Section: Germany
Brawl as Ukrainian lawmaker hoists Prime Minister Yatseniuk from podium
Fighting has broken out in the Ukrainian parliament, after a perturbed lawmaker physically picked up Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk as he was giving a speech, lifting him from the podium. A mass brawl ensued. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Pressure builds in Kyiv ahead of crucial deadline
The one year grace period is over. Parliament could now oust Ukraine’s governing coalition. Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is increasingly under pressure. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Merkel named TIME ‘Person of the Year’
Time magazine Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its “Person of the Year 2015,” hailing her leadership during Europe’s debt, refugee and migrant crises, as well as Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
Joe Biden likely to bring harsh criticism to Ukraine
Joe Biden will likely express heavy criticism in Ukraine’s capital. The United States is losing its patience with regard to Ukraine’s judiciary reforms and its battle against corruption. Frank Hofmann reports from Kyiv. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Georgia strips former-president Saakashvili of citizenship in wake of Ukrainian role
Georgia has stripped former president Mikheil Saakashvili of his citizenship, more than six months after Kiev appointed him governor of Odessa in Ukraine. He has become one of Moscow’s arch enemies. …read more Source: Deutsche...
OSCE: Germany takes the helm
Terror attacks, Turkish-Russian tensions, the refugee crisis and a conflict in Eastern Ukraine – the fragile security situation in Europe dominates the 2015 OSCE Ministerial Council. Dagmar Engel reports from Belgrade. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Dark days on Crimea: Russia and Ukraine rattle sabers
Electricity cables cut, no trade between Ukraine proper and the Crimean Peninsula, no gas supply: Once again Ukraine and Russia seem headed for confrontation. The US and Europe fear for the future of the Minsk Protocol. …read more Source: Deutsche...
State of emergency in Crimea amid second night of blackout
The administration of Russian-annexed Crimea has declared a work-free day after the peninsula was largely blacked out for a second night due to pylon damage. The perpetrators of the damage remain unknown. …read more Source: Deutsche...
The Maidan movement and the period that followed
This weekend in Kyiv, the beginning of the pro-European Maidan movement is being remembered. A timeline from Frank Hofmann in Kyiv. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Playing with fire in Donbass
Most tanks have apparently been withdrawn from the buffer zone in eastern Ukraine but not the heavy artillery, complains the OSCE. The truce is still on shaky ground. DW’s Frank Hofmann reports from Kyiv. …read more Source: Deutsche...
