Section: US & Canada
France Denies It Has Agreed to Deliver Mistral-Class Warship to Russia
The government of François Hollande rejected claims that it would hand over the first of two vessels in November, saying conditions in Ukraine had not been met. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine-Russia gas talks deadlocked in Brussels
EU Commissioner for Energy Guenther Oettinger addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014. The European Union’s energy chief is hoping Wed… …read more Source: The Bismarck...
EU-brokered gas talks between Ukraine and Russia at an impasse with winter drawing near
Talks to guarantee Russian gas imports into Ukraine throughout the winter are at an impasse as the rival nations consider the latest proposals to end the energy standoff. …read more Source: FOX...
NATO Accuses Russian Military Aircraft of Flagrantly Violating European Airspace
NATO officials have announced that an increasingly large number of Russian military aircraft have been tracked flying unannounced into European airspace this month — behavior that threatens to escalate the already taut relations between Moscow and the West. On Wednesday, NATO claimed to have monitored at least four groups of Russian military...
EU, Ukraine must agree gas debt deal for talks to restart: Gazprom
Moscow (AFP) – Gazprom on Thursday said that the EU and Ukraine must agree a deal for Kiev to pay off its gas debts to Russia before talks on restarting deliveries to the strife-torn nation can restart. “The European Commission must reach an agreement with Ukraine over the question of financing. Otherwise, negotiations make no...
Russia Demands EU Guarantee Ukraine Pays For Gas
Russia says its dispute with Ukraine over natural-gas supplies will not be resolved unless the European Union guarantees cash-strapped Kyiv pays up front for gas it wants from Russia this winter. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Gas Supplies In Doubt As Russia Seeks EU Payment Deal
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s efforts to unblock deliveries of Russian gas as winter sets in were deadlocked on Thursday as Moscow’s negotiators were quoted demanding firmer commitments from the European Union to cover Kiev’s pre-payments for energy. …read more Source: International Business...
Ukraine, Russia Extend Gas Deal Talks After Impasse
Trilateral talks in Brussels to restart the delivery of Russian gas to Ukraine will continue on Thursday after the parties failed to reach an agreement on the first day of negotiations. Despite frayed ties between Moscow and the West, envoys from Russia, the EU and Ukraine met Wednesday to settle a natural gas dispute that threatens...
Ukraine gas supplies in doubt as Russia seeks EU payment deal
Moscow’s negotiators were quoted demanding firmer commitments from the European Union to cover Kiev’s pre-payments for energy …read more Source: The Globe and...
Alberta premier’s visit to land of the mighty moose meant to boost rural support: opposition
The local Ukrainian ladies cooked up hundreds of cabbage rolls for Premier Jim Prentice’s unprecedented leadership dinner in the tiny northern Alberta mill town of Manning on Thursday night. After 10 years of lobbying the Tories to hold a leadership dinner in “the land of the mighty moose,” local constituency organizer Kim Arsenault says...
