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    [Ticker] EU set to propose Ukraine visa-free travel
    Aug27

    [Ticker] EU set to propose Ukraine visa-free travel

    European Commission president Juncker said in Brussels Thursday, alongside Ukraine leader Poroshenko, commission services are likely to propose an EU visa-free travel pact with the 45mn-strong war-torn country by the end of the year. Juncker added he has “no doubt” EU states’ll endorse the proposal despite the EU migrant crisis....

    [Ticker] Dutch report on MH17 due in October
    Aug27

    [Ticker] Dutch report on MH17 due in October

    The Dutch Safety Board has announced Thursday its investigation into the cause of the crash of the MH17 flight in eastern Ukraine last year, will be published on Tuesday 13 October. The independent agency said it will inform relatives of the 289 victims prior to publication of the report. …read more Source:...

    [Ticker] Ukraine and pro-Russia forces promise to stop fighting
    Aug27

    [Ticker] Ukraine and pro-Russia forces promise to stop fighting

    Pro-Russia fighters and Ukraine agreed Wednesday that as of next Tuesday (1 September), they will stop violating the February ceasefire, news agencies report. The deal came one day after the monitoring mission of the OSCE observed “an increase in ceasefire violations compared with the previous days”. …read more Source:...

    Poland fears mass exodus of Ukraine refugees
    Aug27

    Poland fears mass exodus of Ukraine refugees

    The EU should factor-in the potential mass-exodus of Ukrainians to Poland in its migration policy, Polish president Andrzej Duda has said. …read more Source:...

    Greece offers ‘war relief’ to Greek-origin Ukrainians
    Aug26

    Greece offers ‘war relief’ to Greek-origin Ukrainians

    Greece has said it would give special treatment to Greek-origin Ukrainians on the front line who want to resettle in the EU. …read more Source:...

    [Ticker] Russia lets slip Ukraine war dead figure
    Aug26

    [Ticker] Russia lets slip Ukraine war dead figure

    Russian journal Delovaya Zhizn Wednesday accidentally published army pay figures, saying “as of February 1, 2015, monetary compensation had been paid to more than 2,000 families of fallen soldiers” in Ukraine, according to business magazine Forbes. Russia has long denied its soldiers are fighting in Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    Russia jails Ukraine film-maker in ‘Stalinist’ trial
    Aug26

    Russia jails Ukraine film-maker in ‘Stalinist’ trial

    Russia has jailed Ukrainian film-maker Oleg Sentsov for 20 years in what the EU called a “breach of international law and elementary standards of justice”. …read more Source:...

    [Ticker] Russia jails Ukrainian film maker for 20 years
    Aug25

    [Ticker] Russia jails Ukrainian film maker for 20 years

    A court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Tuesday jailed Oleh Sentsov, a Ukrainian film maker and activist, who was captured in Crimea last year, to 20 years’ prison on terrorist charges. The sentence comes shortly after it jailed a kidnapped Estonian security officer for 15 years, despite EU complaints. …read more Source:...

    [Ticker] Ukrainian Greeks go to Rhodes for war-relief
    Aug25

    [Ticker] Ukrainian Greeks go to Rhodes for war-relief

    Greece is flying 191 young and elderly Ukrainians of Greek origin from Mariupol, in east Ukraine, to Rhodes, a Greek island, for “a few days” to provide “relief from the war”, a Greek diplomat told EUobserver Tuesday. The official number of Ukrainians of Greek descent is 91,000. …read more Source:...

    [Investigation] French eyes for a Russian tiger
    Aug25

    [Investigation] French eyes for a Russian tiger

    Russian tanks are using French technology in Ukraine. But will Russia’s “star” new tank, the T-14, also rely on EU-made kit? …read more Source:...