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EU Gives Russia New Sanctions Ultimatum
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko holds a press conference on the sidelines of a European Union summit at the EU Headquarters in Brussels on Aug. 30, 2014 (AFP Photo/John Thys) Brussels. European Union leaders on Sunday gave Russia a week to reverse course in Ukraine or face a new round of sanctions as Kiev warned it was on the brink of...
Obama’s Cool Head in Crisis — Asset or Growing Liability?
Washington. He doesn’t bluster and he doesn’t strut and President Barack Obama certainly isn’t panicking, though he admits it feels like the world is falling apart. But Obama’s cool-in-a-crisis style and disdain for the impulsive use of military force is fueling criticism of his leadership, as crises stagger the Middle...
EU ready to impose new sanctions on Russia within one week
The European Unions leaders decided early Sunday to give Russia one week to de-escalate Ukraine crisis, or they will impose tougher sanctions on Russia otherwise, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy told a news … …read more Source: ANTARA...
EU threatens Russia with more sanctions
Despite tough rhetoric decrying Russia’s increasing military involvement in Ukraine, European Union leaders on Sunday stopped short of imposing new sanctions against Moscow right away.Instead, the 28-nation bloc’s heads of state and government tasked their executive body to “urgently” prepare tougher economic sanctions...
EU ministers call for new sanctions against Russia
Several European Union foreign ministers on Friday accused Russia of invading eastern Ukraine and said Moscow should be punished with additional biting economic sanctions. The meeting of the 28-nation bloc’s top diplomats in Milan came one day after NATO said Moscow slipped at least 1,000 Russian soldiers and much heavy weaponry into...
Rupiah strengthens to 11,680 per dollar at close
“The rupiah rebounded after experiencing some corrections over the past few days due to technical factors,” Bank Himpunan Saudara analyst Rully Nova said in Jakarta on Friday as quoted by Antara news agency. He said that investors conducted short-term transactions in the domestic market during the closing session, thereby creating...
‘The Audacity of Taupe’: Obama Suit Creates Sartorial Stir
US President Barack Obama holds a press conference at the White House in Washington, DC, August 28, 2014 (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb) Washington. The subjects were serious enough at President Barack Obama’s impromptu press conference Thursday, but many viewers and the collective press corps seized on something more immediately visible: his tan...
Rupiah weakens to 11,705 per dollar Friday morning
The rupiah traded among banks in Jakarta on Friday morning weakened by 11 basis points to Rp 11,705 per US dollar. Monex Investindo Futures analyst Zulfirman Basir said that because market players were worried about the escalating conflict in Ukraine, currencies in emerging markets were weakening.”Ukraine accuses Russia for attacking the...
EU struggles with dearth of women in top jobs
Don’t be fooled by Angela Merkel. The German chancellor may be the most powerful leader in the European Union, but she hardly paints a true picture of the place of women in EU politics.EU leaders meet on Saturday to divide top jobs for the next half decade, and after years of paying lip service to increasing equality between the sexes, the...
Rupiah falls slightly to 11,679 per dollar in morning trade
The rupiah traded among banks in Jakarta on Thursday morning depreciated by 10 basis points to Rp 11,679 per US dollar.Monex Investindo Futures analyst Zulfirman Basir said that the rising of US durable goods order has proven that the US economy has improved. “As the US economy continues to improve, the Federal Reserve Bank is going to end...
