Section: The Local (Germany)
Leaders hail Ukraine ceasefire progress
Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed further steps in putting last month’s Ukraine ceasefire accords into action on Monday evening in a phone conversation with French President Francois Hollande, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukraine: troop deaths ‘serious breach’ of truce
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko declared the killing of three government troops by pro Moscow rebels a “serious breach of the ceasefire”, during a telephone call Friday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her office said. …read more Source: The Local...
Russia revives ‘KGB methods’ in Europe
Russia is busily enlarging its spying network in Europe along the former Soviet KGB model because of the Ukraine crisis, Germany’s domestic intelligence chief warns. …read more Source: The Local...
Army considers plan to field more tanks
The crisis in Ukraine is prompting a rethink of equipment plans at the Defence Ministry, with officials considering outfitting troops with more battle tanks. …read more Source: The Local...
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...
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...
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...
Merkel and Pope Francis discuss Ukraine crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on a visit to the Vatican Saturday met with Pope Francis and discussed efforts to end the bloody conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Local...
Merkel and Hollande cling to Minsk ceasefire
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for the “Minsk II” ceasefire deal in Ukraine to be “fully respected” after meeting in Paris on Friday. …read more Source: The Local...
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...
