Section: Germany
Merkel talks refugees, Ukraine with Swedish PM
Chancellor Angela Merkel hosted Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven in Berlin on Wednesday for talks on the two countries’ shared migration and integration concerns. Between them, Germany and Sweden take in more asylum seekers from Syria than the rest of the EU combined. …read more Source: The Local...
Foreign ministers urge respect for Ukraine ceasefire
The foreign ministers of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France have reiterated their call for a shaky ceasefire to be respected in Ukraine. The quartet met in Paris with the aim of rescuing the Minsk agreement. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Rebels claim heavy weapons pull-back in eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine have said they have begun withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line. Government forces, though, have said they won’t do so until the shooting stops completely. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Russia threatens Ukraine before Paris meeting
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed to want peace in Ukraine in an interview on Monday, hours before state-owned Gazprom threatened to cut off gas supplies to the country – hitting EU countries too – if it didn’t pay outstanding bills immediately. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukrainian army refuses to start withdrawing heavy weapons
Attacks by pro-Russian rebels have delayed withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line, Ukrainian army sources say. Both sides in the conflict had previously agreed to pull back the weapons within two weeks. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Opinion: Open wounds in Ukraine
One year on, the crimes that took place on the Maidan are still unpunished. Last February, Ukrainians won against a corrupt regime but their desire for a better life remains unfulfilled, says DW’s Bernd Johann. …read more Source: Deutsche...
German FM warns against Ukraine escalation
Germany’s foreign minister warned Sunday in comments to a newspaper that any attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol would be a clear violation of a week-old ceasefire accord. …read more Source: The Local...
Kharkiv bombing overshadows Maidan anniversary march in Ukraine
EU President Donald Tusk and German President Joachim Gauck have attended a Maidan anniversary march in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. It’s been overshadowed by the bombing of a similar march in Kharkiv. Two people were killed. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Deadly explosion rips through eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv
An explosive device went off in a crowd of marchers celebrating Ukraine’s 2014 revolution has caused over a dozen casualties. The country’s Interior Ministry condemned the “terrorist act” far from the frontline. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukrainian troops, rebels agree to artillery pullback
Despite ongoing violations of a ceasefire agreement, both sides in the Ukraine conflict have agreed to start moving back their tanks and heavy artillery from the front. The step comes on the heels of a prisoner exchange. …read more Source: Deutsche...
