Plan would see sanctions on Russia lifted and Russian troops withdrawn from east Ukraine

Tycoon offers regret in North Carolina and help in flooded Louisiana

Campaign chairman dismisses Ukrainian cash payments report as ‘nonsensical’

Wasserman Schultz resigns from Democratic national committee chair

Demonstrators occupy central square after mass embezzlement scandal of missing $1bn

Clashes erupt as parliament approves plan for more autonomy for separatist regions

Bondholders agree to 20 per cent writedown in effort to avert default and revive economy decimated by war

As Ukraine crisis deepens, citizens will want reassurance that the union is there for them

British PM to meet EU counterparts as Eastern Partnership talks opens in Riga

Rumours rife since Russian president vanished from public life 10 days ago

Famous US fund manager made a fortune on Irish bonds during bailout

Volodymyr Groysman also elected speaker during new parliament’s first session

A familiar Cold War rhetoric to much of the discussion from our anti-war/neutrality lobby

Yatsenyuk says parliament could no longer pass laws after two parties pull out of coalition

Russian president backs Ukrainian counterpart Poroshenko’s peace plan

Diplomatic initiative flounders as Russia insists rebels should be included

Conscription restored as pro-Russia protesters take over Donetsk prosecutor’s office

Former Anglo Irish Bank retains control of rent roll from Kiev mall and Moscow tower

Discount withdrawal means price to rise 43.6% in second quarter

Meeting comes as Crimean peninsula prepares for referendum to determine its future

Opinion: Commentators blame EU for Ireland’s ‘austerity’, as if there was some painless option

Kremlin says situation in Crimea poses ‘real threats’ to Russian citizens living in territory

Key negotiator in 2008 war with Russia calls revolution a watershed moment in Putin’s reign

Arrest warrant for mass murder issued for former president

Americans blame Russia for bugging call

Obama administration suspects Russians are behind leaked recording

Opposition leader Klitschko says it is only ‘step to victory’ writes Dan McLaughlin in Kiev

Plans to issue Eurobonds on the Irish exchange as part of bailout transaction

Moscow’s package of loans and trade concessions seen as a reward for President Yanukovych refusing to sign EU deal

Yanukovych makes offer at round-table meeting with three opposition leaders

About-face comes amid national protests against Yanukovych’s regime

Ukrainian president backs call for talks with the opposition to end weeks of protests

Ukraine demonstrators ramp up protests over decision to align with Russia

Thousands maintain rally in Kiev’s central square

MPs from ruling Party of Regions quit after deal forging closer links with EU is ditched

EU foreign policy is again to the fore as a tricky accord is sought with Ukraine

Protestors are demanding that president reverses a decision not to sign a key EU pact

Hopes dashed of political and trade pact between Europe and ex-Soviet state

European Court of Human Rights finds detention of Yulia Tymoshenko politically motivated