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[Ticker] Orban to visit Kiev before hosting Putin
Feb11

[Ticker] Orban to visit Kiev before hosting Putin

Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban will travel to Ukraine on Friday for a short visit, the PM’s office told MTI news wire. The trip comes just four days before Russian president Vladimir Putin visits Budapest next Tuesday. Orban will hold talks with Ukraine’s president Petro Poroshenko. …read more Source:...

Commission may put off big decisions on energy union
Feb11

Commission may put off big decisions on energy union

The crisis in Ukraine has highlighted Europe’s dangerous dependence on Russian gas and the lack of an interconnected energy market. Yet despite the increasing urgency of Europe’s energy predicament, it appears that the European Commission will put off major decisions when it adopts a much-awaited strategy paper on energy union on 25...

No pre-agreement in Minsk
Feb11

No pre-agreement in Minsk

Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51793328.jpg The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine have arrived for crucial peace talks in the Belarusian capital, Minsk. The talks, brokered by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, aim to negotiate a deal to end hostilities in eastern Ukraine, where more than 5,300 people...

[Ticker] EU leaders may launch preparations for more Russia sanctions
Feb11

[Ticker] EU leaders may launch preparations for more Russia sanctions

A senior EU source has said that if Wednesday’s peace summit in Minsk fails, EU leaders may, at their meeting on Thursday task EU institutions with detailed work on fresh economic sanctions. Ukraine leader Poroshenko is to attend the EU event, originally billed as a counter-terrorism summit, to show solidarity. …read more Source:...

[Ticker] Report: Merkel and Hollande confirm Minsk attendance
Feb11

[Ticker] Report: Merkel and Hollande confirm Minsk attendance

French newswire AFP says French president Hollande and German chancellor Merkel will go to Minsk to try to broker a Ukraine peace deal. It cited the Elysee Palace as saying they spoke by phone on Wednesday to confirm they will “try everything right to the end” to stop the fighting. …read more Source:...

Minsk won’t bring peace | Dnevnik – Slovenia
Feb11

Minsk won’t bring peace | Dnevnik – Slovenia

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Crisis summit in Minsk | Press review main focus
Feb11

Crisis summit in Minsk | Press review main focus

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Putin will lose out in the end | De Morgen – Belgium
Feb11

Putin will lose out in the end | De Morgen – Belgium

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Even Merkel’s power has its limits | Neue Zürcher Zeitung – Switzerland
Feb11

Even Merkel’s power has its limits | Neue Zürcher Zeitung – Switzerland

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German government betraying European values | Blog Achse des Guten – Germany
Feb11

German government betraying European values | Blog Achse des Guten – Germany

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