Section: The United Kingdom
OSCE to replace drones shot down over east Ukraine
HAMBURG (Reuters) – The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe on Friday launched a tender for long-range drones after losing eight such aircraft over eastern Ukraine since it began a monitoring mission there. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian politician accused of €100m fraud
Ukraine police are investigating a man accused of cheating the state out of more than €100m. He denies all allegations. …read more Source:...
OSCE members urge parties to Ukraine conflict to meet commitments
HAMBURG (Reuters) – Member states of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) agree on the need for the parties to the conflict in eastern Ukraine to meet their commitments to end the violence there, the group’s chairman said on Friday. …read more Source:...
EU to extend economic sanctions on Russia after leaders meet on December 15
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will extend by six months its main economic sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine after the bloc’s leaders meet in Brussels on Dec. 15, diplomatic sources and officials said on Friday. …read more Source:...
Dutch threaten to sink EU-Ukraine deal
Rutte insists defence and bloc membership be excluded from terms …read more Source: Financial...
Airlines call for alternative to ‘useless’ U.N. security database
GENEVA (Reuters) – Airlines said on Thursday a U.N. warning mechanism designed to avoid a repeat of the 2014 downing of a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine is “useless” and called for urgent new ways of detecting dangers to aircraft posed by war zones. …read more Source:...
Ukraine mother ‘left infants to starve’ in Kiev flat
A young Ukrainian mother allegedly left her two toddlers without food for nine days and one died. …read more Source:...
Mourinho gives Uefa an icy blast over frozen pitch
Credits Paul Ellis /AFP/Getty Images Alt Text Mourinho Man Utd Manchester United boss unhappy over possible postponement as freezing weather in Ukraine threatens match One-Minute Read Thursday, December 8, 2016 – 1:19pm …read more Source: The...
BREAKING: EU chiefs grant 50 MILLION Ukrainians and Georgians visa-free travel to bloc
VISITORS to the European Union from Ukraine and Georgia will be able to visit the bloc without any need for a visa. …read more Source:...
EU unblocks visa-free travel for Ukraine, Georgia
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will soon let Ukrainians and Georgians visit the bloc without needing a visa after diplomats and lawmakers struck a deal on Thursday to end an internal EU dispute that had been holding up the promised measures. …read more Source:...
