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EU leaders agree investment package to boost economy
[BRUSSELS] European Union leaders endorsed a new investment programme intended to kick start economic growth in the bloc at a summit in Brussels, which its chairman said would end late on Thursday, half a day earlier than planned. “We agreed three things: one, we call for the urgent establishment of a European fund for strategic...
EU outlaws investment in Crimea; targets oil sector, cruises
THE European Union banned investment in Crimea on Thursday, halting European help for Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and outlawing European cruise ships from calling at Crimean ports. …read more Source: The Business...
Russian sailors leaving France without warship
PARIS — Hundreds of Russian sailors pulled out of a French port Thursday, bearing perfumes for their loved ones but lacking the controversial bounty they came for: a 1-billion-euro, French-built warship that has become a hostage to the biggest East-West conflict since the Cold War. The Vladivostok helicopter carrier is part of a strange and...
Ukrainians dig deep to help soldiers on the eastern front
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainians are knitting socks, donating scrap metal and even crowd-funding a tank to keep their woefully underfunded army going as its standoff with pro-Russian rebels in the east drags on towards the new year. …read more Source: The...
Putin says his grip on power is firm and economy will rebound
Russian president says Moscow would adjust to low oil prices, but gives no recipe for turning economy around President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday that Russia would rapidly recover from its financial crisis and said his grip on power was firm, even as new Western sanctions and a run on the ruble pile on the pressure. The Russian strongman, who...
Georgian economy buffeted by Russia, Ukraine crises – president
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Georgia’s economy has been buffeted by the Russian currency crisis and the Ukrainian conflict but it is still growing strongly, President Georgy Margvelashvili said on Thursday. …read more Source: The...
Putin promises economic recovery, digs in on Ukraine
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Thursday tried to quell fears of economic collapse and vowed rapid recovery from the worst financial crisis of his rule but stressed that his position on Ukraine has not shifted. Speaking at an annual news conference, the Russian leader said that the economic downturn will last two years at most and promised to...
EU’s Mogherini urges Putin to make ‘radical change’ in attitude
BRUSSELS (AFP) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Thursday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to make a radical change in attitude to end the crisis sparked by Moscows intervention in Ukraine.The fact that Russia is in a difficult situation from a financial point of view is not good news, Mogherini told reporters, referring...
OSCE extends observer mission at Russia-Ukraine border until March
VIENNA (Reuters) – 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: The...
EU backs new sanctions as summit weighs Russia crisis
A European Union summit has backed new sanctions against Russia over its annexation of the Crimea from Ukraine, but also noted that it didn’t want to drastically hit the country in the midst of an economic crisis. …read more Source: Channel...
