Section: France
Reforms in spotlight as French and German ministers meet Ukraine’s Poroshenko
Foreign ministers from Germany and France have flown to Kyiv, to push Ukraine to move forward reforms needed for the Minsk peace agreement.… …read more Source:...
Reforms in spotlight as French and German ministers meet Ukraine’s Poroshenko
Foreign ministers from Germany and France have flown to Kyiv, to push Ukraine to move forward reforms needed for the Minsk peace agreement.… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Tatar protest song Eurovision choice likely to irk Russia
Ukrainian music lovers have chosen their entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, and the television audience decided to stick two fingers in… …read more Source:...
Ukrainian soldiers swapped for rebel fighters and a priest
Three Ukrainian soldiers have been exchanged for five rebel fighters and one Orthodox priest. The swap was made just north of the rebel stronghold of… …read more Source:...
Ukraine marks second anniversary of Maidan protests
Ukrainians on Saturday marked the second anniversary of the violent Maidan protests in central Kiev that left more than 100 demonstrators and several policemen dead. …read more Source: France...
Ukraine’s PM Yatsenyuk survives no-confidence vote
The Ukrainian government under Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk has survived a no-confidence vote in the country’s parliament. It came even though… …read more Source:...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko asks Prime Minister Yatsenyuk to resign
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk and the country’s controversial prosecutor general to resign because both have lost the public’s trust, his spokesman said Tuesday. …read more Source: France...
Turkey points finger at Russia over Syria hospital attacks
Visiting Ukraine, Turkey’s prime minister pointed the finger at Russia over the strikes in Azaz. Earlier he’d warned Kurdish rebels of a harsh… …read more Source:...
INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Stalemate after Minsk II agreement
Ukrainian deputies attend a session of parliament in Kiev, Ukraine. Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko At the Minsk summit 12 months ago French President Hollande, Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Poroshenko with German Chancellor Merkel agreed to a packaged peace deal that was …read more Source: Radio France...
INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Civilians see no end to the conflict in eastern Ukraine
Workers clean debris on a monument that was partly damaged in an explosion in Donetsk. Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko Exactly one year ago the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine met in the Bielorussian capital to sign the Minsk II Agreement. The …read more Source: Radio France...