Section: US & Canada
Swiss Diplomat Tagliavini to Give up Ukraine OSCE Role
Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini to give up role as OSCE representative in Ukraine conflict …read more Source: ABC...
Swiss diplomat Tagliavini to give up Ukraine OSCE role
BERLIN (AP) — The Swiss government says diplomat Heidi Tagliavini plans to step down as the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s… …read more Source:...
LGBT activists overcome attacks to hold ‘Equality March’ in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s LGBT community and civil rights activists overcame a flurry of violent attacks with smoke bombs and stones to carry out the country’s second-ever “Equality March” in Kiev on Saturday. At least 10 participants were reportedly wounded, along with five police officers, including one seriously. See...
Japan offers $1.5 billion in aid to help Ukrainian reform
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked Japan’s visiting prime minister for promising $1.5 billion in credit guarantees to aid the country’s efforts at reform and redevelopment. …read more Source: FOX...
In Moscow, Plans For Statue Of Kyiv Prince Vladimir Face Opposition
A giant statue of the ruler of Kyivan Rus is to be built this year at a prominent spot above the Moscow River in Russia’s capital. The plan has plenty of opponents — some of whom say Russian President Vladimir Putin is coopting a symbol of Kyiv at a time of great strife between Russia and Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free...
Japan Offers Ukraine Aid of $1.5 Billion
Japan offers $1.5 billion in aid to help Ukrainian reform …read more Source: ABC...
Japan offers Ukraine aid of $1.5 billion
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has thanked Japan’s visiting prime minister for promising $1.5 billion in credit… …read more Source:...
New shelling in eastern Ukraine as Harper arrives in Kyiv
While Harper met the country’s prime minister, 80 explosions were heard in and around Donetsk, some 600 kilometres away. …read more Source: Toronto...
Bowing Out, NATO’s Man In Moscow Talks Deteriorating Ties
Robert Pszczel, the outgoing head of NATO’s information bureau in Moscow, looks back at the sharp decline in the alliance’s relations with Russia during his four-year tenure. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Gay Pride Parade Attacked With Stones, Smoke Bombs
A Ukrainian gay pride parade in the capital of Kiev was attacked on Saturday, wounding five policemen. The radical Right Sector group had threatened the pride marchers ahead of the event. “There will be thousands of us,” Right Sector spokesman Artem Skoropadskyi had warned the protesters on Friday, Kyiv Post reported. “Gay propaganda is...
