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      [Ticker] Orban to visit Kiev before hosting Putin
      Feb11

      [Ticker] Orban to visit Kiev before hosting Putin

      Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban will travel to Ukraine on Friday for a short visit, the PM’s office told MTI news wire. The trip comes just four days before Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Budapest next Tuesday. Orban will hold talks with Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:...

      Leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine Gather to Talk Peace
      Feb11

      Leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine Gather to Talk Peace

      Leaders of the so-called Normandy group – France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine – gathered in Minsk on Wednesday to try to forge a peace deal for Eastern Ukraine. The very fact that the four leaders had converged in the capital of Belarus with the stated aim to bring peace to Ukraine highlights mounting concerns the standoff will not only...

      Obama says Putin must abandon ‘Soviet style’ to end war in Ukraine
      Feb11

      Obama says Putin must abandon ‘Soviet style’ to end war in Ukraine

      In BuzzFeed interview Obama reflects on Russia’s resurgent ‘Soviet style’, his reversal on gay marriage, the ‘shame’ of Staples and ransom paymentsRussian president Vladimir Putin “has a foot very much in the Soviet past”, President Barack Obama said in a pointed interview published on Wednesday, while expressing hope that the...

      Contact group on Ukraine resumes work in Minsk
      Feb11

      Contact group on Ukraine resumes work in Minsk

      Participants of the contact group on Ukraine have gathered in the diplomatic service hall in Minsk to resume talks after the recess announced the day before, BelTA has learned. …read more Source:...

      Minsk talks underway amid fighting in Donbas
      Feb11

      Minsk talks underway amid fighting in Donbas

      Members of the ‘Normandy Four’ – France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine – arrived in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, Wednesday late afternoon, to renew efforts in brokering a peace deal as fighting escalated in eastern Ukraine. …read more Source: Polskie Radio dla...

      Commission may put off big decisions on energy union
      Feb11

      Commission may put off big decisions on energy union

      The crisis in Ukraine has highlighted Europe’s dangerous dependence on Russian gas and the lack of an interconnected energy market. Yet despite the increasing urgency of Europe’s energy predicament, it appears that the European Commission will put off major decisions when it adopts a much-awaited strategy paper on energy union on 25...

      Pusic: Croats are fighting in Ukraine
      Feb11

      Pusic: Croats are fighting in Ukraine

      Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic confirmed on Wednesday that Croatian nationals are fighting in Ukraine, TASS reports. “As far as I know, …read more Source:...

      Leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France negotiating in Minsk without delegations
      Feb11

      Leaders of Germany, Russia, Ukraine, France negotiating in Minsk without delegations

      The heads of state of the Normandy 4 arrived in the Palace of Independence more than half an hour ago, however, they have not yet appeared in the hall designated for the talks. Negotiations involving delegations of the four countries are expected to start soon. …read more Source:...

      No pre-agreement in Minsk
      Feb11

      No pre-agreement in Minsk

      Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51793328.jpg The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine have arrived for crucial peace talks in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. The talks, brokered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, aim to negotiate a deal to end hostilities in eastern Ukraine, where more than 5,300 people...

      Ukraine’s porous border a thorny issue
      Feb11

      Ukraine’s porous border a thorny issue

      Securing crossing is important for symbolic and practical reasons …read more Source: Financial...