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      [Ticker] EU ministers to discuss increased aid package for Ukraine
      Jan26

      [Ticker] EU ministers to discuss increased aid package for Ukraine

      EU finance ministers will Tuesday discuss whether to increase aid to Ukraine to €2.5 billion, Reuters reports. Ukraine is reliant on loans from the International Monetary Fund to stay afloat, but still faces a large funding shortfall of up to $15 billion (€13 billion) this year. …read more Source:...

      Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours: Kiev military
      Jan26

      Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in past 24 hours: Kiev military

      KIEV (Reuters) – 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. …read more Source:...

      Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 26 Jan 2015
      Jan26

      Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Monday 26 Jan 2015

      GREECE: ELECION WIN FOR FAR-LEFT SYRIZAThe radical far-left party Syriza has won power in Greece, with just two seats short of a full majority. The Guardian says it sets the country on a “collision course” with the EU in a “volatile new era” for European politics. The victory marked Greek voters rejecting tax rises and spending cuts imposed by...

      International concern grows after fighting in Ukraine escalates
      Jan26

      International concern grows after fighting in Ukraine escalates

      Diplomatic pressure is being brought to bear on both sides in Ukraine’s conflict after the weekend saw some of the worst fighting in recent… …read more Source:...

      UN Security Council, OSCE to discuss escalating violence in Ukraine
      Jan26

      UN Security Council, OSCE to discuss escalating violence in Ukraine

      Diplomatic efforts are continuing in an attempt to end the bloodshed in eastern Ukraine. A quick breakthrough is not expected, with both sides blaming each other for the deadly shelling of Mariupol over the weekend. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      Ukraine president: phone calls prove rebels attacked Mariupol
      Jan26

      Ukraine president: phone calls prove rebels attacked Mariupol

      Petro Poroshenko says intercepted radio conversations prove that Russia-backed separatists were responsible for attack that killed 30 …read more Source: The...

      US blames Russia after rocket attacks in Ukraine kill at least 30
      Jan26

      US blames Russia after rocket attacks in Ukraine kill at least 30

      The US placed the blame for recent violence in the Ukraine firmly on Russia on Sunday, hours after British efforts to agree a UN Security Council statement condemning the rebel forces were halted by a Russian veto. …read more Source: The...

      Obama condemns ‘Russian backing’ of Ukraine rebels
      Jan26

      Obama condemns ‘Russian backing’ of Ukraine rebels

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      Merkel phones Putin over Ukraine violence
      Jan25

      Merkel phones Putin over Ukraine violence

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Sunday to “put pressure” on Ukraine’s pro-Kremlin separatists to end a recent upsurge in violence. …read more Source: The Local...

      Ukraine rebels launch new assaults after Mariupol bloodbath
      Jan25

      Ukraine rebels launch new assaults after Mariupol bloodbath

      Residents of town hit by Grad missiles on Saturday mourn their dead …read more Source: The...