David McHugh

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A cow shed at the Milkiland N.V. in the village of Krasnoselskoe, Chernihiv region some 180 kilometers north of Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Milk and cheese producer Milkiland is looking to increase sales in the European Union under a trade agreement between the EU and Ukraine to be signed Friday in Brussels. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

EU deals could stoke growth, reform

David McHugh · June 27, 2014 8:47 am

Ukraine to sign EU deal that sparked revolution

David McHugh · June 25, 2014 7:06 pm

Pavel Gubarev, center, self-proclaimed people's governor, surrounded by pro-Russian fighters, speaks before taking the oath of allegiance to the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, on Lenin square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, June 21, 2014. Dozens of pro-Russian armed militiamen gathered on Lenin square in Donetsk on Saturday to take the oath of allegiance to the so-called Donetsk People's Republic after Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered his forces to cease fire Friday and halt military operations for a week. In the background is a monument of Vladimir Lenin. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Putin backs Ukraine cease-fire, warns talks needed

David McHugh · June 21, 2014 10:03 pm

Ukraine’s president offers cease-fire in east

David McHugh · June 18, 2014 5:11 pm

Ukraine’s leader to propose cease-fire with rebels

Ukraine’s leader to propose cease-fire with rebels

David McHugh · June 16, 2014 4:50 pm

A woman from Ukraine cries at a meeting with OSCE's secretary-general Lamberto Zannier at a camp for refugees from the conflict in Ukraine's east, in the village of Dmitriadovka near Rostov-on-Don, southern Russia, Thursday, June 12, 2014. The OSCE's secretary-general on Thursday visited a camp in Russia for refugees from the conflict in Ukraine's east and called for the fighting to end. (AP Photo/Mikhail Mordasov)

Ukraine says 3 tanks cross from Russia

David McHugh · June 12, 2014 9:09 pm

President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi listens to questions during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, June 5, 2014, following a meeting of the ECB governing council. The ECB lowered its main interest rate to 0.15 per cent. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

ECB getting closer to Fed-style stimulus

David McHugh · June 7, 2014 1:37 pm

President of European Central Bank Mario Draghi speaks during a news conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, June 5, 2014, following a meeting of the ECB governing council. The ECB lowered its main interest rate to 0.15 per cent. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

ECB enters uncharted territory with new stimulus

David McHugh · June 5, 2014 6:29 pm

Europe’s central bank weighs anti-deflation steps

Europe’s central bank weighs anti-deflation steps

David McHugh · June 4, 2014 9:47 pm

A man looks at a construction site from a small aperture from behind a sheet of metal fencing, in northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 2, 2014. Greece's trade federation said Monday that some 31 percent of all shops in the city center remain unoccupied as a result of the country's acute financial crisis that has seen unemployment hit record-high levels amid a six-year recession. The federation said the number of closed shops was slightly down compared to its last survey about six months ago. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Eurozone inflation drop seals deal for ECB

David McHugh · June 3, 2014 3:58 pm

ECB ready to act, but how much will it help?

ECB ready to act, but how much will it help?

David McHugh · May 25, 2014 2:16 pm

EU elections become platform for austerity foes

EU elections become platform for austerity foes

David McHugh · May 22, 2014 6:24 pm