Section: Macedonia
Ukrainian, rebel convoys head for rail town to evacuate civilians
Convoys of buses converged from two sides on the town of Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine on Friday after separatist rebels and government forces appeared to have patched together a truce to allow civilians to be evacuated. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Hollande and Merkel set for Putin talks
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel are due to hold talks in Moscow to try to end escalating fighting in east Ukraine, BBC reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Ukraine, Mid East issues to dominate agenda of Munich Security Conference
The collapse of the international order in light of the crisis in Ukraine and its implication for the architecture of European security, as well as the deteriorating situation in the Middle East will be under the spotlight this weekend, as the 51st Munich Security Conference kicks off in the Bavarian capital on Friday. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian president calls for NATO states to provide weapons
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on NATO states to send weapons to his country, saying in a newspaper interview that civilian deaths and the growing conflict should provide the Western alliance with enough reason to come to Ukraine’s aid, Reuters reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Eastern Ukraine rebels plan no offensive
Militias of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) plan no offensive operations and are ready to stop at the existing disengagement line, leaders Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky respectively, said in a joint statement on Monday, TASS reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Schultz calls on Greece not to undermine EU’s position on Russian sanctions
European Parliament Speaker Martin Schultz called on the newly appointed Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to align Greece’s position on sanctions against Russia over Ukraine with the position of the rest of the European Union. The new Greek Government refused to support EU’s position to expand sanctions against Russia. …read...
Washington worried over Turkish Stream
Jonathan Elkind, acting Assistant Secretary for international affairs in the US Department of Energy, said that Washington is worried about the newly announced Russian plan to build a large gas pipeline to Turkey. Turkish Stream would substitute the now cancelled South Stream that was supposed to by – pass Ukraine and bring gas to central...
Poland calls on EU to tighten sanctions against Russia
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski called on the European Union on Monday to consider imposing tougher sanctions on Russia over an escalation of hostilities in Ukraine, Reuters reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Seven soldiers killed in past 24 hours, Ukraine says
Seven Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and 24 wounded in fighting in separatist eastern territories in the past 24 hours, Kiev military spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said on Monday, Reuters reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Obama ‘concerned’ about Ukraine violence, approach toward Russia won’t change
President Barack Obama says his administration is “deeply concerned” about the latest deadly flare-up in eastern Ukraine, but he says he won’t change how he’s handling the situation, AP reported. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
