Section: The United Kingdom
Hard Ukraine bargaining leaves sour taste for some in EU
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Seeing its gold-spangled blue flag flown on the barricades of Kiev thrilled the European Union, reviving its self-image as a beacon of democracy at a time of growing doubt and economic gloom. …read more Source:...
At least the last cold war was a clash of ideologies now there are no big ideas | Zoe Williams
The standoff between Russia and the west, that Gorbachev warns us about, feels at times like a petulant Twitter spat. Except its still deadly seriousIs it shocking to hear Mikhail Gorbachev say were on the brink of a new cold war? Or somehow reassuring, a familiar figure giving a familiar name to a familiar problem? Commemorating the fall of the...
Ukrainian city of Donetsk besieged by shelling
Ukraine’s separatist-held city of Donetsk experiences worst shelling in weeks, with artillery fire from both separatist and Ukrainian positions …read more Source: The...
Heavy shelling in east Ukraine adds to concern over ceasefire
DONETSK Ukraine (Reuters) – Heavy shelling around the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk increased strains on a two-month-old ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday. …read more Source:...
Security framework eyed as way out of Ukraine crisis
PARIS (Reuters) – Even as tension in Ukraine mounts anew, veteran diplomats are starting to think quietly about a way out of the worst East-West crisis since the end of the Cold War. …read more Source:...
Heavy shelling in Ukraine city
There is intense shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk overnight, described as the worst in more than a month. …read more Source:...
Nervous Kazakhstan ‘sensitive’ about Ukraine question
Russia-Ukraine crisis jangles nerves in Kazakhstan …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Nine MH17 bodies still missing
Nine of the 298 victims of July’s MH17 crash in eastern Ukraine are still unaccounted for, Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders says. …read more Source:...
Gorbachev says world is on brink of new Cold War
BERLIN (Reuters) – Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. …read more Source:...
Remains of last MH17 victims ‘may never be recovered’
Remains of last nine victims of flight MH17 may never be recovered from Ukrainian battlefield where their plane was shot down four months ago, says Dutch foreign minister …read more Source: The...
