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EU agrees Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine peace terms met
[BRUSSELS] European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the year if need be. …read more Source: The Business...
EU agrees Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine peace terms met
[BRUSSELS] European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the year if need be. …read more Source: The Business...
EU agrees Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine peace terms met
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday that economic sanctions imposed on Russia will stay in place until a Ukraine peace deal is fully implemented, effectively extending them to the end of the year if need be. …read more Source: The...
Russia, China, others snub UN meeting on Crimea human rights
UNITED NATIONS: Russia, China, Venezuela and Angola snubbed an informal United Nations Security Council meeting on Thursday on human rights in Crimea a year after Russia seized the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine, diplomats said. Russia’s parliament approved the annexation of Crimea on March 21 last year after Russian forces took control...
Greece pleads for help from sceptical Europe
BRUSSELS (AFP) – Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urged Germany and France at a summit Thursday to help him tackle a looming cash crunch, despite warnings that Athens must commit to reforms first.The radical left-wing Greek leader sat down for emergency talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Francois Hollande and the EUs top...
Five-star Kiev end Everton’s bid to restore English pride
PARIS: Dynamo Kiev shattered Everton’s hopes of restoring English pride with a ruthless 5-2 demolition of the Premier League side in the Europa League last 16 this morning. …read more Source: New Straits...
Report: Fragment from MH17 Crash Site Supports Missile Theory
A metal fragment from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 matches a surface-to-air BUK rocket, a Dutch broadcaster said on Thursday, supporting a theory that the plane was downed by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. The fragment was recovered by a Dutch journalist fro… …read more Source: The Chosun...
Russia Turned Crimea into a Military Base: Tatar Leader
In just one year, Crimea has gone from being a picturesque tourist destination in Ukraine to a Russian military base that will likely end up hosting nuclear weapons, the United Nations heard Thursday. …read more Source:...
World › EU’s Russia sanctions set to last until end of 2015
EU economic sanctions against Russia due to expire in July will now be tied to the full implementation of the Minsk ceasefire accord in Ukraine, which is not expected until the end of this year, EU president Donald Tusk said Thursday. Tusk said European Union leaders at a summit in… …read more Source: Japan...
U.S. to move ahead with training Ukrainian guardsmen – Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 290 U.S. Army paratroopers will travel to western Ukraine next month to train three battalions of Ukrainian national guard troops, the Pentagon said on Thursday, moving ahead with a long-planned mission that was delayed due to a peace deal. …read more Source: The...
