Section: Africa&ME
French lawmakers urge government not to renew Russia sanctions
The French parliament Thursday adopted a resolution urging the government not to back the extension of sanctions against Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine …read more Source: The Daily...
French MPs urge lifting of EU sanctions on Russia
French National Assembly in Paris passes non-binding resolution calling on French government to lift EU sanctions on Russia …read more Source: World...
French lawmakers urge lifting of EU sanctions on Russia
French National Assembly in Paris passes non-binding resolution calling on French government to lift EU sanctions on Russia …read more Source: Anadolu...
Ukraine ceasefire violations ‘highest in months’
‘Armed violence in eastern Ukraine has once again reached worrying levels,’ OSCE says …read more Source: World...
Tough standards for Turks’ visa-free travel – EU’s Timmermans
By Alastair Macdonald The deputy head of the European Commission insisted on Thursday that the EU executive would not lower its standards to offer visa-free travel to Turks in the coming weeks as part of a deal to stem migration. “We will not play around with those benchmarks,” First Vice President Frans Timmermans told the European Parliament,...
Ukraine PM slams Russia’s outlawing of Crimean Tatar body
Russia’s ‘nonsense decision’ can only strengthen our support for the Crimean Tatars, says Vladimir Groysman …read more Source: World...
Ukrainian PM slams Russia’s outlawing of Crimea Mejlis
Russia’s ‘nonsense decision’ can only strengthen our support for the Crimean Tatars, says Vladimir Groysman …read more Source: Anadolu...
Trump vows ‘America first’ foreign policy
Republican White House frontrunner Donald Trump/AFPWASHINGTON, Apr 28 – Republican White House frontrunner Donald Trump promised a top-to-bottom overhaul of US foreign policy Wednesday to put “America first” and make its allies pay up. In a major foreign policy speech short on specifics that left Washington experts scratching their heads, Trump...
EU, Ukraine postpone summit until September
BRUSSELS: The EU and Ukraine have postponed a summit scheduled for next month until September to give the pro-Western government in Kiev more time for political and financial reforms, the EU said on Wednesday. “The presidents of the European Council, European Commission and Ukraine have jointly agreed to reschedule the bilateral EU-Ukraine Summit...
Procedure to extradite Ukraine’s Savchenko from Russia launched: RIA
A procedure to extradite jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko from Russia has begun, RIA news agency quoted her lawyer as saying Wednesday …read more Source: The Daily...
