Section: The United Kingdom
David Cameron meets Angela Merkel: what’s on the agenda?
A single unguarded comment by Merkel ‘could torpedo Cameron’s promised EU renegotiation’ Briefing Wednesday, January 7, 2015 – 10:21am See related: Pegida: Germany dims lights against ‘pinstripe Nazi’ protests German Chancellor Angela Merkel is paying a flying visit to the UK today in what some say could be one...
PM ‘must persuade Merkel he’s not bluffing about leaving EU’
Alt Text: The Mole Tory eurosceptic David Davis says German leader must understand Cameron is not sabre-rattling Column The Mole Wednesday, January 7, 2015 – 10:18am David Davis, the leading Tory eurosceptic and former Minister for Europe, warned David Cameron this morning that he must convince German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the UK...
Ukraine’s forgotten city destroyed by war
Pervomaisk has been reduced to rubble in the fighting between government troops and rebel forces, and at least half of its population has fled. Russian human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov was granted rare access to the areaThe scale of destruction in the city of Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast, recalls wartime Grozny. Such devastation is not to be...
Ukraine troops killed in bus crash
At least 12 Ukrainian servicemen were killed and more than 20 injured in eastern Ukraine when their bus hit military trucks, police and local media say. …read more Source:...
At least 12 Ukrainian servicemen killed in road accident
KIEV (Reuters) – At least 12 Ukrainian serviceman were killed and more than 20 injured when some military trucks collided with their bus in eastern Ukraine, police said on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Ex-Soviet countries on front line of Russia’s media war with the west
The Kremlin’s big plans for the global expansion of state media has been greeted with suspicion, especially in the countries of the former USSRWhen Dmitry Kiselyov, the Russian state television presenter known for his scandalising monologues, announced the opening of the Kremlin’s new website and radio service Sputnik News, he...
Russia to hire more foreign troops
Russia opens up its armed forces to foreign career soldiers, though experts say the move is not linked to the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
France seeks end to Russia sanctions
French President Francois Hollande says he wants Western sanctions on Russia to be lifted if progress is made in talks on the Ukraine conflict this month. …read more Source:...
Hollande says plans to attend Jan 15 four-way Ukraine talks
PARIS (Reuters) – French president Francois Hollande plans to attend a four-way meeting on the Ukraine crisis in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana on Jan. 15. …read more Source:...
Weird moment skateboarding dog breaks up angry protest
This is the bizarre moment a skateboarding dog broke up a protest in Ukraine. Sam the British Bulldog made a surprise appearance as people gathered to campaign against political corruption. He soared through the crowd as police prepared to clash with protesters in Odessa. It is thought that Sam was at a local park but ran off to investigate the...
