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Biden gears up for Kiev meeting
US Vice-President Joe Biden will meet Ukraine’s leaders on the first anniversary of the protests that toppled the former pro-Kremlin regime. ||| Kiev – US Vice-President Joe Biden will meet Ukraine’s leaders on Friday on the first anniversary of the protests that toppled the former pro-Kremlin regime, with Kiev hoping for an...
U.S. calls on Russia to change course
The United States, after the G20 summit where the West demonstrated its united stand against the actions of the Russian leadership, continues to urge Russia and its proxies in the occupied part of Ukraine to change their course and ensure the peaceful settlement of the crisis. A respective statement was made on Thursday by U.S. Ambassador to the...
Poroshenko to Platini: Crimea remains part of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with President of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Michel Platini, the press service of the Ukrainian president has reported. In particular, Poroshenko said that when returning from the airport, he saw fifty football fans outside the building of the presidential administration who...
All five parties initial text of coalition agreement
Participants in talks on the creation of a coalition in the Verkhovna Rada have initialed the text of the coalition agreement. Newly elected MP from the People’s Front Party Viktoria Siumar reported this on her Facebook page. “02.00. We have initialed the text. The presentation is scheduled for 12.30 on the Maidan anniversary by all...
National Security and Defense Council: Russia openly brings military cargos to the Ukrainian territory
Kyiv, 20 November 2014 – The situation in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone remains tense. Terroristic gangs and units of the Russian Federation Armed Forces are on increased combat alert. Within the last day the number of times ATO forces positions were shelled increased. There are no Ukrainian servicemen killed in action, six our troops...
Sixth Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Wraps up Day 1 in Istanbul
Opinion leaders from politics, media, academia, and the corporate world convened in Istanbul this morning for two days of talks on how governments and companies manage emerging risks and uncertainty in today’s turbulent times.The sixth annual Energy & Economic Summit began with a welcome by Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman,...
Oil smooths superpowers’ global dealings
A new age of abundant and cheap energy supplies is redrawing the world’s geopolitical landscape, weakening and potentially threatening the legitimacy of some governments while enhancing the power of others. ||| Rich MillerA NEW age of abundant and cheap energy supplies is redrawing the world’s geopolitical landscape, weakening and...
Weak growth in Germany, France renews risk of eurozone downturn
The euro-area economy risks a renewed slowdown. A Purchasing Managers index for factories and services activity unexpectedly fell to 51.4 in November, the lowest in 16 months, from 52.1 in October, London-based Markit Economics said yesterday. ||| The euro-area economy risks a renewed slowdown.A Purchasing Managers index for factories and...
Putin afraid of ‘color revolutions’ in Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has described “color revolutions” in some countries as a lesson and warning for Russia and urged to counteract their appearance in Russia by all means. He said this on Thursday at an enlarged meeting of the Russian Security Council on combating extremism, a Ukrinform correspondent in Russia. “In...
OSCE again extends observer mission on Ukrainian-Russian border
The OSCE Permanent Council has decided to extend the mandate of the observer mission on the Ukrainian-Russian border until December 23, 2014, according to a report posted on the website of the organization. “The mandate of the OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk has been extended by one month to December 23,...