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Two Ukrainian servicemen killed, 20 wounded in Donbas in past 24 hours
Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and another 20 have been wounded in the area of the anti-terrorist operation in Donbas in the past 24 hours, spokesman for the anti-terrorist operation in eastern Ukraine Andriy Lysenko has said. “Two Ukrainian servicemen have been killed and another twenty have been wounded in the past 24...
Poroshenko compares terrorist attack in France with events in Donbas
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko sees no difference between a terrorist attack in France and terrorist attacks that are made in the occupied territories of Donbas. Poroshenko said this during his visit to the French Embassy in Ukraine on Friday, January 9, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “I’ve just had an opportunity to...
European Commission expects Ukraine to raise gas price for population
The European Commission expects the Ukrainian government to raise the gas price for households. A European Commission spokesperson told this to an Ukrinform correspondent in Brussels. “We expect that Ukraine will increase the gas prices for consumers. But it is up to the [Ukrainian] government how to implement this decision, and according...
Ukraine begins consultations with IMF mission
The IMF mission has arrived in Ukraine, and the consultations have currently begun. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at the beginning of a government meeting on Friday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “The IMF [mission] has arrived in Ukraine. The consultations have begun. All the ministers have to start active...
Biometric passports to be issued in Ukraine from January 12 – Yatseniuk
The issuing of biometric passports will start in Ukraine on Monday, January 12. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk said this at the beginning of a government meeting on Friday. “Ukraine will start issuing biometric passports, which will meet international standards, from January 12. This is one of the key conditions for Ukrainians...
Cameron, Merkel, Poroshenko and Tusk to attend national unity rally in France
British Prime Minister David Cameron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have confirmed that they will come to Paris for a planned rally in commemoration of the Charlie Hebdo victims. Cameron wrote on Twitter that he had accepted French President Hollande’s invitation to join the unity rally on Sunday. The German Foreign Ministry reported...
Tusk: This year EU should help Ukraine get back on its feet
The situation in Ukraine is one of the four top priority problems to be settled in 2015. President of the European Council Donald Tusk said this in Riga, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. “Help Ukraine get back on its feet,” he said, defining one of the priorities in the activity of the heads of state and government of the EU...
Latvian foreign minister to visit Ukraine
Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics will be on a working visit to Ukraine on January 10, the press service of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration reported. “At 13.40, Ukrainian and Latvian Foreign Ministers Pavlo Klimkin and Edgars Rinkevics will hold a press conference,” reads the statement.
What the Kremlin’s Setback Means for 2015
Economics Stalled Putin, But He Often Answers Setbacks With Military Threats [Below are excerpts from an essay by longtime Berlin-based journalist and author Elizabeth Pond. Read her full analysis here.] In the Ukraine crisis, soft economic power last month trumped hard military power for the first time. The threatened meltdown of the Russian...
January: An Important Month for Shaping the US Role in Europe
Amid Ukraine-Russia Crisis, New Decisions Will Define America’s ‘Force Posture’ for Years to Come Almost a year after Russia’s invasions of Ukraine, the US government will roll out a series of decisions in the next month that will play a big role in shaping how the United States and its transatlantic allies respond in the long...