Section: The United Kingdom
Ukraine crisis: An Orwellian nightmare for government supporters in the rebel-held east
Khutor and Nika move briskly on the pavement, but not fast enough to draw attention. They have tried to memorise the “wrong streets” where they know the pro-Russian rebels who seized Donetsk now regularly stand guard in camouflage, AK-47s poised. …read more Source: The...
Hungary suspends gas supplies to Ukraine under pressure from Moscow
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban announces move after Russia threatens to cut off countries re-exporting its gas to KievBudapest has announced that it will freeze its gas deliveries to Ukraine, as the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, said his country could not afford to run the risk of losing its own Russian gas supplies.Hungary...
EU hopeful of Ukraine gas deal
The EU’s energy commissioner outlines plans for a deal between Ukraine and Russia to end their dispute over gas deliveries after three-way talks in Berlin. …read more Source:...
Hungary suspends gas flow to Ukraine
Hungary has halted the delivery of gas to neighbouring Ukraine “indefinitely”, raising concerns about Ukraine’s energy supply. …read more Source:...
Hungary halts flow of gas to Ukraine
Stoppage comes days after head of Russia’s Gazprom visited Budapest …read more Source: Financial...
Tony Abbott addresses UN General Assembly – video
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Abbott discussed a range of issues, including his nation’s willingness to help its neighbors after natural disasters and its efforts to combat Ebola. “To us, this is all part of being a good global citizen,” he said. Abbott also talked...
Ukraine leader sees country applying for EU membership ‘in 6 years time’
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said he would present a broad plan of social and economic reforms on Thursday which would allow the former Soviet republic to apply for membership of the European Union in six years. …read more Source:...
Exclusive: Ukraine prime minister says Russians ‘want us to freeze’
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The prime minister of the Kiev government accused Russia on Thursday of attempting to freeze Ukraine in the coming winter by using natural gas as a weapon to subjugate the former Soviet Republic. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko to meet Putin on Ukraine’s future
Ukraine’s president is to seek a meeting with Vladimir Putin following a ‘change’ in Russia’s policy towards the conflict in eastern Europe …read more Source: The...
Russian TV sees US plot behind Ukraine and IS militants
Angry Russian nationalists get platform on state TV …read more Source:...
