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      Asian shares look firm

      Asian shares gained on Monday after US jobs data pointed to solid economic growth. ||| Tokyo – Asian shares gained on Monday after US jobs data pointed to solid economic growth, with Hong Kong leading the gains after regulators set a date for long-awaited trading link the between the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges to open. US...

      Summary information and map from National Security and Defense Council – 09.11.2014
      Nov09

      Summary information and map from National Security and Defense Council – 09.11.2014

      Additional militants’ formations and subversive groups continue being shifted to Ukraine from Russia, supplies of armament, military weaponry and ammunition are being built-up. Increase in number of armament and soldiers has been recorded even by OSCE monitoring mission representatives.  On November 8 OSCE monitors observed a convoy consisting of...

      Merkel hails fall of Berlin Wall

      German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised the courageous citizens who peacefully brought down the Berlin Wall 25 years ago. ||| Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday praised the courageous citizens who peacefully brought down the Berlin Wall 25 years ago, calling the momentous day proof that “dreams can come true”.Merkel, who...

      Heavy shelling in east Ukraine

      Heavy shelling around Donetsk increased strains on a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. ||| Donetsk, Ukraine – Heavy shelling around the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk increased strains on a two-month-old ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday. Reuters reporters...

      Lavrov sees no Russian troops in Ukraine
      Nov08

      Lavrov sees no Russian troops in Ukraine

      Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has once again stated that there are no Russian troops in Ukraine. He told this to reporters at the beginning of a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the APEC summit in Beijing, Interfax reported. Lavrov said that U.S. Department of State spokesperson Jen Psaki had admitted earlier that...

      Terrorists begin urgent mobilization
      Nov08

      Terrorists begin urgent mobilization

      Terrorists are forcing residents of militant-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine to join illegal armed groups. Deputy head of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) information and analytical center Volodymyr Polevy said this at a briefing on Saturday. “Militants are carrying out the urgent forced mobilization of residents...

      Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament
      Nov08

      Poroshenko Bloc to have greatest number of seats in parliament

      The Bloc of Petro Poroshenko will have the greatest number of seats in parliament according to preliminary calculations of the results of voting in a multi-member district and single-member electoral districts. Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mykhailo Okhendovsky said this at a briefing on Saturday, a Ukrinform correspondent reported....

      Russia pushes troops to Shchastia and Pervomaisk
      Nov08

      Russia pushes troops to Shchastia and Pervomaisk

      Russia continues to build up its military presence in militant-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine. The deputy head of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council information and analytical center, Volodymyr Polevy, said this at a briefing on Saturday. “In Luhansk region, military equipment and manpower are being moved to the...

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map
      Nov08

      Situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions. Map

      The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense. Despite the declared ceasefire, terrorists continue to shell Ukrainian army positions.

      OSCE releases report on shelling of school in Donetsk
      Nov08

      OSCE releases report on shelling of school in Donetsk

      The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine has released a report after visiting the site of the shelling of a school in Donetsk, in which two teenagers were killed on November 5. Observers examined the area and identified ten shell craters. According to observers, shells were fired from a location north-west of the school’s...