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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...
Iftar ceremony in Ukrainian capital Kiev
Muslims in Ukraine as well as representatives of other religious groups from dozens of other countries have gathered in Kiev central mosque to attend Ramadan festival. …read more Source:...
Euro 2016: Northern Ireland 2-0 Ukraine
Northern Ireland have scored 2 second-half goals to defeat Ukraine 2-nil in their second Euro 2016 game. …read more Source:...
Iran Air cleared to fly in EU
BRUSSELS — Iranian flag carrier Iran Air has been taken off a safety blacklist and cleared to fly in the European Union, the European Commission said Thursday. “Following my visit to Iran in April, a technical assessment was successfully carried out in May,” EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said in a statement. “Based on this I am happy to...
Implement Ukraine deal for EU to lift curbs, Russia told
SAINT PETERSBURG: European Union (EU) Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker warned Russia on Thursday that the 28-nation bloc will only lift its sanctions if the Kremlin fully implements a Ukraine peace deal. “The next step is clear, full implementation of the agreement − no more, no less,” Juncker told Russia’s main economic forum in Saint...
Euro 2016: N.Ireland clinch 1st win in Euro finals
Northern Ireland defeat Ukraine 2-0 in Euro 2016 Group C match in Lyon, their first Euro finals win in history …read more Source: Anadolu...
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: Russia Must Implement Ukraine Deal to Lift Sanctions
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker told Russia on Thursday that the “only way” the 28-nation bloc will lift its economic sanctions on Moscow is if the Kremlin fully implements a peace deal for Ukraine. …read more Source: Al-Manar...
