Section: CNS News (USA)
Former opposition candidate arrested upon return to Belarus
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A former opposition presidential candidate in Belarus has been arrested while returning to his country after four years in exile. …read more Source: CNS...
France wants top-level Ukraine talks, hopes to end sanctions
PARIS (AP) — France wants to hold a meeting among the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and Germany in the coming weeks to resolve tensions around eastern Ukraine, in hopes of eventually lifting EU sanctions. …read more Source: CNS...
IMF chief pleased with economic progress in Ukraine
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has told Ukraine’s president that she was impressed with the progress his government has made toward stabilizing the Ukrainian economy. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s president lauds renewed cease-fire in the east
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has lauded the renewed cease-fire in the east, saying that not a single Ukrainian soldier has died in fighting this week. …read more Source: CNS...
VENICE WATCH: Ukraine revolution inspires Venice documentary
VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Venice Film Festival is bringing 11 days of red carpet premieres, innovative movies and Hollywood glamour to the Italian city. Here’s what has been catching the eye of The Associated Press: …read more Source: CNS...
Senior right-wing party members charged with Monday clashes
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Two senior members of a Ukrainian nationalist party were charged Friday with rioting while their leader walked free after being questioned in Kiev in connection with Monday’s clashes outside the parliament. …read more Source: CNS...
Ukraine’s right-wing party leader questioned in Kiev
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The leader of a right-wing party has been questioned in connection with Monday’s clashes outside the Ukrainian parliament on Kiev. …read more Source: CNS...
NATO opens military center in Lithuania amid Ukraine crisis
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — With fighter jets roaring overhead, NATO on Thursday inaugurated a military center in the Lithuanian capital amid growing concerns in the Baltic countries over Russia’s military presence, sparked by the fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source: CNS...
City hall in Ukraine’s Kiev cancels school amid heat wave
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The city hall in Ukraine’s capital Kiev has scrapped classes at schools and pre-schools for Thursday and Friday amid a record-breaking heat wave and pit-bog fires. …read more Source: CNS...
New Ukraine doctrine declares Russia military opponent
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s national security council on Wednesday approved a new military doctrine that declares Russia to be a military opponent and calls for the country to pursue NATO membership. …read more Source: CNS...
