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[Ticker] Van Rompuy: Dutch No on Ukraine deal ’embarrassment’
If Dutch voters reject the EU-Ukraine association agreement in a referendum next month, it would be an “embarrassment” for their government, said Herman Van Rompuy, who chaired the EU Council when the treaty was agreed. A Dutch No “would make the Netherlands a less reliable partner”, he told Trouw newspaper. …read...
[Ticker] France mulls Iran sanctions
France may seek on Monday to impose EU sanctions against Iran over concerns recent ballistic missile tests may be nuclear capable. “We condemn ballistic missile tests and, if necessary, sanctions will be enacted,” said France foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault. EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels. …read more Source:...
EU ministers to speak out on Ukrainian pilot
British and Lithuanian FMs, among others, preparing to call for tougher EU action on Savchenko. MEPs call for Russian officials to be blacklisted. …read more Source:...
[Interview] Yes activist: ‘EU-Ukraine deal is none of Putin’s business’
The 6 April referendum on the Ukraine treaty is important for Dutch trade and for “Europe and the world” more broadly, Michiel van Hulten, a Yes campaigner, has said. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] EU extends Russia blacklist for six months
EU states Thursday extended for six months a visa ban and asset freeze on 146 Russians and Ukrainians as well as 37 entities deemed guilty of violating Ukraine’s territorial integrity. Three people were removed from the previous list because they died in the meantime. The new list expires 15 September. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] MEPs urge EU to blacklist Putin over Ukrainian pilot
A group of 64 cross-party MEPs has written to EU foreign relations chief Mogherini urging her to propose visa bans and asset freezes on 29 Russians, including Russian leader Putin, deemed guilty of unlawfully detaining Ukrainian pilot Savchenko. The initiative comes ahead of an EU foreign ministers’ meeting Monday. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Dutch inquiry to reveal MH17 missile launch location
A Dutch-led team of investigators say they will soon be able to determine the exact launch site of a missile that shot down a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people. The Dutch are holding a referendum on a Ukraine trade deal on 6 April. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] VIPs’ letter urges EU to act on Ukrainian pilot
More than 400 personalities from the cultural, scientific, and political arenas in Europe have, in an open letter to EU leaders, urged them to help free Nadia Savchenko, a Ukrainian pilot snatched from Ukrainian territory by Russia and jailed, who went on hunger strike last week. …read more Source:...
EU extends sanctions on Putin ‘cronies’
EU states have decided to extend the life of blacklists of Russians and Ukrainians deemed responsible for the Ukraine conflict or for plundering Ukraine’s treasury. …read more Source:...
Toilet rolls and gay apps to feature in Dutch vote on Ukraine
Dutch taxpayers are funding €2 million in subsidies for initiatives that stimulate debate on the EU-Ukraine treaty referendum. …read more Source:...