Section: Main news
Pro-Russian terrorists didn’t allow Ukrainian rescuers to save miners’ lives at the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk Region
The tragedy happened on March 4, 2015, at 5:20 a.m. because of the methane gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in Donetsk Region that now is under the pro-Russian terrorists’ control. The Rada speaker Volodymyr Hroisman reported that the fate of 32 miners remains unknown. The officials from the terrorists’ organization in Donetsk...
EU intends to make changes in its Neighborhood Policy
Spokesperson for the European Commission Margaritis Shinas in Brussels announced that on March 4, 2015, will start consultations on the future of the European Neighborhood Policy: “EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn and EU High Representative Federica Mogherini will present the future approach on the European Neighborhood Policy”, he said...
Five geopolitical risks for 2015
Economic pessimists shouldn’t feel confined to the developing world this year, writes Eric Roston. ||| New York – Critical events of early 2015 – cheap oil and Middle East violence – will probably continue to take their toll as the year goes on, according to a new projection of geopolitical hotspots. Lower overall prices...
MH17 relatives view plane wreckage
The first of about 500 relatives of those killed in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 visited the wreckage, investigators said. ||| Gilze-Rijen Airbase, Netherlands – The first of around 500 relatives of those killed in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine visited the wreckage at a Dutch airbase...
Tough talk from Greece stuns EU leaders
Greece’s new government ruffled feathers in Brussels by not respecting the diplomatic niceties of the negotiating table. ||| Brussels – Strapped for cash and under pressure to deliver on reforms, Greece’s new government has ruffled feathers in Brussels by not respecting the diplomatic niceties of the negotiating table.From...
National Security and Defense Council: Russia-backed insurgents deny access to OSCE observers to heavy weapons concentration sites
Kyiv, March 3, 2015 – Pro-Russian militants constantly relocate weapons and military equipment from the contact line further back to the Ukrainian-Russian border, however, they return it back shortly afterwards. OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported that the militants of the “Luhansk People’s Republic” denied access to the...
Petro Poroshenko had a phone conversation with the leaders of Germany, France and Russia
As the Ukrainian Press office of President reported, the ‘Normandy Quartet’ leaders held the telephone conversation on Monday, March 2, 2015. Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, France’s President Francois Hollande and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin talked about the ways...
Russians mourn murdered Nemtsov
Thousands of Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued to pay their respects to Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov. ||| Moscow – Thousands of Russians, many carrying red carnations, queued on Tuesday to pay their respects to Boris Nemtsov, the Kremlin critic whose murder last week showed the hazards of speaking out against Russian President...
Nemtsov killing triggers Russia warnings
The killing of leading Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov sent an exchange of warnings and charges across Europe. ||| Geneva/ Moscow – The killing of leading Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov sent an exchange of warnings and charges across Europe on Monday as a top Polish legislator was denied an entry visa to attend the...
Europe Averts Winter Gas Cutoff for Now with Ukraine-Russia Deal
For Long-Term Security, EU Should Push Moscow to Obey Rules and Kyiv to Reform Gas Sector By brokering a March 2 interim gas deal between Ukraine and Russia, the European Union helped avert a wintertime cutoff of gas to Ukraine and other parts of Europe. Russia had threatened to halt supplies to Ukraine in the two countries’ dispute over...