Section: Periodico26 (Cuba)
G-7 Foreign Ministers Close Meeting in Italy
Rome.- With an aggressive speech against Syria, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Russia and, to a lesser extent, Iran, G-7 foreign ministers closed Tuesday their two-day meeting in the Italian city of Lucca. The fight against terrorism, the confrontation with the Islamic State and a general review of the situation in Iraq, Libya,...
UN Security Council Discusses Climate Change Impact on Security
United Nations.- The UN Security Council held a meeting today under the Arria Formula to discuss the impact of climate change on international stability, a forum focused on the threat of sea level increase. Summoned by Ukraine, the participants in the session analyzed the situation of developing small island States, the most vulnerable to...
Half of Russians Willing to Live Under Sanctions
Moscow.- Fifty-nine percent of Russians are willing to live under the regime of unilateral sanctions of the West, before changing in some way the foreign policy of his country with respect to Ukraine, revealed a poll in the capital today. Seventy-six percent of those polled believe that Russia does not need to fight for the lifting of...
Putin and Trump Could Meet at Hamburg G-20 Summit
Moscow.- Russian president, Vladimir Putin and his United States peer, Donald Trump, could meet next July at the Summit of the Group of 20 (G-20) in Hamburg, the Kremlin indicated. If we could not agree on meeting at an earlier date, the first meeting between Putin and Trump could take place as part of the summnit of the G-20, only forum where...
Donetsk Decries Massive Attack of Ukrainian Troops
Kiev, Ukraine.- The self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic denounced today denounced the bombardment at least 30 localities by Ukrainian troops, while a four-hour truce was agreed in the city of Avdeevka. In addition, the Ukrainian armed forces tried, with two squads supported by mortars, to make their way in the villages of Opitni and Peski, where...
Ukraine: High Tension & Low Temperatures
It’s February, and exactly as was the case three years ago, events in Ukraine are making headlines. Guns are again being fired; deaths and injuries are being reported. Low temperatures of below 20o Celsius are affecting the region these days, but they have not lowered tensions in a conflict, which far from nearing a resolution, is...
Russia Rejects PACE Decision to Consider Illegal State Duma
Moscow, Russia rejected today the decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to consider illegal the seventh Legislature of the State Duma for having deputies elected in Crimea. …read more Source:...
Crimean Authorities Report ISIS Training Camps in Southern Ukraine
Moscow.- The Deputy Prime Minister of the Crimea Ruslan Baalbek stated concentration of Islamic radicals at northern borders of the peninsulain the Kherson region. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Bombs Donetsk with Heavy Artillery
Kiev.- Ukrainian Armed Forces bombed with heavy artillery the Azotni neighborhood, in the insurgent People’s Republic of Donetsk (RPD), sources from the rebel territory said today. …read more Source:...
Ukraine Must Include Militiamen in Prisoners” Exchange, Rebels Say
Minsk, The representatives of the insurgent People”s Republics of Donetsk (PRD) and Lugansk (PRL) will demand Kiev on Wednesday at the meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine to include the militiamen in the exchange of prisoners. …read more Source:...
