Section: Macedonia
Patrushev: US trying to involve Russia in military conflict
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said Tuesday the United States is trying to involve Russia in a military conflict and weaken its positions, while Ukraine itself does not interest them, TASS reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Peacekeepers’ deployment in east Ukraine possible: Russian UN ambassador
UN peacekeepers may appear in eastern Ukraine theoretically but their deployment is not fitting into the logic of preparing the Minsk meeting of the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France, Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV news channel on Monday....
Merkel says Ukraine conflict can’t be solved by military
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the conflict between Russia and Ukraine cannot be solved by “military means”, AP reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
EU delays sanctions by a week to support Ukraine peace talks
The European Union delayed putting more Ukrainian separatists and Russians on its sanctions list on Monday to give a Franco-German peace plan for Ukraine time to work. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Bulgaria looks for a gas future without South Stream
Bulgarian Prime Minister Bojko Borisov said that his country will work on several projects that should provide it with a reliable supply of natural gas from different source. Borisov evoked the 2008 crisis when his country was one of the worst hit by the cut off of Russian gas transported through Ukraine. …read more Source: Macedonian...
Ukraine crisis: Leaders plan new Minsk peace talks
The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France aim to meet in Belarus’s capital Minsk on Wednesday to discuss a peace plan for eastern Ukraine, BBC reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Ivanov: International law to be respected in Macedonia’s case as well
General assessment is that great concern exists especially regarding the developments in Ukraine. It brings many emotions and anxiety in addresses by participants, although 51st Munich Security Conference, as one of the most important global forums, is dealing with security issues, President Gjorge Ivanov said after today’s closing of the...
Ukraine talks ‘one of the last chances’ to avoid war, says Hollande
French President Francois Hollande has said a current Franco-German bid to end the Ukrainian conflict was “one of the last chances” of avoiding “war” in the ex-Soviet nation. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Merkel dampens hopes for Ukraine ceasefire deal in Moscow talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was unclear whether she and French President Francois Hollande would achieve a breakthrough with Russian President Vladimir Putin in talks later on Friday aimed at resolving the crisis in Ukraine, Reuters reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Ukraine crisis: Leaders upbeat after Moscow talks
The leaders of Russia, France and Germany have held “constructive and substantive” talks on ending the conflict in Ukraine, diplomats say, BBC reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
