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[Ticker] Mogherini: No formal proposals of new Russia sanctions
EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said Monday in Luxembourg none of the 28 EU states had proposed imposing new sanctions on Russia due to its air strikes civilians in Aleppo. “In none of our meetings was this issue raised by any member state”, she said. She warned that if the Syria conflicted escalated, it could lead to a...
Boris Johnson appeals to Russian people on Syria
LUXEMBOURG — In an unusually direct public appeal, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson urged the Russian people “to choose a different path” and help end the devastating military strikes on Aleppo, Syria, which he and others in the West have called crimes against humanity. Johnson, arriving for a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in...
Mogherini ‘proud’ EU not involved militarily in Syria
LUXEMBOURG — EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said Monday that European nations would try to do more to help Syria — particularly in terms of humanitarian aid — but she was “personally proud” the European Union was not involved militarily in the conflict. “The European Union is not a player on the ground in Syria,” Mogherini said,...
EU and US mull new economic sanctions on Russia
The US and the UK have said they are exploring new sanctions against Russia due to its actions in Syria, with France and Germany also indicating they are willing to take a tough line. …read more Source:...
Welcome to Agadez, smuggling capital of Africa
AGADEZ, Niger — Once, caravans brought gold and salt to this small mud-brick desert town. Today, it has become a major trading post for arms, drugs and, above all, humans. After the fall of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, long-locked smuggling routes between Niger and Libya suddenly reopened, and the small desert town of roughly 120,000...
EU divided and sidelined, again, on Russia
EU leaders had planned to use their autumn summit this week in Brussels to clarify their approach to Russia. Scratch that. The fast-worsening relationship with Moscow looks to be increasingly out of Europe’s control — driven by events on the ground in Syria and by the United States, which now, as much as ever, is speaking for the West. Any...
[Ticker] No extra EU sanctions on Russia over Syria
EU foreign ministers will Monday call for additional names of Syrians responsible for the assault on Aleppo to be added to a blacklist later down the line. They will not discuss adding new Russian names to the visa ban and asset freeze list due to Syria, however, a senior EU source said. “We don’t want to sanction just for the sake of...
France pushes for Ukraine crisis summit
France wants to hold a summit next week on the conflict in Ukraine with the leaders of Germany, Russia and Ukraine, the French government’s chief spokesman said Wednesday. Stephane Le Foll told reporters following a meeting of ministers in Paris that President François Hollande would get in touch with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and...
[Ticker] Merkel, Hollande, and Putin talk but set no meeting
Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Francois Hollande had a phone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, a day after Putin “postponed” a visit to Paris. They said in a statement that they had “worked together” to set up a so-called Normandy Format meeting with Ukraine’s Petro Poroshenko to...
Strongest Russia sanctions opponents among least affected: report
Some of the EU countries that are among the loudest opponents to the bloc’s sanctions against Russia have experienced the lowest export losses, according to a report released Wednesday. Greece and Slovenia have been among those most vocal in calling for the EU to lift sanctions. But according to the Graduate Institute of International and...
