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Australian PM to face leadership vote
Australian PM Tony Abbott will face a vote on his leadership after disgruntled government lawmakers called a challenge. ||| Sydney – Embattled Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will face a vote on his leadership at a party-room meeting next week after disgruntled government lawmakers called a challenge on Friday following weeks of...
National Security and Defense Council: Ukrainian Armed Forces are firmly holding their positions, Russia keeps supplying armament to militants
Kyiv, 5 February 2015 – Over the last day active military standoff continued between Russian-backed militants and ATO forces units on the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Intensive movement of trucks and freight trains carrying military gear, ammunition and weapons for militants across the Ukraine-Russia border from the territory of the...
Leaders push new Ukraine peace plan
Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande are headed to Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin over eastern Ukraine peace plan. ||| Kiev – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande are headed on Friday to Moscow as they mount a diplomatic push behind their latest initiative to halt escalating violence in eastern...
Merkel and Hollande met with Poroshenko in Kyiv
On Thursday, February 5, Angela Merkel and François Hollande came to Kyiv with a new peace plan to stop the conflict in East Ukraine. Earlier President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko hold the meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. As a Ukrainian government source told Angela Merkel and François Hollande landed in the capital of Ukraine and...
Putin to get Ukraine peace plan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande were due in Moscow Friday after getting Kiev’s tentative backing for a crunch peace plan aimed at ending surging violence in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
EU ministers oppose arms for Ukraine
European defence ministers speak out against sending weapons to the Ukrainian army, as Washington mulls aiding Ukraine’s fight against Russia ||| BRUSSELS – European defence ministers spoke out on Thursday against sending weapons to the Ukrainian army, pointing to a potential transatlantic split if Washington decides to supply arms....
Putin invites new Greek PM to Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Greece’s new prime minister to Moscow in May, as Athens and Berlin publicly traded barbs over EU policy on Ukraine. ||| Athens, Greece – Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited Greece’s new prime minister to Moscow in May, as Athens and Berlin publicly traded barbs over European...
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko hold the meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Kyiv
As it was announced, on February 5, United States Secretary of State John Kerry came to Ukrainian capital to meet with the Ukrainian President, Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk, Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and members of the Ukrainian parliament. During the meeting with Poroshenko Kerry told about $16.4 million in aid to help Ukrainians...
Greece, Russia may boost cooperation
Greek Prime Minister has discussed boosting cooperation with Russia on a variety of fronts. ||| Athens – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed boosting cooperation with Russia on a variety of fronts including energy and the economy during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Greek leader’s office said on...
19 killed in Ukraine – officials
Fourteen civilians and five government soldiers have been killed in fighting in east Ukraine over the past 24 hours, government and rebel officials said Thursday. …read more Source:...