Section: Ireland
Ukraine to discuss separatist challenge
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called an emergency meeting of his security chiefs to discuss new ways of dealing with the separatist challenge in the east. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukrainian separatists hold elections
Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine have begun voting in controversial leadership elections that Ukraine and the West have refused to recognise. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Six Ukrainian soldiers killed in 24 hours
Six Ukrainian soldiers have been killed by pro-Russian rebels in the last 24 hours, a government official has said. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russia and Ukraine agree gas deal
Ukraine, Russia and the European Union have signed a deal that will see Moscow resume vital supplies of gas to Ukraine over the winter. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russian-Ukrainian gas deal reached
Russia, Ukraine and the EU signed a gas supply deal in Brussels to ensure Ukraine receives gas from its neighbour over the winter. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Russia to recognise Ukrainian rebel votes
Russia plans to recognise elections being organised next weekend by rebels in eastern Ukraine in defiance of the government in Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Ukraine votes in parliamentary elections
Ukrainians vote today in an election that is likely to install a pro-Western parliament and strengthen President Petro Poroshenko’s mandate to end separatist conflict in the east, but may fuel tension with Russia. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Fighting in Ukraine displaces over 800,000 people
The conflict in Ukraine has driven more than 824,000 people from their homes, the UN refugee agency said this morning, warning that it was having to quickly prepare aid to offset the impact of winter. …read more Source: RTÉ...
Flanagan ‘regrets’ Israel’s West Bank expansion
European Union foreign ministers are discussing the issue of sanctions against Russia for its involvement in Ukraine, as well as the latest situation in Syria, Iraq and the Middle East. …read more Source: RTÉ...
EU leaders meet in Milan over conflict in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Milan today in a breakfast meeting with EU leaders aimed at easing tensions surrounding the violated ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: RTÉ...
