Section: Latin American Herald Tribune (Venezuela)
OSCE Warns of “Deteriorating” Situation in Eastern Ukraine
The situation in the eastern Ukraine has significantly deteriorated in the last 24 hours after at least nine civilians were killed in an attack on a bus, a senior official of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Wednesday. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Del Potro Gets Win in Return to ATP Tour in Sydney
Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open champion, returned to the ATP Tour on Tuesday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) win over Ukraine’s Sergiy Stakhovsky in Sydney following a nearly one-year layoff due to injury. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Kazakhstan Delivers Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine
Kazakhstan has sent $400,000 worth of aid to Ukraine’s southeastern regions to help ease the humanitarian crisis following months of military conflict, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said this weekend. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Merkel Receives Nazarbayev as Doubts on Ukraine Summit in Astana Persist
German chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev on Friday behind closed doors as doubts persist on the Astana summit between Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany on the Ukrainian conflict. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
12 Ukrainian Soldiers Die in War Zone Traffic Accident
At least 12 Ukrainian soldiers died and 18 others were injured in a collision between a military vehicle and a bus in bad weather, authorities said Tuesday. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Prisoner Exchange Goes Ahead Despite Ukrainian Blame Game
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists entrenched in the east of the country went ahead with a prisoner exchange on Friday, despite having called off a third round of peace talks set to take place in the Belarusian capital of Minsk. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Pope Francis: “Truly, There Are So Many Tears This Christmas”
Pope Francis said that “there are so many tears this Christmas,” recalling the prosecutions of Christians in Iraq and Syria, the Ukrainian conflict, the Ebola outbreak and the children all over the world suffering abuses. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Russia Threatens to Halt Gas Supplies to Ukraine
Russia threatened on Tuesday to halt gas supplies to Ukraine if Kiev fails to pay Moscow $1.6 billion before the end of 2014, as an advance on January deliveries. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine to Mobilize 50,000 Soldiers in January
Ukraine will begin to mobilize 50,000 conscripts and reservists on Jan. 20, amid the truce signed between the nation’s army and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern part of the country, Viktoria Kushnir, a spokeswoman for the defense ministry, said on Tuesday. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Ukraine Renounces Non-Aligned Status in Move Towards Joining NATO
Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday revoked their country’s non-aligned status by amending laws that were preventing the country from joining military blocs, and paving the way for its future membership in NATO, a step strongly opposed by Russia. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
