Section: New Europe (EU)
EU sanctions target Putin’s inner circle
Author(s): Dan Alexe kadyrov_putin.jpg The European Union on Friday extended its Ukraine-related sanctions to target top Russian intelligence officials and leaders of the pro-Russia revolt in eastern Ukraine, official documents showed. Among the 15 new people subjected to an EU-wide asset freeze and travel ban for allegedly undermining or...
Incertitude in Ukraine after government resignation
Author(s): Dan Alexe belgaimage_60496335_preview.jpg The entire Ukrainian government resigned on Thursday, after two parties said they would pull out of the governing coalition. This opened the way for new elections that would reflect the country’s starkly changed political scene after the ouster of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych...
Son of MH17 victims makes passionate plea for peace
Author(s): XINHUA mh17_letter_tragedy.jpg The son of an Australian couple who died when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed over Ukraine last week said on Friday that justice will only be served when fighting in the region stops. Paul Guard, whose parents Roger and Jill Guard were on the doomed flight, told local radio that the Ukraine conflict...
EU-ASEAN members on the MH17 crash
Author(s): KG/EUROPA malaysian_plane_crash.jpg The Ministers at the 20th EU-ASEAN meeting made a joint statement on the tragic downing of Malaysia airlines flight MH17. The Ministers said: “1. At the 20th EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Brussels on 23 July 2014, the Ministers condemned in the strongest terms the downing of Flight MH17 in...
Russian Defence ministry says Ukraine might have shot down MH17
Author(s): NENewsroom russia_defence_briefing.jpg Claiming that the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 deviated from it’s assigned air corridor and that a Ukrainian Sukhoi SU-25 military aircraft was sighted by radar close to the airliner around the time of the crash, the Russian Defence ministry attempts to point to the Ukrainian government as...
More Russia sanctions: no EU concrete decision
Author(s): Dan Alexe warship_russia_france.jpg No immediate sanctions on Russia and no core sanctions against the inner circle of the Kremlin: the meeting of the EU’s foreign ministers on sanctions against Russia, chaired by the High Representative Catherine Ashton, took on Tuesday longer than announced, as an agreement proved hard to find,...
"They sow the wind and harvest the whirlwind”*
Author(s): New Europe ukraine_plane.jpg The situation around the downed Malaysian airliner becomes somehow more clear and responsibilities should be attributed to irresponsible locals encouraged by alcohol and emotions, rather to any of the major powers involved. The incident gave the opportunity for a propaganda “war” for few days...
EU ministers discuss “phase three” of Russia sanctions
Author(s): Dan Alexe train_ukraine_crash_dog.jpg EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to decide new measures against Russia, with Britain and some other countries demanding much tougher measures. The Foreign Affairs Council meeting will be followed by the EU-Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting, starting at 16.00. Further to the EU...
New Russian White Paper accuses West for Ukraine
Author(s): ukraine.jpg In an updated version of it’s “White book on violations of human rights and the rule of law in Ukraine”, the Russian government asks what it calls “the Western patrons of the Ukrainian authorities” to “finally prompt Kiev to stop the annihilation of people in the south-east, who have the...
Tripartite EU – Russia – Ukraine meeting constructive says Russian Minister
Author(s): Konstantin Tsapogas – von Taube russian_minister.jpg The implementation of the EU – Ukraine Association Agreement is fraught with risks, according to the Russian Economic Development Minister, Alexey Ulyukaev, speaking after the end of the high level tripartite (EU-Russia- Ukraine) meeting in Brussels, Friday, 11 July, and...
