Section: Australia&NZ
US welcomes EU decision on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) The United States is welcoming a decision by European Union leaders to prepare tougher economic sanctions against Russia over its apparent invasion of Ukraine.National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
EU appoints Donald Tusk and Federica Mogherini in top jobs, readies Russian sanctions
European Union leaders have chosen Poland’s prime minister Donald Tusk to chair their Council and named Italian Federica Mogherini to run the bloc’s foreign relations, as the EU prepares to threaten Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine. …read more Source: ABC...
EU slaps Russia with sanction ultimatum
AS Kiev borders on the brink of “full scale war”, Russia is given a week to scale back involvement in Ukraine or face new sanctions. …read more Source: THE...
EU gives Russia sanctions ultimatum
UPDATE: EU leaders have given Russia a week to reverse course in Ukraine or face a new round of sanctions as Kiev warned of “full-scale war” with Moscow. …read more Source:...
Poland’s Tusk, Italy’s Mogherini get EU top jobs (AFP)
Brussels (AFP) – European leaders Saturday named Polish Premier Donald Tusk the next EU president and Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini to head its diplomatic service as the bloc faces a series of challenges topped by Ukraine. …read more Source: The West...
Germany’s Merkel: EU gives Russia 1 week to scale back Ukraine intervention or face sanctions
BRUSSELS (AP) Germany’s Merkel: EU gives Russia 1 week to scale back Ukraine intervention or face sanctions. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine ‘close to point of no return’
UKRAINE president Petro Poroshenko said Russia is pushing the country “to a point of no return — full scale-war”. …read more Source:...
Pro-Russia rebels confident after making gains
STAROBESHEVE, Ukraine (AP) As the survivor of a tank attack on a Ukrainian army truck was being carried into an ambulance, he was showered with verbal abuse by a rebel fighter.”Why didn’t you say before that you were alive? Why… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russian tanks flatten Ukrainian town as EU leaders threaten more sanctions
Ukraine said Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signalled on Saturday they would threaten more sanctions against Moscow over the crisis. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
EU presses harder on Ukraine
THE European Union is readying a fresh wave of sanctions against Russia, amid warnings the escalating conflict in Ukraine is putting all of Europe at risk. …read more Source: THE...
