Section: France
Crisis in Ukraine and the economic consequences for region
This week Business Line takes a closer look at the economic turbulence swirling around Eastern Europe as a result of the crisis in Ukraine. The… …read more Source:...
Video: Ukraine’s Slaviansk still tense one year after start of war
Ukraine marks one year on Wednesday since it began military operations against pro-Russian separatists in the east. But what was supposed to be a swift intervention has turned into a protracted conflict that has claimed more than 6,000 lives. …read more Source: France...
A further strain on a shaky truce: Fighting escalates in eastern Ukraine
The Minsk ceasefire is “once more on shaky ground”:http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/10/obama-urges-robust-monitoring-of-ukraine-ceasefire/, with the… …read more Source:...
Ministers meet in Berlin to try and preserve Ukraine’s fragile truce
Foreign ministers from France Ukraine Germany and Russia have met in Berlin to try and preserve a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. “The Minsk… …read more Source:...
Foreign ministers demand fighting end in east Ukraine
Foreign ministers from Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine called for an end to the renewed heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine following tough talks in Berlin on Monday. …read more Source: France...
France tops military spending in west Europe
France was the biggest military spender in western Europe last year, a leading thinktank has found, while many eastern European countries made dramatic increases in spending as the Ukraine crisis continues. …read more Source: The Local...
Hundreds of Kyiv citizens celebrated Easter
Hundreds of Kyiv citizens celebrated Easter at St Michael’s Cathedral over the weekend. The blue church has become a symbol of Ukraine’s Maiden… …read more Source:...
Prayers for peace as Russia and Ukraine observe Orthodox Easter
From Kyiv to Moscow, it is Orthodox Easter. And while leaders are divided over the conflict in Ukraine, they have been united in observing sacred… …read more Source:...
Statues smashed as Ukraine moves to shed Soviet past
Activists toppled three statues of Communist leaders overnight Friday in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, days after parliament passed a controversial bill designed to purge the country of Soviet-era symbols. …read more Source: France...
Normandy group to discuss Minsk agreement in Berlin
German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has invited his counterparts from France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine to Berlin on Monday evening… …read more Source:...
