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      [Ticker] Czech Jews complain about Putin visit
      Dec22

      [Ticker] Czech Jews complain about Putin visit

      The Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic has said it is “inappropriate” for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to attend a Holocaust memorial in January in Prague due to his actions in Ukraine. It said “the regime Putin established and embodies” is “aggressive” and “doesn’t...

      [Ticker] Poroshenko calls on parliament to adopt bill on joining Nato
      Dec19

      [Ticker] Poroshenko calls on parliament to adopt bill on joining Nato

      Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has called on the country’s parliamentarians to adopt a bill to allow the country to join Nato, Spiegel reports. He said the country’s non-aligned status, set out in a 2010 law, was “ineffective means of ensuring the country’s security from foreign aggression and pressure”. …read...

      [Ticker] Tusk gets his way with one-day summit
      Dec18

      [Ticker] Tusk gets his way with one-day summit

      EU council chief Donald Tusk has managed to keep leaders disciplined and finish the EU summit in one day. “Our working dinner will focus on situation in Ukraine and Russia. This will conclude the European Council; we will not reconvene tomorrow,” he tweeted. …read more Source:...

      EU’s Crimea sanctions to give Putin new headache
      Dec18

      EU’s Crimea sanctions to give Putin new headache

      A leaked copy of the EU’s new Crimea sanctions indicate a near-total ban on business co-operation starting Saturday morning. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Obama to sign new sanctions on Russia, weapons to Ukraine
      Dec17

      [Ticker] Obama to sign new sanctions on Russia, weapons to Ukraine

      US president Barack Obama will sign legislation imposing new economic sanctions on Russia later this week, White House spokesman Josh Earnest announced on Tuesday, according to AP. The legislation will also give the president the authority to send Ukraine anti-tank weapons, counter-artillery radar and tactical surveillance drones. …read...

      [Focus] Europe in Review 2014
      Dec16

      [Focus] Europe in Review 2014

      EUobserver, in its second annual review, looks back at the main events of 2014: Russia’s annexation of Ukraine; the selection of the EU’s new top cadre; separatism in Europe and more. Order your copy here. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] EU and Ukraine begin to implement revolutionary treaty
      Dec16

      [Ticker] EU and Ukraine begin to implement revolutionary treaty

      EU neighbourhood commissioner Hahn said Monday in Brussels he expects an international donors’ conference on Ukraine to take place in “very early” 2015. He spoke at the first EU-Ukraine “association” council, marking the provisional implementation of the EU political and trade treaty which set the backdrop for...

      Russian rouble in free fall from oil price, EU sanctions
      Dec16

      Russian rouble in free fall from oil price, EU sanctions

      Russia’s central bank has shored up the rouble by raising the key interest rate from 10 to 17 percent, its biggest move since 1998. …read more Source:...

      EU leaders to pledge more Ukraine money, threaten Russia sanctions
      Dec10

      EU leaders to pledge more Ukraine money, threaten Russia sanctions

      The EU is prepared to inject more money into Ukraine and to impose further sanctions on Russia if need be, draft summit conclusions say. …read more Source:...

      [Ticker] Merkel: Russia ‘creating problems’ in EU neighbourhood
      Dec08

      [Ticker] Merkel: Russia ‘creating problems’ in EU neighbourhood

      German chancellor Angela Merkel told Die Welt that Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine want to integrate with the EU, but “Russia is creating problems for all three of these countries”, pointing to frozen conflicts in Georgia and Moldova, as well as the conflict in Ukraine. …read more Source:...