Section: New Europe (EU)
Caritas wants peace for the people in Ukraine
Author(s): NEOnline | TB caritas_europe.jpg Caritas Europa is deeply worried about the well-being of the millions of people suffering from the conflict in Ukraine. The network calls on the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine meeting today in Minsk to do everything in their power to reach an unconditional cease-fire agreement that will...
Fighting in Ukraine continues in spite of peace talks
Author(s): Dan Alexe vladimir_putin_angela_merkel_francois_hollande.jpg Fighting continued to rage in eastern Ukraine Wednesday ahead of crucial peace talks later in the day. A meeting of the so-called Contact Group on Ukraine will resume talks on the conflict in the Belarussian capital Minsk today, Belarus’s Foreign Ministry said. Envoys...
Bypassing EU, Merkel and Hollande try to fix Ukraine crisis
Author(s): Dan Alexe Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande.jpg The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine have announced plans for four-way talks this week. The proposed meeting Wednesday in the Belarusian capital of Minsk emerged from a phone call between German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President François Hollande,...
Joe Biden: Ukraine battling for its “very survival”
Author(s): Dan Alexe Joe Biden.jpg US Vice President Joe Biden has said Ukraine is battling for its “very survival” in the face of escalating Russian involvement in the conflict Speaking at the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Biden said he is questioning the willingness of Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek peace in Ukraine. Putin...
German, French leaders meet Putin for Ukraine peace plan
Author(s): Dan Alexe German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande.jpg German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President François Hollande are due to present a new Ukraine peace plan to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 6. Moscow said it hoped talks with Merkel and Hollande would be...
NATO’s new "rapid reaction" strategy for Eastern Europe
Author(s): Dan Alexe NATO.jpg NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on 5 February that the alliance has agreed to immediately set up six bases in eastern Europe and establish a spearhead force of 5,000 troops in response to Russian aggression in Ukraine. Stoltenberg, speaking at a news conference in Brussels after a meeting of NATO defense ministers,...
Arming Ukraine? NATO’s dilemma
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51686095.jpg To arm or not to arm Ukraine? The 28 NATO defence ministers will have to take a decision this Thursday, when they gather in Brussels. NATO defence ministers are also expected to agree to set up command units, staffed with national and NATO soldiers, in six eastern European allies as part of a new strategy in...
Finland misses Russian tourists
Author(s): NEOnline | TB finlands_real_estate_market_tourism_suffer_from_falling_russian_ruble.jpg Russians topped the list of foreign tourists visiting Finland, but this was before the collapse of the Russian rouble and the Ukraine crisis. According to Visit Finland’s area manager Arto Asikainen, the number of Russian tourists visiting...
NATO ready to deploy units in Eastern Europe
Author(s): Dan Alexe international_military_attaches_eye_weapons_allegedly_made_in_russia_and_seized_from_separatist_militants_in_ukraine.jpg NATO will deploy small units in six Eastern European nations to help coordinate a spearhead force set up in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, the alliance’s secretary-general said Friday....
Its sanctions extended, Russia warns EU of further damage
Author(s): Dan Alexe mariupol_fightin_woman.jpg Russia has on Friday warned the European Union that a decision to extend existing sanctions over Moscow’s interference in Ukraine would further damage relations. In a statement on January 30, the Russian Foreign Ministry suggested again that the EU decision could jeopardize the chances for an...
