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Czech foreign minister pledges support for Ukraine and EU association
agreement
May20

Czech foreign minister pledges support for Ukraine and EU association agreement

Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek, meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Pavel Klimkin on Tuesday, expressed strong support for the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement, a day before it was due to be discussed in the Czech Chamber of Deputies. While the agreement should be ratified easily in the lower house, the move was temporarily delayed by...

Czech minister wants EU to extend sanctions on Russia – Gazeta.ru
May16

Czech minister wants EU to extend sanctions on Russia – Gazeta.ru

Moscow – The European Union should extend the sanctions against Russia in June because Moscow keeps supplying heavy weapons and soldiers to pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, Czech Foreign… …read more Source: České...

Fulfilment of Minsk agreements unlikely by year´s end – Czech PM
May11

Fulfilment of Minsk agreements unlikely by year´s end – Czech PM

Prague – The fulfilment of the Minsk agreements on a ceasefire in Ukraine with which the EU sanctions against Russia are linked is unlikely by the year´s end, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (Social… …read more Source: České...

Fico’s Moscow visit not an approval of Crimea annexation
May11

Fico’s Moscow visit not an approval of Crimea annexation

Slovak prime minister was one of a few leaders to visit Russia for celebrations …read more Source: The Prague...

EU may lift anti-Russian sanctions by end-2015 – Zeman
May10

EU may lift anti-Russian sanctions by end-2015 – Zeman

Prague – The EU might completely lift the sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Crimea and support for separatists in eastern Ukraine by the end of this year, Czech President Milos Zeman… …read more Source: České...

Zeman to meet Putin during Moscow’s victory celebration
May05

Zeman to meet Putin during Moscow’s victory celebration

Czech president plans to discuss economy and possibly the Ukraine situation …read more Source: The Prague...

Zeman to praise Poroshenko when meeting Putin
May03

Zeman to praise Poroshenko when meeting Putin

Czech president says he primarily intends to discuss the economy …read more Source: The Prague...

Putin wants whole Ukraine, will have it – Czech TOP 09 head
Apr20

Putin wants whole Ukraine, will have it – Czech TOP 09 head

Prague – Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to control the whole of Ukraine and he will eventually succeed, Karel Schwarzenberg, former Czech foreign minister who heads the opposition TOP 09, said… …read more Source: České...

Lavrov: Tatars not oppressed in Crimea
Apr05

Lavrov: Tatars not oppressed in Crimea

Russian Foreign Minister speaks out in Slovakia …read more Source: The Prague...

Kiska: Russia responsible for stability in Ukraine
Apr05

Kiska: Russia responsible for stability in Ukraine

Slovak president places responsibility squraely on Russian shoulders …read more Source: The Prague...