Section: US & Canada
On a surreal and tragic day, POTUS was in N.Y. but only the UN Security Council was engaged
UNITED NATIONS — Truth is often stranger than fiction. The horrific events over eastern Ukraine, that of a civilian airliner being shot out of the skies by a high altitude Sam 11 missile, seem almost the improbable grist of a […] The post On a surreal and tragic day, POTUS was in N.Y. but only the UN Security Council was engaged appeared first on...
Kremlin Distances Itself As Putin Adviser Calls Poroshenko A ‘Nazi’
A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says a comment by a senior Russian official who called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko “a Nazi” do not represent the Kremlin’s official position. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Ukraine Signs Trade Agreement With European Union
Moscow warned of “serious consequences” after Kiev finalized the sweeping economic pact, which had set off protests and fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: The New York...
Ukraine signs historic EU deal
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will sign an economic cooperation agreement with the EU, the same deal whose reversal set off a crisis in the nation. …read more Source:...
Ukraine, EU sign historic trade and economic pact
Ukraine signed a free-trade and political cooperation agreement with the EU on Friday that has been at the heart of the country’s political crisis, drawing an immediate threat of “grave consequences” from Russia. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian, Georgian, and Moldovan Leaders Sign Accords On Closer EU Ties
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, and Moldovan Prime Minister Iurie Leanca signed key economic and political accords with the European Union in Brussels. At the ceremony, EU leaders stressed the association agreements are not aimed at harming Russia. (EbS) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe...
EU deals could stoke growth, reform
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Leaders from the 28-country European Union on Friday signed broad trade and economic deals with non-member countries Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia…. …read more Source: Associated...
EU Leaders Address Russian Concerns About Association Agreements
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso spoke just before the signing of EU Association Agreements by Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova. They told the gathering of leaders in Brussels that nothing in the accords is aimed at harming Russia and they are “not against anybody.” (EbS)...
Poroshenko Signs Ukraine-EU Free Trade Agreement
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko has said this is “one of the most historic days,” ahead of signing a long-awaited free trade agreement with the European Union. Poroshenko spoke to reporters in Brussels Friday ahead of the signing of the agreement, which was the trigger for last year’s political upheaval that led to...
Ukraine ceasefire: Poroshenko signs free trade deal with EU
Ukraine signed a free-trade and political cooperation agreement with the EU on Friday that has been at the heart of the country’s political crisis, drawing an immediate threat of “grave consequences” from Russia. …read more Source:...
