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[Ticker] Czech Jews complain about Putin visit
The Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic has said it is “inappropriate” for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to attend a Holocaust memorial in January in Prague due to his actions in Ukraine. It said “the regime Putin established and embodies” is “aggressive” and “doesn’t...
South Sudan: the tinderbox that could set fire to a whole region
A few months ago at a high-level United Nations meeting, the secretary-general of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, left no doubt about who he thought was to blame for South Sudan’s current dire situation: the country’s leadership, whose actions had left deep wounds. “Now heal them,” he demanded. At peace talks last month in Ethiopia, those...
Putin denies responsibility for rouble crisis | Press review main focus
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EU-Russia: EU bans trade with Crimea as Putin blames West for Russia’s woes
European and Russian leaders were both defiant in the face of economic tensions on 18 December, with EU leaders announcing new sanctions on Crimea and Russian President Vladimir Putin warning his country of two years of recession. During an annual press conference that “usually serves as an arena for the president’s populist showmanship”,...
[Ticker] Poroshenko calls on parliament to adopt bill on joining Nato
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has called on the country’s parliamentarians to adopt a bill to allow the country to join Nato, Spiegel reports. He said the country’s non-aligned status, set out in a 2010 law, was “ineffective means of ensuring the country’s security from foreign aggression and pressure”. …read...
Tusk makes his mark
Donald Tusk took charge of his first European Council on Thursday (18 December), and told EU leaders that they could go home rather than return for a scheduled second day of talks. The new Council president had kept the agenda for his first summit simple, rebuffing efforts to add extra items for discussion and keeping a tight focus on three...
[Ticker] Tusk gets his way with one-day summit
EU council chief Donald Tusk has managed to keep leaders disciplined and finish the EU summit in one day. “Our working dinner will focus on situation in Ukraine and Russia. This will conclude the European Council; we will not reconvene tomorrow,” he tweeted. …read more Source:...
European Parliament ratifies Georgia deal
The European Parliament today ratified a political and trade agreement between the European Union and Georgia, the last of three similar agreements with neighbours on Europe’s eastern borders. The association agreement was approved by 490 MEPs and opposed by 76, with 57 parliamentarians abstaining. The main opposition came from the...
EU summit targets Crimean economy, avoids hurting Russia proper
Author(s): Dan Alexe h_51685859.jpg European Union governments will announce tighter restrictions on investment in Crimea later Thursday, targeting Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration and tourism. The new restrictions, approved by the EU’s 28 governments just before today’s summit, where the bloc’s leaders will discuss,...
