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[Ticker] EU extends aid to farmers hit by Russian sanctions
The European Commission on 7 August extended until June 2016 “the safety net measures for the European fruit and vegetables sector” after Russia extended, for a year, its ban on EU products in retaliation for EU sanctions. The measures, decided in August last year, have so far cost €155 million. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Poroshenko promises Crimean Tartars road-map for future in Ukraine
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko has pledged to develop a road map for giving Crimea national territorial autonomy within the Ukrainian state. He gave the promise in a speech to the second World Congress of the Crimean Tatars held in Ankara over the weekend. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] UN security council to vote on MH17 tribunal resolution
The UN Security Council is Wednesday to vote on a draft resolution to set up a tribunal to prosecute those found responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine in July last year. Russia is set to veto the resolution. …read more Source:...
Dutch citizens group wants to vote on EU-Ukraine treaty
The campaigners are profiting from a new democratic tool which allows citizens to call for a referendum on a recently adopted law or treaty. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] French MPs visit Russian-occupied Crimea
A group of 10-or-so French MPs from the centre-right Republican Party are in Russian-occupied Crimea in Ukraine on Thursday and Friday. One of them, Thierry Mariani, told Russian media the EU should lift sanctions on Russia. French FM Laurent Fabius told the Liberation daily he’s “shocked” by their actions. …read more...
[Opinion] Kiev’s far-right problem
A far-right group is tapping into growing frustration among Ukrainians over the declining economy and tepid support from the West. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Russia warns of ‘explosive’ consequences of Ukraine Nato drills
Russia Monday denounced “Nato’s provocative strategy” and warned that military exercices by members of the Alliance in Western Ukraine could have “explosive” consequences. As a reaction to the drills in the Lviv region, Russia will hold marine exercices off the Crimea coast on Sunday. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Russia proposes alternative investigation of MH17
Russia presented a draft UN resolution Monday (20 July) calling for a “independent international investigation” on the crash of the MH17 flight in Ukraine last year, under the supervision of the UN Secretary General and Security Council, where it has a permanent seat. Russia is refusing a UN-backed tribunal. …read more Source:...
‘Sickening’ MH17 footage released on remembrance day
New video footage has emerged of the crash site of flight MH17 in east Ukraine, one year after the passenger plane was shot down. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Non-Greeks were most violent at Athens protest
None of the 12 people charged by Greek prosecutors after anti-austerity protests in Athens on Wednesday were Greek, Kathimerini daily reports. Four of them were German, three Polish, two French, one Australian, one Dutch, and one Ukrainian. They were charged with damaging public property at a metro station. …read more Source:...
