Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine football stadium acts as aid centre as humanitarian crisis looms
The 50,000-capacity Donbass Arena in the eastern city of Donetsk was once filled with British fans for Euro 2012, now it holds tonnes of food aid for a city facing a humanitarian crisis …read more Source: The...
Ukraine votes to drop neutral status
Ukraine’s parliament votes to drop the country’s non-aligned status and work towards Nato membership, a move quickly criticised by Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian parliament votes to renounce Ukraine’s ‘non-aligned’ status
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament voted on Tuesday for the country to renounce its “non-aligned” status and work towards membership in the NATO alliance. …read more Source:...
Why Ukraine’s internal refugees have given up hope of returning home
Hundreds of thousands have been displaced by war in the east, with those who venture back saying ‘bandits have taken over’With armed men roaming the streets and war closing in, Lena Nagiba decided to escape from rebel-held Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. She took her six children with her. That was in June. “How could I raise my kids there?”...
Ukraine peace talks may be held in Minsk on Dec. 24 and 26: Poroshenko
KIEV (Reuters) – A fresh round of peace talks involving Russia, Ukraine and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will be held in the Belarussian capital on Dec. 24 and 26, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in a statement on Monday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine threatens to cut off power to rebel-held regions if usage not curbed
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine may stop supplying electricity to separatist-held eastern regions if the territories do not adhere to consumption limits imposed across the country due to an energy crisis, an energy ministry official said on Monday. …read more Source:...
2014 World News Review of the Year
Ukraine’s war, the rise of Islamic State, the Gaza conflict – 2014 has been a year full of major news events …read more Source: The...
Angela Merkel has faced down the Russian bear in the battle for Europe | Timothy Garton Ash
In dealing with Putin, the German chancellor has united Europe. She is the stateswoman of the yearIn 2014, the battle for Europe’s future has been fought between two leaders: Russian president Vladimir Putin and German chancellor Angela Merkel. The contrast between them could not be sharper. There the Russian man: macho, militarist,...
US slaps sanctions on Putin’s biker gang over Ukraine
The Night Wolves are blacklisted along with Crimean prosecutor who became separatists’ pin-up girl …read more Source: The...
Russia blocks Facebook protest page
Kremlin fears a popular revolution in the mould of Ukraine’s Maidan or the Arab Spring. …read more Source: Financial...
