Section: The Daily Star (Lebanon)
NATO’s Stoltenberg: EU sanctions on Russia should remain
The European Union should keep in place the sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told Reuters Monday, a day after the German foreign minister said they should gradually be phased out. …read more Source: The Daily...
Germany’s Steinmeier favors gradual phasing-out of Russia sanctions
The European Union should gradually phase out sanctions imposed against Russia over the Ukraine crisis if there is substantial progress in the peace process, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was quoted Sunday as saying …read more Source: The Daily...
Kiev worried that Brexit would weaken EU support for Ukraine
Politicians in Kiev worry that a vote by Britain to leave the European Union would weaken the EU’s support for Ukraine and undermine its resolve to stand up to Russia …read more Source: The Daily...
EU extends sanctions on Russia-annexed Crimea until mid-2017
The European Union extended for a year Friday a ban on business dealings with the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 in a move that has not been internationally recognized …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine outraged by UN chief’s remarks on Russia
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations voiced outrage on Thursday after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Russia had a role to play in safeguarding human rights and ending the war in Ukraine. …read more Source: The Daily...
Juncker warns Russia on sanctions ahead of Putin meet
EU Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker warned Russia Thursday that the 28-nation bloc will only lift its sanctions if the Kremlin fully implements a Ukraine peace deal. …read more Source: The Daily...
Ukraine wants Russian beats off its airwaves
Ukraine’s parliament Thursday ordered radio stations to start playing over a third of their tracks in the local language in the latest rap of its cultural war with Russia. …read more Source: The Daily...
EU’s Juncker defends attendance at Russia forum, says talks vital
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker defended his decision to attend an economic forum in Russia Thursday, saying it was common sense to talk to Moscow despite lingering tensions over the Ukraine crisis …read more Source: The Daily...
NATO says Ukraine ceasefire barely holding, scolds Russia
An internationally-agreed ceasefire in Ukraine is being violated by Russia “again and again”, NATO’s chief said Wednesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Russia releases two jailed Ukrainians: Kiev
wo Ukrainians jailed in Russia have been released and are flying home, Kiev said Tuesday, in the latest gesture of good will between the two uneasy neighbors. …read more Source: The Daily...
