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[Ticker] French senators urge Hollande to ease Russia sanctions
French senators urged the government to ease EU sanctions against Russia, in a non-binding resolution on Wednesday. They said by 302 votes to 16 that the measures, which provoked Russian counter-sanctions that have hurt French farmers, should be “gradually and partially” lifted. Pro-Russia deputies pushed a similar non-binding...
Inside the bitter last days of Bernie’s revolution
There’s no strategist pulling the strings, and no collection of burn-it-all-down aides egging him on. At the heart of the rage against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, the campaign aides closest to him say, is Bernie Sanders. It was the Vermont senator who personally rewrote his campaign manager’s shorter statement after the...
Dutch target June summit for talks on EU-Ukraine deal
Talks held at bilateral levels so far did not lead to an agreement on the future of the EU-Ukraine treaty, which Dutch voters rejected in April. …read more Source:...
EU likely to extend Russia sanctions before summit
The EU is preparing to extend its sanctions on Russia before the June summit, as Russian diplomats target winter instead. …read more Source:...
Ukraine asks François Hollande to speed up visas for soccer fans
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked his French counterpart François Hollande to help Ukrainian football fans get visas for Euro 2016, which kicks off on June 10. Poroshenko’s office said in a statement Monday that he asked Hollande “to facilitate the issuance of visas for Ukrainian fans who are planning to visit the European Football...
[Ticker] Ukraine sacks its ambassador in Slovakia
Ukraine’s ambassador in Slovakia, Oleh Havasi, was sacked on 4 June after his wife tried to contraband 60,000 packages of cigarettes as diplomatic mail. In March, Kiev dismissed Borys Zaychuk, its ambassador in Prague, for links to a Ukrainian-Lebanese arms trader. Both men were nominated by Ukraine’s ex-president Viktor Yanukovych....
OCCRP is on weak ground with Petro Poroshenko offshore claims
Regarding Tom King’s letter to the editor “Our Panama Papers reporting on Petro Poroshenko was accurate and fair” (June 4): In our article, (Ukrainian innocent caught in Panama Papers Web, June 3) we sought to distance the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), which produces a considerable amount of credible work, from...
Frenchman arrested in Ukraine was planning Euro 2016 attacks: security official
A French national detained in Ukraine was planning up to 15 attacks in France around the time of this month’s European soccer championship, news agencies reported Monday, citing a top Ukrainian security official. French outlet M6 reported Friday that a 25-year-old man was arrested by border guards in western Ukraine on May 21 with weapons,...
Our Panama Papers reporting on Petro Poroshenko was accurate and fair
Adrian Karatnycky and Alan Riley’s opinion article defending Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko over his involvement in the Panama Papers might have been faintly amusing, if it did not also raise serious concerns (“Ukrainian innocent caught in Panama Papers web,” June 3). The overall tone suggests an attempt to whitewash the reputation of...
[Ticker] Russia not cooperating on MH17 inquiry
Investigators into the MH17 disaster in Ukraine in 2014 on Friday complained that Russia is withholding information on Buk missiles, the type of projectile believed to have shot down the plane. The JIT – a team of criminal sleuths from the Netherlands, Australia, Malaysia, Belgium and Ukraine – said it will present its “first...
