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Minsk agreement on Ukraine – US reactions
Amid a growing debate over arming Ukraine, US expectations of the Minsk talks were rock-bottom. That they didn’t fail outright is seen as a positive – but deep skepticism remains. Richard Walker reports from Washington. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Putin’s ‘dream’ is for Russia and Ukraine to form new ‘Eurasian union’
DCU conference on Ukraine crisis hears of Moscow’s desire to create ‘special relationship’ with Ukraine …read more Source: The Irish...
Ukraine ceasefire deal will be tough to implement, Poroshenko says
Russia, Ukraine and the pro-Russian separatists on Thursday reached a new agreement to stop the escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, but the country’s president, Petro Poroshenko, warned that it would be tough to implement.”It was a very difficult… …read more Source:...
“Drastic Decline” Seen in World Press Freedom
Source: Reporters Without BordersBy Leila LemghalefUNITED NATIONS, Feb 13 2015 (IPS)A leading advocacy group warns of a “worldwide deterioration in freedom of information” last year.Out of the 180 countries being surveyed, two-thirds have slipped in standards compared to last year, according to the Reporters Without Borders’ World Press...
EU warns of more sanctions if Russia flouts ceasefire
EU leaders gave a “cautious” welcome to the Ukraine ceasefire deal on Thursday (12 February) but warned they might impose further sanctions if it isn’t implemented. …read more Source:...
EU views Ukraine deal cautiously
Realism tinged with relief was the dominant mood among leaders of the European Union today as they began to absorb the details of an agreement wrung out of the Russian and Ukrainian presidents overnight by the leaders of France and Germany. The mood was set by Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, as she headed into the EU summit in Brussels...
Greek defiance masks important concessions
Greece’s hated bailout memorandum and the ‘troika’ of officials that enforced it “no longer exist”, Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s new prime minister, declared tonight (13 February) following his first European Council. Yet in the margins of the meeting he authorised Greece’s experts to enter into technical discussions with...
EU to step up counter-terrorism co-operation
EU leaders meeting in Brussels today (12 February) called for increased use of existing cross-border co-operation tools to track terrorist fighters returning from fighting in Syria. But they stopped short of calling for a immediate revision of the EU’s Schengen Border Code. Though today’s informal summit was originally supposed to...
EU leaders warn of further sanctions, if Ukraine deal breached
The leaders of Germany and France have said that more sanctions could be brought against Russia if a new Ukraine ceasefire fails. A deal aimed at ending the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine was reached on Thursday. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Rival Ukrainian MPs trade blows in punch-up after falling out over corruption bill
On the day a ceasefire was finally agreed in Ukraine, two MPs traded blows in a full-blown and vicious punch-up in the halls of Verkhovna Rada in Kiev. …read more Source: Daily...
