Section: New Europe (EU)
Tatar leaders warn about Russia's grim intentions in Crimea
Author(s): Dan Alexe Crimea Tatars.jpg Crimean Tatars are in danger of being totally wiped out from their ancestral lands, warned Refat Chubarov, the of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis (Parliament). Chubarov told the Subcommittee on Security and Defence of the EU parliament on Tuesday that Moscow’s attempt to russify the territory since it annexed...
Russia, Ukraine and EU to hold gas talks in April
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51803091.jpg Russia, Ukraine and the European Commission will hold a new round of gas supply talks next month in pursuit of a deal that could help to defuse wider tensions between Moscow and Kiev. A preliminary meeting in Brussels on Friday had never been expected to yield major progress, with the two sides still far apart...
Merkel in favour of keeping Russia sanctions
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51850638.jpg European Union leaders look likely to keep economic sanctions on Russia in place until a Ukraine ceasefire deal is fully working, after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday it would be wrong to ease pressure on Moscow prematurely. EU governments have until now been divided on whether to act now to...
Ukraine urges EU to keep up sanctions on Russia
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51830845.jpg Ukraine urged the European Union on Thursday to stay united in keeping up sanctions pressure on Russia over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, as EU leaders gathered for a two-day summit. Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that if Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to divide Europe over...
One step closer to leukemia therapy
Author(s): NEOnline | GK leukemia_therapy_stanford.jpg As from 16 March, we are one step closer to find a leukemia cure. Scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine discovered how to change human leukemia cells into harmless immune cells. …read more Source: New...
Russian Germans fighting in eastern Ukraine
Author(s): NEOnline | TB gerrus.jpg The German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported that more than 100 German citizens, mainly ethnic Germans from Russia who were repatriated by Berlin following the Second World War, are fighting alongside pro-Russian rebels in Kyiv, eastern Ukraine. Now Germany could start treating this group of Russian Germans as it...
EU calls again on UN for "restrictive measures" on Russia
Author(s): Dan Alexe Federica Mogherini.jpg The European Union has said it will stick to its policy of not recognizing Russia’s annexation of Crimea and expressed concern over what it said was a military buildup on the peninsula. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a March 16 statement that the 28-member bloc “remains...
Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania create joint brigade
Author(s): NEOnline | TB pld.jpg A joint military brigade will bring together the armed forces from Ukraine and Nato members Poland and Lithuania in order to ensure stability in the region. The creation of the military unit is also seen as a path to bring conflict-stricken Ukraine closer to Nato and the European Union. …read more Source:...
Syrian National Coalition welcomes new EU sanctions against the Assad regime and calls for further action
Author(s): NEOnline | TB syr1.jpg Following the approval of new sanctions against the Assad regime and its international backers by the European Union, the Syrian National Coalition’s representative to the Benelux and EU, Mouaffaq Nyrabia, said: …read more Source: New...
Chinese counterfeit pesticides poisoning Europe
Author(s): Basil A. Coronakis h_00584743.jpg The European Anti-Fraud Office, OLAF, is investigating a major contraband case involving a large American company and certain Ukrainian officials of the previous regime who have already flown to Russia. To Europe through Ukraine …read more Source: New...
