Section: France
USA – UKRAINE – RUSSIA: Biden visits Kiev to calm Ukrainian fears over Russia relations thaw
0 US Vice-President Joe Biden is in Ukraine this week for the fourth time since protests ousted the pro-Russian government at the beginning of 2013. Biden met Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Sunday and was to address parliament on Tuesday. …read more Source: Radio France...
Rare white Bengal tiger cub dies of cold amid Crimea blackout
A six-week-old rare white Bengal tiger cub has died amid a two-week power blackout across the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. Keepers at the… …read more Source:...
Still no power in Crimea as protesters block repairs to pylons
Crimeans continue to suffer from a lack of power as work to restore electricity supplies is hampered by protesters and a lack of political will to… …read more Source:...
Ukraine and Russia clash again over gas pricing
Another round in the almost annual row over gas pricing has begun between Russia and Ukraine. Russian exporter Gazprom has announced its halting… …read more Source:...
Anti-Russian protesters block repair of Crimean power lines
The Russian-annexed peninsula of Crimea will be starved of electricity for a third day after pro-Ukrainian activists prevented repairs to sabotaged… …read more Source:...
Crimea: state of emergency declared
A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea after power lines carrying electricity from Ukraine were reportedly sabotaged. The peninsula was… …read more Source:...
Crimea without power after pylons ‘blown up’
A state of emergency has been declared in Crimea after pylons carrying electricity from Ukraine were blown up cutting off power to almost two million people, media and the Russian government said on Sunday. …read more Source: France...
State of emergency declared in Crimea after pylons carrying electricity from Ukraine “blown up” – Russian media
Our journalists are working on this story and will update it as soon as more information becomes available. …read more Source:...
FOOTBALL: Sweden and Ukraine gain early advantage in Euro 2016 play-offs
0 Tributes were paid to the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris during Saturday night’s play-offs for next year’s European championships in France. A minute’s silence was observed at both venues in Lviv and Solna. Players also wore black armbands. …read more Source: Radio France...
Ukraine passes law outlawing discrimination against gay workers
After several failed attempts, Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday backed a bill that bans discrimination against gay workers – a pre-condition for the… …read more Source:...
