: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Section: EU

  • EU (3,923)
      Finland warns of new cold war as EU and US fail to grasp situation in Russia
      Nov05

      Finland warns of new cold war as EU and US fail to grasp situation in Russia

      Finnish president Sauli Niinisto set to meet David Cameron and other northern European leaders at conference in HelsinkiWestern countries are at the gates of a new cold war with Russia sparked by the Ukraine crisis and a continuing failure to grasp the depth and seriousness of President Vladimir Putins grievances with the US and EU, the Finnish...

      Serbian ambassador summoned by Ukrainian MFA
      Nov05

      Serbian ambassador summoned by Ukrainian MFA

      The Serbian ambassador in Kiev has been summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign Minister over the visit of two Serbian MPs to the Donbass region.Rade Bulatović met with first deputy of Ukraine’s foreign minister on Wednesday, because two deputies from the ruling SNS party acted as observers during Sunday’s elections organized by the...

      Rebels say Ukraine tore up peace deal
      Nov05

      Rebels say Ukraine tore up peace deal

      Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine accuse President Petro Poroshenko of scrapping through an agreement aimed at halting the conflict. …read more Source:...

      Polish ex-president: Putin declared war on world
      Nov05

      Polish ex-president: Putin declared war on world

      Former Polish president Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “declaring war on the world.”Walesa believes that Putin does not respect the international obligations of Russia to Ukraine and territorial integrity guarantees it provided. …read more Source:...

      Attack on Austrian drone in east Ukraine
      Nov05

      Attack on Austrian drone in east Ukraine

      One of two Austrian drones monitoring a truce in eastern Ukraine has been subjected to serious electronic jamming whilst flying over rebel-controlled Chermalyk on Tuesday, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said. …read more Source: The Local...

      Ukraine Crisis: What It Means for the West by Andrew Wilson  review
      Nov05

      Ukraine Crisis: What It Means for the West by Andrew Wilson review

      This is a vivid study of Russian expansionism and civil insurrection. Has the turmoil reached its peak? How much further will Putin go?It has been a tumultuous year for Ukraine. Last November a handful of middle-class activists took to the streets of Kiev. They were protesting against a decision by Viktor Yanukovych, the countrys burly...

      [Ticker] Nato chief: Russian troops moving closer to Ukraine border
      Nov05

      [Ticker] Nato chief: Russian troops moving closer to Ukraine border

      Russian troops are “moving closer to the border with Ukraine”, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said in a speech on Tuesday. “Russia continues to support the separatists by training them”, he added. “We call on Russia to make genuine efforts towards a peaceful solution”. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Ukraine pays first part of Gazprom bills
      Nov05

      [Ticker] Ukraine pays first part of Gazprom bills

      Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz announced Tuesday it paid $1.45 billion of old gas bills to Gazprom, as agreed in a deal made between Ukraine, Russia and the European Commission last week. According to the agreement, Russia should resume gas supplies to Ukraine after this first payment. …read more Source:...

      25 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, the far right is on the rise | David Edgar
      Nov05

      25 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall, the far right is on the rise | David Edgar

      The rise of a racist far right across Europe is a clear and present danger to both halves of the continentLike the Arab spring, the fall of the Berlin wall on 9 November 1989 was a clear and uncontestable good. Through the (largely) peaceful exercise of people power, six countries exchanged a fallacious democratic status for a real one. Although...

      Ukraine pays Gazprom $1.45 bn
      Nov05

      Ukraine pays Gazprom $1.45 bn

      Naftogaz has transferred $1.45 billion in the first tranche of gas debt repayment to Russia’s Gazprom, said the press service of the …read more Source:...