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Greek defiance masks important concessions
Greece’s hated bailout memorandum and the ‘troika’ of officials that enforced it “no longer exist”, Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s new prime minister, declared tonight (13 February) following his first European Council. Yet in the margins of the meeting he authorised Greece’s experts to enter into technical discussions with...
EU to step up counter-terrorism co-operation
EU leaders meeting in Brussels today (12 February) called for increased use of existing cross-border co-operation tools to track terrorist fighters returning from fighting in Syria. But they stopped short of calling for a immediate revision of the EU’s Schengen Border Code. Though today’s informal summit was originally supposed to...
After IMF loan, Gazprom wants Ukraine to settle debt
Author(s): Kostis Geropoulos p28web.jpg Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said on February 12 it was time Ukraine’s national oil and gas company settled its debt. Earlier in the day, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to throw a new $17.5 billion lifeline to Ukraine as a renewed cease-fire and an overall agreement to end the war in...
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[Ticker] US endorses Ukraine ceasefire plan
US secretary of state John Kerry has said he “welcomes” the Minsk peace deal on Ukraine but urged the Russian side to make “an immediate halt” to fighting near Debaltseve, in east Ukraine. The White House earlier said the “escalation” is “inconsistent with the spirit of the accord”. …read more...
[Ticker] Juncker: Minsk agreement is ‘excellent news’
“I believe that the agreement which was concluded in Minsk is excellent news, it’s giving us some relief,” EU commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on his way into an EU summit where he’ll meet Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko. Juncker added that “this is not the time to talk about sanctions”....
[Ticker] ‘Full support’ for Ukraine ceasefire among centre-right leaders
There is “full support” for the ceasefire deal that Ukraine, Russia, France, and Germany agreed, German centre-right MEP Elmar Brok said on Thursday, after a meeting of centre-right politicians in Brussels. There was only a “limited discussion”, he said, as not many details of the plan were known. …read more Source:...
Minsk summit agrees ceasefire, as EU leaders meet
Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany have agreed on a new ceasefire deal and related issues involving trade and gas supplies. …read more Source:...
Poroshenko accepts peace plan, but part of Russian demands "unacceptable”
Author(s): Dan Alexe Poproshenko Merkel.jpg Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said there is “no good news” so far at marathon Minsk peace talks aimed at ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine and that the Russian position at the summit is “unacceptable.” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko also said the talks in Minsk...
Live blog: EU summit
European leaders are meeting in Brussels today (12 February) to try to hash out solutions to a triumvirate of problems plaguing the European Union – terrorism, the spectre of Greece leaving the eurozone and the deteriorating situation in Greece. Scroll down for live updates and video from the summit. Last night a meeting of eurozone finance...
Poroshenko – Russian position at the summit "unacceptable."
Author(s): Dan Alexe Poproshenko Merkel.jpg Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said there is “no good news” so far at marathon Minsk peace talks aimed at ending the fighting in eastern Ukraine and that the Russian position at the summit is “unacceptable.” Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko also said the talks in Minsk...
