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[Ticker] Ukraine PM wins asset-freeze court case
The EU was wrong to impose an asset freeze on former Ukrainian PM Mykola Azarov and four other officials between 2014 and 2015, the EU court ruled on Thursday, citing a lack of evidence of “misappropriation of state funds”. A separate asset freeze from 2015 to 2016 still stands. …read more Source:...
[Interview] Ukraine’s ex-PM hopes to get off EU list this week
Mykola Azarov is hoping the EU court will, this week, strike him off the EU blacklist so that he can work, more easily, to unseat the government in Kiev. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Soros funds Dutch Yes campaign in Ukraine vote
Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros is donating €200,000 to the Yes side in the Dutch referendum on the EU-Ukraine association agreement, through his Open Society Foundation, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported Friday. Voters will express their opinion about the deal in a non-binding vote on 6 April. …read more Source:...
Ukraine debunks YouTube terror threat against Netherlands
A nationalist fighter group and the Ukrainian government have debunked a YouTube clip threatening terrorist attacks if Dutch people vote No in a referendum on the EU-Ukraine treaty. …read more Source:...
Germany to Ukraine: Use reforms against ‘Russian aggression’
Leading EU states, including Germany and the UK, have said quicker reform and more EU “visibility” in Ukraine are the best way to resist “Russian aggression.” …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Hahn: Ukraine visa-free proposal due 1st quarter
EU neighbourhood commissioner Hahn said in Brussels Monday he “expects” the European Commission to file a formal proposal on Ukraine and Georgia visa-free travel “in the course of the first quarter” of 2016. He said Ukraine has “outstanding issues” on anti-corruption reforms, especially in the customs and tax...
[Ticker] EU prepares to extend Ukraine sanctions by 1 year
The EU foreign service has proposed extending an asset freeze on former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and several of his associates by one year when it expires in early March. An EU diplomat familiar with the initial talks, held in Brussels on Thursday, said he’s confident the proposal will pass. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Russia gas exports to EU on the rise
Natural gas from Russia increased by some 8% last year despite on-going tensions over Ukraine and EU-imposed sanctions, reports Radio Free Europe . Germany saw a 17.1% spike, amounting to 45.3 billion cubic meters, an historic high. Gas to France increased by 36.8%, Italy 12.6%, and UK 10.2%. …read more Source:...
Putin: Sanctions are ‘theatre of the absurd’
In an interview with Germany’s Bild, the Russian president said EU economic measures against Russia “are merely harming both sides” and blames Ukraine for the continuing war. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Juncker: Dutch ‘No’ on Ukraine would lead to ‘continental crisis’
EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker told NRC Handelsblad daily that if Dutch voters turn down an EU-Ukraine treaty in a non-binding referendum in April, this would “open the door to a large continental crisis” and may benefit Russia. He called on Dutch voters to “vote like a European strategist”. …read more...
