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      [Ticker] Turkey urges protection of Crimean Tatars
      Mar23

      [Ticker] Turkey urges protection of Crimean Tatars

      Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan during a trip to Kiev Friday offered a $50 million loan to Ukraine while urging protection of the rights of Crimean Tatars. Erdogan voiced support for the Minsk ceasefire brokered by Germany and France in February but avoided outright criticism of trade partner Russia. …read more Source:...

      US says Russia still ‘pouring’ arms into Ukraine
      Mar23

      US says Russia still ‘pouring’ arms into Ukraine

      Two days after EU leaders tied Russia sanctions to respect of a ceasefire accord, Nato and the US have said Russia is still “pouring” arms into Ukraine. …read more Source:...

      EU to keep Russia sanctions until next year
      Mar20

      EU to keep Russia sanctions until next year

      EU leaders have decided to extend economic sanctions on Russia until the end of the year, but to take the legal steps in the coming months. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] UK unveils new fund for EU’s eastern neighbours
      Mar20

      [Ticker] UK unveils new fund for EU’s eastern neighbours

      The UK, at a summit in Brussels on Thursday, pledged €21mn in new money for a “good governance fund” to help build European-type institutions in Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Bosnia, and Serbia. A British source said EU neighbouring states are facing “Russian pressure” and need “expert” help to make “hard...

      [Ticker] EU sanctions on Russia to stay in place
      Mar20

      [Ticker] EU sanctions on Russia to stay in place

      EU economic sanctions on Russia are to stay in place until the “complete implementation of the Minsk [ceasefire] agreements, bearing in mind that this isn’t foreseen until the end of 2015”, EU Council chief Tusk said Thursday following an EU summit. “Our common intention is very, very clear”, he added. …read...

      Leaders to hold Greece talks in margins of EU summit
      Mar19

      Leaders to hold Greece talks in margins of EU summit

      EU leaders will talk about energy, Ukraine, Libya and transatlantic trade. But the most heated issue – Greece – will be addressed in the margins of the summit. …read more Source:...

      Two options on Russia sanctions at EU summit
      Mar18

      Two options on Russia sanctions at EU summit

      Economic sanctions on Russia are likely to be extended shortly after Thursday’s summit or in June despite some member states’ objections, diplomats say. …read more Source:...

      [Opinion] Holding Putin over a barrel
      Mar18

      [Opinion] Holding Putin over a barrel

      The collapse of oil prices has masked the fact that Europe’s response to the Ukraine crisis has been toothless and that Putin exploited the war in Ukraine to divide the European house. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] EU sanctions on Russia expose internal rifts
      Mar17

      [Ticker] EU sanctions on Russia expose internal rifts

      Plans to extend EU sanctions on Russia have exposed internal rifts between member states, reports The Financial Times. The paper says UK, Nordic and Baltic countries want sanctions on Russian energy, finance and defence sectors to continue after the July deadline. Others like France, Italy and Spain are less keen. …read more Source:...

      [Opinion] The imperative of avoiding another Cold War
      Mar17

      [Opinion] The imperative of avoiding another Cold War

      The Ukrainian crisis has no winners, only losers. The task of the statesmen of today is to find a way out of this tragic confrontation, writes Hynek Kmonicek, Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Czech Republic. …read more Source:...