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[Ticker] Cameron: EU to impose Russia sanctions despite ceasefire
British PM Cameron said at the Nato summit Friday the EU will impose a new round of sanctions on Russia despite the ceasefire deal with Ukraine in Minsk, but can remove them later if the deal works out. “Be in no doubt. The sanctions go ahead as announced”, he said. …read more Source:...
Mixed results at the NATO summit, as Russia, Ukraine sign agreement for a cease-fire
Author(s): Dan Alexe poroshenko_nato.jpg Seeking to counter Russia, NATO leaders approved plans Friday, at their summit in Wales, to create a rapid response force with a headquarters in Eastern Europe that could quickly mobilize if an alliance country in the region were to come under attack. NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the...
[Ticker] Poroshenko announces Ukraine ceasefire
Ukraine leader Poroshenko has said he agreed a ceasefire with pro-Russia rebels Friday after hearing “a powerful request for [a] peaceful … settlement” in meetings with the EU in Brussels and Nato in Wales. The EU is likely to hold off on Russia sanctions to see if the ceasefire sticks. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Formal adoption of Russia sanctions may be delayed
The formal adoption of the EU’s new raft of economic sanctions on Russia may be delayed until next week, depending on the outcome of the peace talks in Minsk, several EU sources told EUobserver. The sanctions can be adopted through written procedure and will enter into force one day later. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Fighting in south Ukraine amid Minsk peace talks
Nato officials say there is “heavy fighting” between Russian and Ukrainian troops near the Ukrainian city of Mariupol Friday. The violence comes despite a meeting of Russian, Ukrainian, and pro-Russia rebel delegates in Minsk the same day, with an EU sanctions decision hanging on the outcome of the Minsk talks. …read more...
NATO will not install permanent bases in Eastern Europe
Author(s): Dan Alexe poroshenko_rasmussen.jpg Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski has confirmed, during the ongoing NATO summit in Newport, southeast Wales of Britain, that NATO will not install permanent bases in Eastern Europe. While a request from Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia has been put on the agenda at the summit in Wales,...
What lies behind Visegrad Four’s different positions towards Ukraine and Russia?
The current conflict over Ukraine has quickly escalated into a matter of geopolitical importance. Cornered by the events and pushed into assuming a position, the EU has officially responded to the situation by imposing sanctions against Russia in three waves. While the EU has so far largely managed to speak with one voice, this does not mean that...
[Ticker] Nato: Russia trying to ‘freeze’ Ukraine conflict
“Several thousand” Russian troops, supported by “hundreds” of tanks and armoured vehicles are fighting inside Ukraine, with 20,000 more parked across the border a Nato official has said. “Their objective appears to be to freeze the conflict, to create a situation like Georgia, where the separatists are deeply...
[Ticker] Nato chief: Russia still attacking Ukraine
Nato chief Rasmussen said Thursday while opening a Nato summit in Wales that “we are still witnessing … Russian involvement in destabilising the situation in eastern Ukraine”. The host, British leader Cameron, said the EU should impose more sanctions to “tell the Russians what they are doing is unacceptable”....
NATO summit to discuss Ukraine, Russia, Islamic threats
Author(s): Dan Alexe 51550563.jpg NATO has begun a two-day summit in Wales expected to focus on the situation in Ukraine, while approving a plan to bolster NATO’s presence along the alliance’s eastern borders. U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders of other NATO member states are meeting at Celtic Manor in south Wales to discuss a...
