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[Ticker] Greece toes EU line on Russia sanctions
EU countries have agreed by consensus to extend Russia sanctions for six months, expand their blacklist, and prepare further economic sanctions if need be. The decision, by foreign ministers in Brussels on Thursday, comes after a rocket attack on a Ukrainian city. Greece had earlier voiced reservations, but backed down. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Greece seeks to avoid EU-Russia ‘rift’
Greece’s new foreign minister, Nikos Kotzias, told press in Brussels on Thursday: “Greece is working to restore peace and stability in Ukraine and at the same time to prevent a rift between the European Union and Russia”. He spoke amid doubt if Greece will endorse further EU sanctions on Russia. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Greece delays approval of EU sanctions on Russia
The Greek EU ambassador was, at a meeting early on Thursday, unable to approve an EU statement authorising extra sanctions on Russia because, he said, he couldn’t contact his foreign minister who was in a plane en route to Brussels for a ministerial meeting on Russia later the same day. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Greek minister says Russia dispute was about ‘respect’
Greece’s abjuration of an EU statement on Russia was not about “whether our new government agrees or not with fresh sanctions on Russia”, but about “respect for our national sovereignty”, Greece’s finance minister Varoufakis wrote Thursday on his blog. He added he’s “not qualified to speak on...
[Ticker] Greece puts ‘reserve’ on EU ministers’ Russia conclusions
Greece has put its “reserve” on draft FMs conclusions to be adopted Thursday, insisting they redact a line that all 28 EU leaders blame Russia for an attack on Mariupol, Ukraine, and toning down Russia criticism. EU ambassadors meet 10am Thursday in Brussels for final talks on the draft text. …read more Source:...
[Opinion] Corruption is greatest threat to Ukraine sovereignty
Beyond immediate financial assistance, what Ukraine needs most is to establish a functional, self-sustaining economic environment …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Greece may veto EU sanctions on Russia
Government sources have told the Kathimerini daily that the new Greek government may veto further EU sanctions on Russia. The report comes after Athens declined to join an EU leaders’ statement blaming Russia for a recent rocket attack on Ukrainian civilians which killed 30 people. …read more Source:...
Russia bonds cut to ‘junk’, EU sanctions blamed
Rating agency S&P has cut Russian bonds to “junk” status in a move linked to EU sanctions, prompting angry rhetoric in Moscow. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Nato chief says Putin talking ‘nonsense’ on Ukraine
Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s latest statement on the Ukrainian army is “nonsense”. Putin earlier the same day said the Ukrainian army is acting as “a foreign Nato legion” in order to “contain Russia” rather than to serve Ukraine’s national...
[Ticker] Russia warns EU and US against ‘economic blackmail’
Kremlin spokesman Peskov said Monday new EU and US sanctions won’t alter Russia’s actions in Ukraine. “Such threats and blackmail have never led to anything and never will … renewed threats of increased economic pressure on Russia are an absolutely destructive, unjustified, and ultimately short-sighted approach”, he...
