talks
Belarus says it’s ready to help Ukraine revive stalled peace negotiations over its separatist conflict in the east. In talks with his Ukrainian… …read more Source:...
Russia warns France over Mistral delay
Russia will gladly take back the money it paid for French Mistral-class warships whose handover has been delayed by concerns over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis, a deputy defence minister said Saturday. …read more Source: The Local...
FRANCE – RUSSIA: Russia tells France to hand over warship or return cash
0 Russia’s government pressured France on Saturday to either hand over the first of two Mistral-class warships it has suspended due to the crisis in Ukraine or pay back the money before the new year. …read more Source: Radio France...
Kyiv terror plot foiled, says Ukrainian security service
Ukraine’s security service said it has foiled a terrorist plot to cause mass casualties in its capital Kyiv. The country’s counter intelligence… …read more Source:...
West extends sanctions as Ukraine violence flares up
The United States imposed sanctions Friday on Russian-controlled Crimea as Ukraine announced the loss of five soldiers ahead of peace talks meant to end a war against Russian-backed insurgents. …read more Source: France...
Divided opinion in Russia after Putin’s end-of-year address
In Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, pro-Russian separatists watched President Putin’s end-of-year speech on a TV set in a canteen. One soldier… …read more Source:...
Russian Mistral warship sailors leave France
Some 400 Russian sailors training to operate the controversial Mistral-class warship built by France for Russia on Thursday left the country as Paris faces increasing international pressure to abandon the disputed sale. France has already delayed the delivery of the vessel, citing the crisis in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
Putin promises economic recovery, remains defiant over Western sanctions
In his year-end news conference on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said measures had been adopted to turn the country’s slowing economy around, while insisting his position on Ukraine had not shifted in the wake of Western sanctions. …read more Source: France...
