Section: Germany
Fighting rages in eastern Ukraine ahead of Minsk talks
At least 24 people have been killed in the most recent episode of fighting in eastern Ukraine. The violence has occurred barely hours before world leaders were to gather in Minsk to discuss a peace deal. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Minsk meeting may seal Ukraine’s fate
The Belarusian capital Minsk is to be the site of key decisions in the Ukraine conflict. President Alexander Lukashenko appears neutral, but appearances are not always what they are stacked up to be. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Merkel warns US of threat to peace in Europe
Chancellor Angela Merkel said that abandoning the principle of territorial integrity at the heart of the Ukraine crisis posed a threat to the “peaceful order of Europe“ during a visit to the US on Monday. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukraine crisis – are the British backing down?
The Iraq war, the Middle East talks, the Iran nuclear negotiations: the UK was always a major player on the foreign policy stage. But on the Ukraine crisis, London seems content to leave things to Paris and Berlin. …read more Source: Deutsche...
EU delays further sanctions against Russia
EU foreign ministers are delaying imposing new sanctions on Russia in order to give a planned peace summit on the Ukraine crisis a chance. But that doesn’t mean sanctions won’t go ahead. Bernd Riegert from Brussels. …read more Source: Deutsche...
With Ukraine, Europe is ‘entering a more dangerous period,’ analyst says
As diplomatic efforts continue to end the conflict in Ukraine, German analyst Michael Brzoska warns that conflicts are inching closer to the West. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Ukraine crisis talks come to Brussels and Berlin
European foreign ministers have begun talks in Brussels in a final diplomatic push to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. The German Foreign Minister cast doubt over prospects for Wednesday’s talks in Minsk. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Emergency peace talks planned for Wednesday
Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet with her French, Russian and Ukrainian counterparts on Wednesday in a frantic bid to halt escalating bloodshed in Eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
Merkel, Obama ponder Ukraine and security in Washington
As Angela Merkel visits Barack Obama, the US sees Europe as a continent in crises. Two experts take on the roles of Germany and the US to tease out the countries’ views on key international issues. …read more Source: Deutsche...
France, Germany set for Minsk peace summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was working towards peace talks with the leaders of France, Germany and Ukraine in Minsk on Wednesday but the four still need to agree on a “number of points” by then. …read more Source: The Local...
