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Reinhard Veser calls for more grey tones in Ukraine debate | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung – Germany
Jan21
[Ticker] Putin to visit Hungary in February
Jan21

[Ticker] Putin to visit Hungary in February

Hungary’s foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, told Hungarian radio Wednesday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin will visit Budapest on 17 February to discuss bilateral relations, energy security issues and the Ukrainian conflict. Putin’s visit to Budapest will come two weeks after German chancellor Angela Merkel visits Hungary on 2...

Obama: Russian aggression is strategic failure
Jan21

Obama: Russian aggression is strategic failure

US president Barack Obama has described Putin’s aggression against Ukraine as a strategic failure, while urging the EU to maintain sanctions. …read more Source:...

Clouds of gloom over Davos
Jan20

Clouds of gloom over Davos

Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51193252.jpg A gloomy atmosphere of fin-de-règne has dawned upon Davos, where the World Economic Forum is due to start on Wednesday, after a year that has seen the twin Malaysia Airlines disasters, the conflict in Ukraine, the worst ever Ebola outbreak, terrorists on the rampage in the middle of Paris, and a growing...

Ukrainian military fighting for attention | Die Presse – Austria
Jan20

Ukrainian military fighting for attention | Die Presse – Austria

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Russia finds few friends in EU sanctions talks
Jan20

Russia finds few friends in EU sanctions talks

Even Russia’s friends, for the most part, showed little appetite for relaxing sanctions in “strategic” EU talks in Brussels on Monday. …read more Source:...

EU foreign ministers unite behind a Russian media strategy
Jan19

EU foreign ministers unite behind a Russian media strategy

Like sand through the hourglass, so the items up for discussion at the European Union foreign ministers’ meeting on Monday (19 January) eventually flowed through to the pressing problem of what TV content the EU could provide to counter Russian “active propaganda campaign”. The consensus: keep it entertaining. According to those attending...

As EU discusses Ukraine, Poroshenko vows to retake separatist east
Jan19

As EU discusses Ukraine, Poroshenko vows to retake separatist east

Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51602650.jpg EU foreign ministers are meeting today to discuss a review of relations with Russia, a potential minefield for EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini. A draft paper sent to the ministers by Mogherini’s services before has raised alarm, as it asks ministers to consider “possible elements for...

[Ticker] UK and Poland lead calls to keep EU sanctions on Russia
Jan19

[Ticker] UK and Poland lead calls to keep EU sanctions on Russia

The British, Danish, Irish, Lithuanian, Polish, and Swedish FMs said in Brussels Monday EU sanctions on Russia should stay in place until it fully complies with the so-called Minsk peace deal. Spain and Luxembourg were more conciliatory, saying the EU should show it isn’t trying to “destabilise” Russia. …read more Source:...

Ukraine needs money, not weapons | Salzburger Nachrichten – Austria
Jan19

Ukraine needs money, not weapons | Salzburger Nachrichten – Austria

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