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No EU unanimity on renewing Russia economic sanctions – official
The European Union’s 28 governments have not reached an agreement on renewing economic sanctions on Russia that expire in July, a senior EU official said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine has received first tranche of US$5 billion from IMF – central bank
Ukraine has received a first tranche of US$5 billion (3.36 billion pounds) from the International Monetary Fund under a new four-year financing package worth a total of US$17.5 billion, a central bank spokesman said on Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
EU leaders unlikely to tighten Russia sanctions at meeting next week – diplomats
European Union leaders are unlikely to tighten sanctions on Russia when they meet next week but will haggle over whether they need to act now to prolong economic sanctions on Russia expiring in July, diplomats said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
OSCE will extend Ukraine mission one year, may expand its size
The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will extend its observer mission to Ukraine for one year, until March 2016, and may double its size to 1,000 observers, a spokeswoman said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Exclusive: From ‘Red October’ village, new evidence on downing of Malaysian plane over Ukraine
Villagers in eastern Ukraine have told Reuters they saw a missile flying directly overhead just before a Malaysian airliner was shot out of the sky on July 17 last year, providing the most detailed accounts to date that suggest it was fired from territory held by pro-Russian rebels. …read more Source: Channel...
Ukraine to receive first IMF tranche by Friday – Finance Minister Yaresko
Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalia Yaresko said on Thursday Kiev expected the first trance of US$5 billion under a new four-year International Monetary Fund programme to be disbursed no later than Friday. …read more Source: Channel...
Putin says Russia’s actions in Crimea prevented conflict – RIA news agency
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia’s decisive actions in Crimea a year ago were to prevent a conflict similar to the one that followed later in east Ukraine, the state agency RIA Novosti reported on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Poland to hold countrywide defence drills – resident’s adviser
Poland will stress-test its defence capabilities with a series of countrywide drills involving the government, local authorities and the military in response to the Ukraine crisis, Polish president’s chief security adviser said. …read more Source: Channel...
EU leaders want to tackle Russian ‘disinformation’ on Ukraine war
European leaders will ask their foreign policy chief next week to draw up a plan to counter Russian “disinformation campaigns” over the conflict in Ukraine, draft conclusions of an EU summit showed. …read more Source: Channel...
IMF approves US$17.5 billion loan programme for Ukraine
The International Monetary Fund’s board signed off on a US$17.5 billion (11.7 billion pounds) four-year aid programme for Ukraine on Wednesday, the second attempt in less than a year to pull its economy back from the brink of bankruptcy. …read more Source: Channel...
