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Latvian election race tightens
Sep29

Latvian election race tightens

Latvians have begun voting in an election whose results, due out on Saturday (4 October), could significantly change the composition of the coalition government just months before the country assumes the presidency of the EU’s Council of Ministers. Recent opinion polls suggest that the centre-right will not repeat the clear-cut victory it...

Ukraine wary of EU’s Russia gas deal
Sep29

Ukraine wary of EU’s Russia gas deal

The EU is keen for Ukraine to accept a winter deal on Russian gas, but Ukraine is wary of the terms and of broader EU-Russia energy ties. …read more Source:...

[Ticker] Ukraine likely to endorse EU-brokered gas deal
Sep29

[Ticker] Ukraine likely to endorse EU-brokered gas deal

A senior Ukrainian diplomat told EUobserver the government in Kiev is likely to endorse an interim deal on Russian gas “later this week or at the beginning of next week”. The deal, brokered by the EU in Berlin Friday, is to see Ukraine pay an “interim” price for winter supplies. …read more Source:...

[Ticker] EU announces Russia and Ukraine gas deal
Sep26

[Ticker] EU announces Russia and Ukraine gas deal

EU energy commissioner Oettinger in Berlin Friday said that Russia and Ukraine have reached an “interim solution to ensure [gas] supplies until spring” for both Ukraine and EU transit customers. Ukraine is to repay €2.4bn of debt by December and advance-pay for future supplies at €303 per thousand cubic metres. …read more...

EU and Canada complete talks on trade and political deals
Sep26

EU and Canada complete talks on trade and political deals

The European Union and Canada today (26 September) used a summit in Ottawa to formally mark the end of negotiations on separate political and trade agreements. Neither agreement has, however, been concluded, and major question marks hang over the final shape of the trade deal, which needs the approval both of the EU’s 28 member states and...

EU declaration: No to Russia on rewriting Ukraine trade pact
Sep26

EU declaration: No to Russia on rewriting Ukraine trade pact

EU countries are planning to tell Russia it has no say on the content of the Ukraine trade treaty despite Moscow’s demand to rewrite the text. …read more Source:...

Russia threatens EU states with gas cut-offs
Sep26

Russia threatens EU states with gas cut-offs

Russian energy minister Novak has warned that EU states which re-export gas to Ukraine will face cut-offs, with Hungary already stopping its reverse flow. …read more Source:...

Moscow accuses Kiev after mass grave found
Sep26

Moscow accuses Kiev after mass grave found

Author(s): NEOnline | KT ukraine.jpg Russia accused yesterday Kiev after a mass grave was found in Eastern Ukraine. According to Moscow, it is “most likely” a war crime that needs to be investigated by the UN, the Osce and the Council of Europe. …read more Source: New...

[Ticker] Ukraine wants to apply for EU membership by 2020
Sep25

[Ticker] Ukraine wants to apply for EU membership by 2020

Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko Thursday said his country wants to apply for EU membership in 2020, reports DPA. He said fulfilment of a planned reform programme would enable “Ukraine to prepare an EU membership application within six years.” …read more Source:...

European powers focus on Islamic State at UN assembly
Sep25

European powers focus on Islamic State at UN assembly

The fight against IS took centre stage from the Ukraine war when European powers spoke at the UN general assembly in New York on Thursday. …read more Source:...