Section: The United Kingdom
Russia says new U.S. sanctions will not alter Moscow’s course: RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) – New sanctions imposed by the United States on Russian companies and individuals over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine crisis will not affect Moscow’s policy, RIA news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine leader says Trump voiced strong support for Kiev during talks
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he had received strong assurances of U.S. support for his country from Donald Trump during a meeting in the White House on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
U.S. sanctions 38 individuals, entities over Russian actions in Ukraine
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday added 38 individuals and organization to its list of those sanctioned over Russian activities in Ukraine, the U.S. Treasury said in a statement. …read more Source:...
Ukraine PM Poroshenko boasts he will visit Trump before Putin during Washington visit
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Ukrainian president to ‘drop in’ on Trump during Washington visit
Hours before Petro Poroshenko’s arrival, details of the meeting had still not been confirmed with the apparently reluctant US presidentDonald Trump is expected to meet the Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, at the White House on Tuesday but the encounter is likely to be a brief and leave questions unanswered over the...
Europe’s border shifts and citizenship denial
I don’t know what my grandfather – who served in the German army in the first world war and was murdered in the Holocaust – would have considered his nationality to be, writes Christina CraigI too have been denied German citizenship (Letters, 17 June) because my mother and grandfather, both victims of Nazism, have been determined not to be...
Ukrainian MP launches hunger strike over Lviv trash row
KIEV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian opposition lawmaker began a hunger strike on Monday, accusing central government of inaction in allowing trash to pile up in the picturesque western city of Lviv, the power-base of his Samopomich (Self-Reliance) party. …read more Source:...
EU extends sanctions against Russia over Crimea for a year
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EU extends Crimea sanctions, same seen for curbs on Russia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday extended for another year its trade sanctions on the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, and diplomats said they expected the bloc to do the same for its sanctions on Moscow soon. …read more Source:...
Kiev hosts largely incident-free gay pride march
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian politicians and foreign diplomats joined thousands marching for gay pride in Kiev on Sunday, carrying banners and waving rainbow and Ukrainian flags in a parade flanked by a thick cordon of helmeted police. …read more Source:...
