Section: France
Ukraine rebels prepare for separatist elections in Donetsk and Luhansk
Tight security is surrounding the build-up to Sunday’s separatist elections in eastern Ukraine. The ballots are rejected as illegitimate by Kviv,… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Poroshenko backs Yatsenyuk for new term as PM
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has given his support to Arseny Yatsenyuk from the People’s Front Party for a new term as prime minister… …read more Source:...
Winter arrives in Ukraine as gas dispute with Russia sparks heating worries
Wintry weather has already come to Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. Night time temperatures are dipping below zero. The heating is normally turned on across… …read more Source:...
Russia, Ukraine and EU sign gas supply deal
Russia, Ukraine and the European Union have signed a deal to resume vital Russian gas supplies to Ukraine in return for payments funded by Kyiv’s… …read more Source:...
Russia, EU and Ukraine agree ‘breakthrough’ gas deal
Russia agreed to resume gas deliveries to war-torn Ukraine through the winter in an EU-brokered, multi-billion dollar deal signed by the three parties in Brussels on Thursday. …read more Source: France...
FRANCE – RUSSIA: France denies Mistral warships to be handed over to Russia in November
0 France has denied a Russian claim that the first of two warships being built in French shipyards for Moscow is ready to be handed over in mid-November. The US and other Nato countries have criticised the sale because of Russia’s …read more Source: Radio France...
Russia and Ukraine fail again to agree deal on gas
Ukraine and Russia are preparing for a fresh round of talks to reach a deal on resuming gas supplies to Kyiv. The meeting in Brussels went on late… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: PM set to hold coalition talks with five parties
Ukranian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has said he intends to lead coalition talks with up to five parties as soon as all the votes from Sunday’s… …read more Source:...
Washington on Ukraine: ‘one big opportunity for serious reforms’
Ukraine’s elections have won US President Barack Obama’s approval. He called them a milestone in the former Soviet state’s democratic development.… …read more Source:...
Ukraine: Moscow will recognise rebel elections in east
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that Moscow plans to recognise parliamentary elections held by Ukraine on Sunday, although it would… …read more Source:...
