Section: Africa&ME
EU leaders seek long-term strategy to deal with Russia
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders gathered in Brussels yesterday seeking common ground on a long-term strategy to deal with an unfriendly but economically wounded Russia. Summit host Donald Tusk, the new president of the leaders’ European Council, said it was vital for stability on the bloc’s eastern borders to start a discussion about...
EU approves new Crimean sanctions
EU bans all investment and cruise ships from its ports to force home message bloc will not recognise Russia’s ‘illegal annexation’ of Ukrainian territory …read more Source: Business...
News24.com | 80% back Putin even as ruble falls
The ruble has lost more than half its value and Vladimir Putin’s aggression in Ukraine has turned the country into a pariah, yet most Russians see him not as the cause, but as the solution. …read more Source:...
OSCE extends observer mission at Russia-Ukraine border until March
European security watchdog the OSCE prolonged the mandate of its observer mission at two Russian checkpoints on the border with Ukraine by three months on Thursday, the longest extension so far. …read more Source: World...
Slovakia to build new pipeline to Turkey via Ukraine
The new pipeline will start from the Slovakia-Ukraine border and reach the border between Turkey and Bulgaria …read more Source: Anadolu...
Putin says Russia’s economy will be cured
President Vladimir Putin assured Russians that the economy would rebound after the rouble’s dramatic slide. ||| Moscow – President Vladimir Putin assured Russians on Thursday that the economy would rebound after the rouble’s dramatic slide this year but offered no remedy for a deepening financial crisis. In an assured...
EU targets oil, gas investment in Crimea
EU bans European companies from exporting goods used in the exploration and production of oil, gas and minerals to Crimea. …read more Source: Anadolu...
EU Adopts Tighter Investment Sanctions on Crimea
BRUSSELS—European Union governments adopted tighter restrictions on European investment in Crimea onThursday, targeting Russian Black Sea oil and gas explorationand tourism, an EU official said. …read more Source:...
Putin says Ukraine must remain a single political entity
Putin said the Ukraine crisis should be resolved as quickly as possible and that Moscow’s aim was to restore political unity to Ukraine …read more Source: World...
Russia fighting for survival – Putin
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday showed no sign of changing tack on war-torn Ukraine and compared Russia to a bear fighting for survival. …read more Source:...
