Section: Buenos Aires Herald (Argentina)
Ukraine’s Poroshenko orders army ceasefire
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko said he had ordered the army to observe a ceasefire from 1500 GMT on Friday in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine after envoys in Minsk agreed a peace plan for the region. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Ukraine and rebels to seek peace plan, ceasefire tomorrow
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and the main pro-Russian rebel leader said they would both order ceasefires tomorrow, provided that an agreement is signed on a new peace plan to end the five month war in Ukraine’s east. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Wall Street climbs to fresh record on Ukraine hopes, data
US stocks rose today, with the S&P 500 touching a new record high on optimism a resolution would be reached between Ukraine and Russia and data showing manufacturing activity continues to strengthen. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
European shares hit 2-mth high on Ukraine ceasefire speculation
European shares rose today, with a key index hitting a two-month high, on speculation about a possible ceasefire in eastern Ukraine and fresh monetary stimulus from the European Central Bank. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
European shares off to steady start on M&A, ECB speculation
European shares kicked off September on a flat note as investors weighed mergers and acquisitions speculation and expectations of new monetary largesse in Europe against tensions in Ukraine and weak economic data out of China. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
EU vows fresh sanctions, Kiev says Russian tanks flatten town
Ukraine said Russian tanks had flattened a border town and rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signalled today they would threaten more sanctions against Moscow over the crisis. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Putin compares Kiev to Nazis as Ukraine pushes for NATO membership
Russian President Vladimir Putin, defiant as ever, has compared Kiev’s drive to regain control of its rebellious eastern cities to the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in World War Two. He announced that rebels had succeeded in halting it, and proposed that they now permit surrounded Ukrainian troops to retreat. …read more Source:...
Separatists open up ‘humanitarian corridor’ to allow Ukraine forces to withdraw
Pro-Moscow rebels fighting in Ukraine have said they would comply with a request from the Kremlin and open up a ‘humanitarian corridor’ to allow the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops they have encircled. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Obama stops short of calling Russia actions in Ukraine an invasion
President Barack Obama said the United States and its allies would look for ways to expand economic sanctions on Russia after Kiev accused Moscow of moving troops into southeastern Ukraine, but he stopped short of calling the recent Russian aggression an invasion. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Wall Street loses ground on Ukraine worry; data curbs losses
US stocks edged lower after the latest tension between Ukraine and Russia snapped the focus of investors back to the volatile region, but US economic data helped curb losses. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...