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Hollande, Merkel urge Putin to broker Ukraine ceasefire
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday to encourage separatists in eastern Ukraine to reach an agreement with the Ukrainian authorities, the French president’s office said. …read more Source:...
Energy waste adds to Ukraine’s problems
Ukraine is preparing to phase out subsidies as a condition of an IMF loan that will lead to much higher fuel costs for households …read more Source: Financial...
Tiger suffers ‘stress attack’ after drunken man enters its cage at Kiev Zoo
A tiger in Kiev Zoo has reportedly suffered a stress attack after being assaulted by a drunken male visitor. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine and Russia’s foreign ministers agree to seek bilateral ceasefire
European foreign ministers – including Russia and Ukraine – have agreed to seek a bilateral ceasefire by the end of the week after talks in Berlin …read more Source: The...
Ukraine’s Poroshenko names candidate for defense minister
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has named Valery Heletey as his candidate for defense minister, the presidential website said on Thursday. …read more Source:...
Berlin talks bring Russia and Ukraine closer to resuming ceasefire
BERLIN/KIEV (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Russia and Ukraine agreed in Berlin on Wednesday to hold three-way talks involving pro-Moscow rebels by Saturday to pave the way for a new ceasefire, despite continued fighting that Kiev says has now killed 200 of its troops. …read more Source:...
Tourism woes hit Crimean economy
Fall in the number of tourists underlines the challenges Russia faces integrating the annexed peninsula into the broader Russian economy …read more Source: Financial...
Kiev and Moscow in call for ceasefire talks
Ukraine and Russia, along with France and Germany and the OSCE, set Saturday deadline for resumption of discussions …read more Source: Financial...
‘Gutless Putin is betraying Ukraine rebels’
One of Russia’s best-known ultra-nationalists has claimed that separatists fighting in Ukraine feel betrayed and abandoned by President Putin. Aleksandr… …read more Source: The...
Jaw, jaw, but the guns still roar in Ukraine
Ukrainian forces stepped up their assault on rebel positions in the east of the country yesterday as a new diplomatic… …read more Source: The...
