Section: US & Canada
With fighting flaring in eastern Ukraine, EU says no time to ease Russia sanctions
The European Union foreign ministers are ruling out any immediate easing of sanctions against Russia as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine, despite concerns about the economic consequences. …read more Source: FOX...
EU won't ease Russia sanctions as Ukraine conflict rages
BRUSSELS — The European Union foreign ministers are ruling out any immediate easing of sanctions against Russia as fighting rages in eastern Ukraine, despite concerns about the economic consequences.Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders said Monday that since the fighting around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine had intensified, “this...
AP PHOTOS: Crimea’s people face challenges as part of Russia
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Crimea, promised Russian President Vladimir Putin, “will be a home to all the peoples living there.” Yet 10 months since the Kremlin tore up the map of Europe and seized the strategic Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine, many of Crimea’s 2.2 million inhabitants face a future rife with uncertainty and present-day...
AP PHOTOS: Crimea’s people face challenges as part of Russia
The sun-blessed region’s main industry, tourism, is in virtual free fall, with the European Union adding to its troubles by recently banning the sale of Crimea-bound travel packages as well as stops by EU-flagged cruise ships at Yalta, Sevastopol and other ports. Since Crimea’s annexation by Russia in March, prices for foodstuffs have...
AP PHOTOS: Crimea’s people face challenges as part of Russia
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (AP) — Crimea, promised Russian President Vladimir Putin, “will be a home to all the peoples living there.”… …read more Source: Associated...
Time Not Right to Ease Russia Sanctions, EU says
European Union foreign ministers said on Monday there were no grounds to lift economic sanctions against Russia despite conciliatory proposals from the EU’s foreign policy chief as violence intensified in eastern Ukraine. Federica Mogherini had suggested in a confidential memo seen by Reuters that member states could start talking to Russia...
Kazakh Editor Protests Magazine Closure With Hunger Strike
The editor of a Kazakh magazine that was shut down by the authorities has started a hunger strike in the nation’s largest city, Almaty. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Rebels claim control of Donetsk airport; no confirmation from Kyiv
Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine claimed Monday that they have seized control of the Donetsk airport after days of intense fighting. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed a retreat. …read more Source: CTV...
More clashes near Donetsk airport, three Ukrainian soldiers killed
KIEV (Reuters) – Pro-Russian separatists and government forces clashed near the main airport in Donetsk today after a counter-offensive on Sunday by Ukrainian troops to reclaim lost ground and the Kiev military said three Ukrainian soldiers had been killed. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Ukraine’s Donetsk airport under pro-Russian control, rebels say
Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine claim they have seized control of the Donetsk airport after days of intense fighting. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed a retreat. …read more Source:...
