Section: France
Ukraine: massive forest fire threatens abandoned Chernobyl nuclear plant
Emergency crews in Ukraine are trying to stop a massive forest fire from spreading towards the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Prime… …read more Source:...
Rebels in eastern Ukraine carry out summary justice amid vacuum
Amid the unrest in eastern Ukraine, rebel fighters are carrying out their own form of summary justice. One rebel fighter was tied to a road sign in… …read more Source:...
EU – UKRAINE: Fighting overshadows EU-Ukraine leader summit
0 European leaders resisted calls from Ukraine to send a peacekeeping force to contain fighting in the east of the country on Monday as international monitors reported a surge in fighting in the eastern Donbass region. …read more Source: Radio France...
Chernobyl Children: what makes Ukrainians born in 1986 different?
On April 26, 1986 a series of unsuccessful tests at the 4th reactor of Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the north-west of Ukraine caused an explosion… …read more Source:...
Ukraine marks anniversary of 1986 Chernobyl disaster
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko paid his respects to the victims of the “Chernobyl… …read more Source:...
Putin calls on Hollande to mend ties to help trade
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his French counterpart François Hollande to restore ties that have been undermined by tension over Ukraine. For his part Hollande told Puting to ensure there the peace accords were implemented. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukraine crisis has created more than 2 million refugees, UN reports
More than 800,000 people have fled Ukraine as the conflict made towns and villages uninhabitable and destroyed vital infrastructure, according to UN… …read more Source:...
Paris to pay back Russia if warship deal pulled
President Francois Hollande said Wednesday that France will reimburse Russia if it fails to deliver two Mistral warships in a deal frozen over the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukraine miners demand help for their industry in Kyiv protest
Amid a country in conflict, their industry is in crisis…and Ukraine’s miners are making themselves heard. From the west and war-torn east,… …read more Source:...
US troops in Ukraine to train soldiers, angering Russia
Some 250 American troops are in Ukraine to help train local soldiers, as the conflict with pro-Russian rebels in the east continues. “While Barack… …read more Source:...
