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    [Ticker] Russian rouble increases in value
    Apr10

    [Ticker] Russian rouble increases in value

    Friday, April 10 , 2015 - 11:16 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    The Russian rouble on Thursday rose 2 percent against the dollar and euro in gains attributed by financial experts to easing to tensions in Ukraine, Reuters reports. The financial newswire noted the recovery is unlikely to last long due to the underlying low price for oil. …read more Source:...

    Lithuania bans Russian TV station
    Apr09

    Lithuania bans Russian TV station

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 22:01 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    Lithuania’s media watchdog has blocked broadasts by Russian TV channel RTR Planeta on grounds of inciting hatred over Ukraine. …read more Source:...

    [Ticker] Lithuania bans Russian TV station
    Apr09

    [Ticker] Lithuania bans Russian TV station

    Thursday, April 9 , 2015 - 11:01 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    Lithuania has suspended the broadcasting licence of RTR Planeta, a Russian TV channel, for three months on grounds that it propagates “violence … war” in its coverage of Ukraine. Karolis Zikaras, a Lithuanian military spokesman, said: “When we deal with open lies, the state has to react”. …read more Source:...

    [Opinion] Russian tactics on Ukraine likely to backfire
    Apr08

    [Opinion] Russian tactics on Ukraine likely to backfire

    Wednesday, April 8 , 2015 - 15:46 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    Russia’s aggressive rhetoric shows that it’s running out of credible options to intimidate Western governments and will strengthen Ukraine in the long run. …read more Source:...

    Greece and Hungary sign up to new Russia gas pipeline
    Apr08

    Greece and Hungary sign up to new Russia gas pipeline

    Wednesday, April 8 , 2015 - 10:46 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    Greece and Hungary have endorsed plans to build a new Russian gas pipeline in the latest blow to EU unity over the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...

    Poland: Watchtowers on Russia border not linked to Ukraine conflict
    Apr07

    Poland: Watchtowers on Russia border not linked to Ukraine conflict

    Tuesday, April 7 , 2015 - 10:46 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    Poland says its plan to build six watchtowers on the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad is not linked to the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...

    Bulgarian PM criticises France and Germany for accepting Crimea annexation
    Apr02

    Bulgarian PM criticises France and Germany for accepting Crimea annexation

    Thursday, April 2 , 2015 - 19:17 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    Bulgaria’s prime minister Boiko Borisov has criticised the leaders of Germany and France for de facto accepting Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula of Crimea. …read more Source:...

    [Ticker] Juncker, Mogherini cancel Kiev trip
    Mar30

    [Ticker] Juncker, Mogherini cancel Kiev trip

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 12:48 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    European Commission president Juncker, who was due in Kiev Monday for his first official visit abroad, cancelled the trip “due to unforeseen health conditions”, according to the office of Ukraine president Poroshenko. EU foreign policy chief Mogherini, due to accompany Juncker, also pulled out of the Ukraine trip. …read more...

    [Ticker] EU-Ukraine summit set for end of April
    Mar30

    [Ticker] EU-Ukraine summit set for end of April

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 10:47 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko on Saturday said an EU-Ukraine summit will take place in Kiev on 27 April, reports AFP. Possible topics of discussions include Poroshenko’s request for European peacekeepers to monitor the truce between the warring parties in the east of the country. …read more Source:...

    [Interview] ‘Flat tax reform best for Ukraine’
    Mar30

    [Interview] ‘Flat tax reform best for Ukraine’

    Monday, March 30 , 2015 - 10:32 (EEST) Section: EUobserver (EU)

    Privatisation and a flat-rate tax system is needed to boost Ukraine, says ex-Slovak finance minister and economic advisor to the war-torn country. …read more Source:...