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[Ticker] Diplomat: No EU sanctions on Russia until February
An EU diplomat has told EUobserver foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Thursday due to Russia’s new offensive in Ukraine will not adopt extra sanctions for now: “The last FMs’ meeting decided that sanctions decisions will be handled at the highest level, this means the next EU summit [in February]”. …read more...
[Agenda] Greece and Ukraine top EU agenda this WEEK
EU finance chiefs will this week digest Syriza’s victory in Greece, while top diplomats attend an emergency meeting on Ukraine. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] EU ministers to discuss increased aid package for Ukraine
EU finance ministers will Tuesday discuss whether to increase aid to Ukraine to €2.5 billion, Reuters reports. Ukraine is reliant on loans from the International Monetary Fund to stay afloat, but still faces a large funding shortfall of up to $15 billion (€13 billion) this year. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] EU ministers to meet Thursday on Mariupol attack
EU foreign affairs chief Mogherini has convened an emergency foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels Thursday following an attack by Russia-controlled fighters on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. US leader Obama Sunday in India said he is ready to increase “economic pressure” on Russia but not to give Ukraine military assistance....
EU threatens more Russia sanctions after Mariupol attack
The EU has threatened to impose more sanctions on Russia over its new escalation of the war on Ukraine. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] EU blames pro-Russia rebels for escalation
The EU foreign service said Friday escalation in Ukraine fighting is “resulting from the actions of illegal armed groups in eastern Ukraine”. Nato and Ukraine say thousands of Russian soldiers and hundreds of Russian armoured vehicles are involved. Russia denies it, with Putin blaming Kiev for the upsurge in violence. …read more...
Russia suspends official EU parliament visits
Russia has said MEPs are not welcome on official visits due, in part, to the European Parliament’s recent resolutions on the Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] EU energy chief dismisses proposed Russia-Turkey pipeline
European commissioner for energy Maros Sefcovic told the Wall Street Journal on Thursday that Russian plans to build a gas pipeline in Turkey to bypass Ukraine were unrealistic. “A first assessment is that this would not work,” he said. Russia’s state-owned Gazprom announced the plan in December. …read more Source:...
HIV epidemic sweeps across east Europe as economic crisis threatens
HIV is spreading at a dangerous rate in nations around the Black Sea, with the hotspots being Ukraine and Russia. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] ‘Tangible progress’ in Russia-Ukraine talks
German foreign minister Frank Walter Steinmeier on Wednesday said there was “tangible progress” made in Berlin talks on the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the ceasefire lines in eastern Ukraine. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, who attended the talks, said participants agreed to support a withdrawal of arms. …read more...
