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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...
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...
‘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...
Poroshenko says he had to end ceasefire
Internal Ukraine politics, Russian support for separatists and EU reluctance to step up sanctions, gave him little option say aides …read more Source: Financial...



