Section: New Europe (EU)
No US weapons for Ukraine
Author(s): Dan Alexe 51576047.jpg Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko came back from the US without having obtained military support. Poroshenko hoped to convince the US president Barack Obama to provide weapons to Ukrainian government forces battling pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. Before the September 18 meeting with President...
EU and Ukraine ratify the Association Agreement
Author(s): Dan Alexe 51571914.jpg The parliaments of Ukraine and the European Union have simultaneously ratified today the long-disputed agreement on closer ties. The Association Agreement establishes a deep political association and free-trade area between Ukraine and the EU. Refusal to sign the same agreement sparked months of protests leading...
New EU sanctions, as Ukraine and separatists exchange prisoners
Author(s): Dan Alexe poroshenko_mariupol.jpg The European Union has imposed fresh sanctions on Russia, targeting some of its largest companies, in a response to Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. The military conflict between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine has been raging since mid-April, claiming more...
New EU sanctions on Russia will start on Friday
Author(s): Dan Alexe 51563148.jpg After the Wednesday behind-the-scenes haggling, during which the EU ambassadors to Brussels could not agree on a timeframe and on the modalities of the application of the new sanctions against Russia for its role in the conflict in Ukraine, it’s been finally decided that the sanctions will go into effect...
Lifting US Oil Export Ban to Hurt Putin
Author(s): Kostis Geropoulos p13energyinsider.jpg The United States can squeeze Russia’s oil profits, increasing pressure on the Kremlin and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s policies in Ukraine while, at the same time, supply Europe with oil, a leading analyst told New Europe on September 8. …read more Source: New...
EU adopts new Russia sanctions, punishing Gazprom, Rosneft
Author(s): Dan Alexe 51548971.jpg The European Union adopted a fourth wave of sanctions against Russia over its actions in Ukraine on September 8. Among the targeted big Russian companies, Gazprom, Rosneft and Transneft are now shut out of capital markets. The gas-producing wing of Gazprom, a main supplier to the EU, is not targeted by the...
Amnesty: "evidence of war crimes" on both sides in Ukraine
Author(s): Dan Alexe 51491910.jpg Amnesty International says there is “mounting evidence” that both Ukrainian pro-government militia and separatist forces are responsible for war crimes in the country’s east, and accuses Russia of fueling the conflict. Ukrainian militia and separatist forces are responsible for war crimes,...
Amnesty: "evidence of war crimes" and Russian involvement in Ukraine
Author(s): Dan Alexe 51491910.jpg Amnesty International says there is “mounting evidence” that both Ukrainian pro-government militia and separatist forces are responsible for war crimes in the country’s east, and accuses Russia of fueling the conflict. Ukrainian militia and separatist forces are responsible for war crimes,...
Mixed results at the NATO summit, as Russia, Ukraine sign agreement for a cease-fire
Author(s): Dan Alexe poroshenko_nato.jpg Seeking to counter Russia, NATO leaders approved plans Friday, at their summit in Wales, to create a rapid response force with a headquarters in Eastern Europe that could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region were to come under attack. NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the...
NATO will not install permanent bases in Eastern Europe
Author(s): Dan Alexe poroshenko_rasmussen.jpg Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski has confirmed, during the ongoing NATO summit in Newport, southeast Wales of Britain, that NATO will not install permanent bases in Eastern Europe. While a request from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia has been put on the agenda at the summit in Wales,...
