Section: Macedonia
Russia blocks UN condemnation of shelling of Ukraine city
Russia blocked a Western-backed U.N. Security Council statement that would have condemned indiscriminate shelling in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Mariupol that killed about 30 civilians and injured more than 90. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
16 killed in Mariupol shelling in Ukraine
A crowded open-air market and nearby homes in Ukraine’s strategically important coastal city of Mariupol came under rocket fire Saturday morning, killing at least 16 people, city authorities said. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Ukraine rebels say 24 killed by rockets at Donetsk airport
Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine say 24 of their fighters have been killed in a rocket attack on the recently captured airport outside their main stronghold city of Donetsk, AP reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Kerry talks NATO and energy independence in Bulgaria
American State Secretary John Kerry, during his visit to Bulgaria, announced the two countries will work on four issues – regional security and defense, energy independence, rule of law and improving ties in education and other areas. One of the points raised by Kerry, in light of the crisis in Ukraine and the deteriorating relations with...
Gazprom’s Miller: South Stream is off the table, Turkish Stream is only new possibility
Alexey Miller, the chief executive of the Russian Gazprom gas corporation, said that South Stream is definitely off the table, and the only new pipeline to divert Russian gas away from Ukraine will be the newly announced Turkish Stream. This pipeline, announced by President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Ankara, will bring 63 billion cubic...
NATO’s Stoltenberg sees slight improvement in eastern Ukraine: paper
Fighting between Kiev’s forces and pro-Russian rebels has eased in eastern Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was quoted on Monday as saying, although he voiced concern about the risks to local people. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Gorbachev warns of major war in Europe over Ukraine
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned that tensions between Russia and European powers over the Ukraine crisis could result in a major conflict or even nuclear war, in an interview to appear in a German news magazine on Saturday. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
EU proposes up to 1.8 bln euro in new loans to Ukraine
The European Union promised more help for Ukraine’s near-bankrupt economy on Thursday, proposing up to 1.8 billion euros in medium-term loans to be granted this year and in early 2016, the EU executive said. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Carl Bildt warns that major war is possible in 2015
Former Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Bildt warns that in 2015 the world will become increasingly dangerous, with a wider conflict possible. Bildt writes about the crisis in Ukraine, the Middle East and North Korea in the Dagens Industri newspaper, MIA correspondent from Sweden reports. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
Ukraine nationalists march in Kiev to honour Bandera
Ukrainian nationalists have marched through Kiev to honour the World War Two anti-Soviet leader Stepan Bandera. …read more Source: Macedonian Information...
