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[Ticker] Record number of Brits get German passport
Some 2,865 Britons became German in 2016, 2,200 more than the previous year. The 360.6-percent increased “suggests some link with the Brexit issue,” the German statistical office said on Tuesday. Overall, naturalisation increased by 2.9 percent in Germany compared to last year, with Turkey (16,290; -17.3%) and Poland (+11.3%) being...
Ukraine celebrates visa-free travel with EU love show
Thousands of people flocked to Kiev’s European square on Saturday to listen to Eurovision songs and the EU anthem while counting down the minutes to Ukraine’s visa waiver. …read more Source:...
[Feature] Crimeans seek stable life under Russian control
Since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, there has been a somewhat mixed reaction to the increased Russian presence on the peninsula. Some welcome it, others reject it in hushed voices. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Report: EU to extend Crimea sanctions
EU states’ ambassadors agreed in Brussels on Tuesday to extend sanctions on Russia-annexed Crimea in Ukraine for a further year, the RFE/RFL news agency reported. It said foreign ministers will rubber stamp the measures, which include a ban on all types of business activity there, on 19 June. Russian special forces seized the peninsula,...
[Ticker] Nord Stream pipeline will strengthen Moscow, Tusk warns
EU council president Donald Tusk has warned in a letter to the European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, that the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to bring more Russian gas to Europe would “not serve the best European interest” and leave Ukraine “at Russia’s mercy,” reports the Financial Times. The proposed pipeline under the...
Netherlands ratifies EU-Ukraine treaty
Dutch senate approves ratification, despite a majority of referendum voters expressing opposition last year. The Netherlands should show ‘reliability’, one senator said. …read more Source:...
Macron to tell Putin EU sanctions to stay
New French leader to tell Russian president that he wants political solutions in Ukraine and Syria, but EU sanctions are to stay in place. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] G7 back Russia sanctions but not climate pact
The G7 group of wealthy nations said in a communique in Italy on Saturday that sanctions on Russia should stay in place until it leaves east Ukraine and that they “stand ready to take further restrictive measures” if need be. US leader Trump declined to recommit to the Paris Agreement on climate change. The US “is not in a...
EU wary over Ukrainian weapons in South Sudan
Ukraine, which had signed an EU arms embargo on South Sudan, has since sold attack helicopters used by the government forces in Juba against civilians and hospitals. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] France to host Russian president
French president Emmanuel Macron will host his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for a round of talks on 29 May at the Versailles palace outside of Paris. The two are set to discuss Syria and Ukraine, among other issues. The scheduled meeting follows reports of Russian attempts to obstruct the French presidential election against Macron, in...
