Ukrainians should expect gas price hikes, subsidies for poorest citizens
Ukraine will increase household prices for gas by 50 per cent in May, and the utility companies will see a
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Slovakia looks to offer Ukraine gas
As tensions over Crimea continue, Ukraine is looking to cut its dependence on Russian gas by importing supplies from Slovakia.
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Obama: West has no plans to use force in Ukraine
U.S. President Barack Obama says he believes democracy and the rule of law will triumph in Ukraine. Obama spoke late
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Obama: US, EU ‘united in our support of Ukraine’
Wrapping up meetings with European officials in Brussels, U.S. President Barack Obama said that Europe is America’s closest partner and
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Ukraine’s Naftogaz meets new head with debts and losses
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers appointed Andriy Kobolev as head of Naftogaz, the national oil and gas monopoly, during an overnight
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Ukrainian Orthodox churches face own crisis
It is a relatively quiet Sunday and adherents of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church — Kyiv Patriarch — are praying at
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Does Ukraine owe anything to an aggressor?
Russia’s annexation of Crimea, including the energy resources and military hardware and bases there, give the Ukrainian government the right
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Ukraine’s parliament names new defence minister
In a day of accusations and recriminations over Ukraine’s inability to repel Russia militarily from the Crimean peninsula, parliament on
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Russian reconnaissance flights test Bulgaria’s Black Sea airspace – report
There has been a dramatic increase in the number of reconnaisance flights by Russian military aircraft close to Bulgarian airspace
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