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[Ticker] Territory around Donetsk airport taken back from rebels
Ukrainian troops have reclaimed territory around the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine from separatists, as thousands gathered in Kiev for a state-sponsored peace march on Sunday, reports Reuters. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko rejected a peace plan sent to him by Russian President Vladimir Putin....
The Russian threat runs out of fuel
For Europe, the defining event of 2014 was Russia’s annexation of Crimea and military intervention in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region. The Kremlin’s actions directly challenged key principles that have guided Europe for more than six decades, particularly the renunciation of the use of force to alter national borders. But Russia...
Too early to ease sanctions on Russia | Newsweek Polska – Poland
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[Ticker] Romania’s new president cements Nato ties
Romania’s new president, Iohannis, on his first visit to Nato in Brussels Friday pledged to spend 2% of GDP on defence between 2017 and 2027 and to expand the Deveselu naval base to host Nato anti-missile systems. He noted that Russia’s war on Ukraine has “caused insecurity in the region”. …read more Source:...
Latvians outline terror response as raids take place across Europe
Police forces across Europe staged anti-terror raids last night (15 January), with two suspected militants killed close to the Belgian city of Liege. The Liege suspects had been under surveillance for several weeks, after having returned from fighting in Syria, Belgian authorities said. They were said to be planning to carry out a major attack on...
Russia to cut EU gas transit via Ukraine
Russia has said it will stop EU gas transit via Ukraine and do it via Turkey instead in the second shock announcment on energy in as many months. …read more Source:...
EU imagines a new start with Russia
Foreign ministers from the European Union’s member states are scheduled to spend most of their meeting on Monday (19 January) discussing how to improve relations with Russia if it meets its commitments to help end the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The debate will be based on a discussion paper from the European External Action Service...
Europe’s willpower called into question
In a sickly patient even a small cut can lead to a lethal infection. Both the terrorist attacks in France and Russia’s attempts to bully its neighbours are dangerous not because our adversaries are fundamentally strong, but because our political and cultural immune system is weak. Remember the Iranian fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989?...
EU states will push for data exchange | Adevărul – Romania
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Mogherini seen as proposing ‘business as usual’ with Russia
The EU foreign service has proposed lifting sanctions and restarting the full spectrum of Russia co-operation if it stops “destabilising” east Ukraine. …read more Source:...
