Section: Germany
EU police as peacekeepers in Ukraine?
Ukrainian President Poroshenko says he wants a greater role for the European Union in monitoring the ceasefire in the country’s east. But the EU is skeptical of the proposal, DW’s Bernd Riegert writes from Brussels. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Merkel, Hollande, Poroshenko and Putin try to rescue Ukraine truce
The leaders of Germany, France Ukraine and Russia have spoken on the telephone in an attempt to keep alive a faltering ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. All four called for the truce to be fully implemented. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Moscow, separatists reject Kyiv’s call for peacekeepers
Moscow has said Kyiv’s call for deploying peacekeepers to Ukraine could endanger the entire ceasefire agreement in the country. Pro-Russian separatists said a such a mission would violate the Minsk peace deal. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukraine calls for EU peacekeeper mission
President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine called for UN peacekeepers to be sent into conflict zones in the east of his country on Wednesday, after pro-Russian separatists took over a key town. …read more Source: The Local...
Moldova parliament picks pro-EU premier
Moldova’s parliament has chosen a pro-European businessman as prime minister. Its choice of Chiril Gaburici puts the impoverished former Soviet republic adjacent to Ukraine on possible collision course with Russia. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Austria suffering fallout from Russian sanctions
While the world waits to see whether the Ukraine ceasefire will hold, Austrian businesses look on with dismay at increasingly slim prospects that the economy will pick up this year, writes Alison Langley from Vienna. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Opinion: Diplomacy has reached its limits
Perhaps the Minsk accord hasn’t failed yet. But the situation in Debaltseve shows that peace in eastern Ukraine just can’t be reached with diplomacy alone, DW’s Bernd Johann writes. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Government condemns Ukraine rebel advance
The German government said on Wednesday that pro-Russian rebels’ advance into the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve was a serious breach of ceasefire terms agreed last week in Minsk. …read more Source: The Local...
Opinion: Orban is playing games with Europe
As fighting continues in eastern Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has reinforced his relationship with Moscow and provided Putin with a platform. In doing so he is weakening the EU, says Robert Schwartz. …read more Source: Deutsche...
UN Security Council calls for an to end hostilities in eastern Ukraine
The United Nations has urged rebels in eastern Ukraine and the Kyiv government to cease hostilities, as violence continues despite Sunday’s ceasefire. Both sides have accused each other of violating the truce. …read more Source: Deutsche...
