Section: News & Summaries

      Poroshenko wants Normandy Four to consider OSCE police mission in Donbas
      Apr04

      Poroshenko wants Normandy Four to consider OSCE police mission in Donbas

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has asked Germany chairing the OSCE in 2016 to consider the deployment of an OSCE police mission in Donbas and says he wants the Normandy Four to discuss this issue in the near future.”The OSCE posts must also be armed. As when unarmed representatives are under attack, this means inability to effectively...

      Poroshenko says Biden helps to arrange meeting with Obama
      Apr04

      Poroshenko says Biden helps to arrange meeting with Obama

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden helped to arrange a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C. ”There was a long-lasting and very efficient lunch with the U.S. leaders, with Vice President Biden, and Secretary of State [John] Kerry was...

      ICIJ: Offshore network tied to Putin
      Apr03

      ICIJ: Offshore network tied to Putin

      The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) together with other media partners has published an investigation based on secret files that reveal complex multimillion-dollar offshore financial deals that channel wealth and power towards a network of people and companies closely allied to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The...

      Prosecutor General Shokin dismissed officially
      Apr03

      Prosecutor General Shokin dismissed officially

      Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announces he has signed an order to dismiss Ukrainian Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.”After Tuesday voting [by Ukraine`s parliament to authorize Shokin`s dismissal], the Verkhovna Rada sent the documents and an order to dismiss Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin was signed,” Poroshenko said in an interview...

      Donbas militants use 120mm and 82mm mortars to shell Avdiyivka
      Apr03

      Donbas militants use 120mm and 82mm mortars to shell Avdiyivka

      The situation in Donbas in eastern Ukraine remains tense amid heavy shelling of Ukrainian positions in the town of Avdiyivka in the Donetsk sector on Sunday, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) headquarters.”Militants have simultaneously used 120mm and 82mm mortars to fire on the town`s industrial area, cynically...

      Crux: Pope announces April 24 collection for Ukraine
      Apr03

      Crux: Pope announces April 24 collection for Ukraine

      Describing it as an expression of his ”constant thoughts and prayer” for victims of the on-going violence in Ukraine, Pope Francis announced Sunday that he`s asked all the Catholic churches of Europe to take up a special collection on April 24 to fund humanitarian relief, according to Crux, an independent Catholic news site.According to the...

      Two Turkish warships arrive at Ukraine`s Odesa port (Photos)
      Apr03

      Two Turkish warships arrive at Ukraine`s Odesa port (Photos)

      Two warships of the Turkish Navy, the ship TCG Salihreis (F-246) and the ship TCG Bartin (F-504), arrived at the Ukrainian port of Odesa on April 3, according to an UaPosition correspondent. The two-day visit of the Turkish warships to Odesa is part of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry`s international cooperation events scheduled for 2016, Press...

      WPTZ: Azerbaijan declares `unilateral ceasefire` in conflict with Armenia
      Apr03

      WPTZ: Azerbaijan declares `unilateral ceasefire` in conflict with Armenia

      Azerbaijan has decided to ”cease retaliatory action” against Armenia`s armed forces, according to Azerbaijan`s state news agency Azertac, wptz.com reported.The announcement comes after clashes on Saturday in which 18 Armenian and 12 Azerbaijani troops were killed, wptz.com wrote.As CNN reported, long-simmering tensions between Armenia and...

      Mass grave discovered in Syria`s ancient Palmyra city
      Apr02

      Mass grave discovered in Syria`s ancient Palmyra city

      A mass grave of 40 bodies was discovered by the Syrian army in the ancient city of Palmyra in Homs province, Al Jazeera reported with reference to Syrian state news agency SANA.As is known, the Syrian army recaptured the ancient city from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group last week.A field source told a...

      OSCE Minsk Group calls for ending hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh
      Apr02

      OSCE Minsk Group calls for ending hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh

      The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group on conflict settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh expressed concern on Saturday over resumed clashes in the contested region, according to a press release published on the OSCE website.”The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Igor Popov of the Russian Federation,...