Tag: European Union

A Donetsk People's Republic fighter stands guard during the wedding ceremony of platoon commander Arsen Pavlov and Elena Kolenkina in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Friday July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Eastern Ukrainians flee as army suffers losses

YURAS KARMANAUPETER LEONARD · July 11, 2014 6:08 pm

A building damaged by shelling is seen in Mikolaivka village, near the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Thursday, July 10, 2014. In the past two weeks, Ukrainian government troops have halved the amount of territory held by the rebels. Now they are vowing a blockade of Donetsk. In another sign of deteriorating morale among rebels, several dozen militia fighters in Donetsk abandoned their weapons and fatigues Thursday, telling their superiors they were returning home.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Rifts appear among Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels

Yuras Karmanau · July 10, 2014 7:46 pm

EU court rules against German language tests

Washington Examiner · July 10, 2014 11:36 am

Change Afoot in Ukraine

Christopher Nadon · July 10, 2014 8:33 am

$580 million EU antitrust fine for drug makers

Washington Examiner · July 9, 2014 9:59 am

A woman, name not given, looks out from her damaged house in the city of Slovyansk, Donetsk Region, eastern Ukraine Monday July 7, 2014. Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko has called the capture of the Pro-Russian separatist stronghold of Slovyansk a "turning point" in the fight for control of the country's east. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Slovyansk struggles back after rebels are routed

Yuras Karmanau · July 8, 2014 7:52 pm

Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and Slovenia's President Borut Pahor look at each other in Maribor, Slovenia, Tuesday, July 8, 2014, during the opening ceremony for a museum commemorating WWII camp for captured Soviet prisoners of war. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

EU’s united front on Russia falling amid gas needs

George Jahn · July 8, 2014 3:53 pm

A woman holds a poster reading "Save Donbas People" as Russian Communists party activists gather in support of pro-Russian fighters and local citizens who live in Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Ukraine's president shook up the leadership of his struggling military on Thursday, appointing a new defense minister and top general tasked with stamping out the corruption that has left the country's armed forces faltering before a pro-Russian insurgency. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Ukraine claims winning ground in rebellious east

David McHugh · July 4, 2014 6:24 pm

Valentina, who gave only her first name, gestures in a flat of her neighbor who was injured during shelling in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Residential areas came under shelling on Thursday from government forces. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Ukraine’s president shakes up military leadership

David McHugh · July 3, 2014 11:37 pm

Smoke rises from the Kabul airport after an attack in Afghanistan, Thursday, July 3, 2014. An Afghan official says militants fired two rockets into the military side of the Kabul airport, striking President Hamid Karzai's helicopter as it sat on the tarmac. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

EU urges wider fraud probe in Afghan elections

Amir Shah · July 3, 2014 6:33 pm

Pro-Russian fighters stand in their positions, as they patrol the airspace near Luhansk, eastern Ukraine Wednesday, July 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Foreign ministers agree on Ukraine cease-fire path

Frank Jordans · July 2, 2014 7:36 pm

People grieve over the body of their friend, a policeman killed during assault by pro-Russian fighters the Interior Ministry headquarters in downtown Donetsk, eastern Ukraine Tuesday, July 1, 2014. The rebels captured the Interior Ministry headquarters in a major city after an hours-long gun battle, a day after the president said rebels weren't serious about peace talks and ended a cease-fire. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Pro-Russian rebels capture police HQ in Ukraine

Balint Szlanko · July 1, 2014 9:18 pm