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EU leaders give Putin one-week deadline
Aug31

EU leaders give Putin one-week deadline

EU leaders have given Russia one week to stop attacking Ukraine or face more sanctions. …read more Source:...

EU threatens Russia with more sanctions
Aug31

EU threatens Russia with more sanctions

The leaders of the European Union have instructed the European Commission and the EU’s diplomatic service to prepare further sanctions to be imposed on Russia, in reaction to its military action against Ukraine. Proposals are to be presented for consideration by the EU’s member states “within a week”. Herman Van Rompuy, the president...

Tusk and Mogherini appointed to EU’s top jobs
Aug30

Tusk and Mogherini appointed to EU’s top jobs

Donald Tusk is to leave the prime ministership of Poland to become president of the European Council in succession to Herman Van Rompuy. His appointment balances the choice of Federica Mogherini, Italy’s foreign minister, as the European Union’s high representative for foreign policy. The decisions were announced by Van Rompuy, who...

Poroshenko happy with EU cooperation, expecting to receive non-lethel weapons
Aug30

Poroshenko happy with EU cooperation, expecting to receive non-lethel weapons

Author(s): Konstantin Tsapogas – von Taube poroshenko_van_r.jpg Satisfied with the full coordination between the EU and Ukraine, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said that, while security issues will be discussed at next weeks NATO summit in Wales, his country will receive non-lethal weapons from EU member states. …read more...

[Ticker] EU ambassadors toughen up Russia conclusions
Aug30

[Ticker] EU ambassadors toughen up Russia conclusions

EU ambassadors Saturday strengthened summit conclusions on Russia. Earlier drafts spoke of “reported participation” of Russian soldiers in fighting inside Ukraine and said the EU will “consider” new sanctions. Saturday’s text confirms there are “actions by Russian armed forces on Ukrainian soil” and calls...

Poroshenko: EU likely to hold off on Russia sanctions
Aug30

Poroshenko: EU likely to hold off on Russia sanctions

EU leaders are likely to hold off on extra Russia sanctions until at least next week, Ukraine’s president indicated after talks in Brussels. …read more Source:...

[Ticker] EU urges Russia to ‘withdraw forces from Ukraine’
Aug30

[Ticker] EU urges Russia to ‘withdraw forces from Ukraine’

EU foreign affairs chief Ashton said Saturday that “all” the bloc’s foreign ministers at a meeting in Milan on Saturday expressed “concern … about the recent aggression against Ukraine by Russia’s regular forces” and urged Russia to “withdraw its forces from Ukraine”. Russia denies its troops...

[Ticker] Draft: EU ‘ready to consider’ more Russia sanctions
Aug30

[Ticker] Draft: EU ‘ready to consider’ more Russia sanctions

Draft conclusions for Saturday’s EU summit, dated 27 August and leaked to the FT on Friday, say the bloc “stands ready to consider further steps” against Russia due to the “reported participation of Russian armed forces in operations on Ukrainian soil”. EU ambassadors are working on a new draft Saturday. …read...

Live blog: the Saturday summit
Aug30

Live blog: the Saturday summit

Leaders of the European Union’s member states are holding a summit in Brussels today (30 August) to choose who will become the next EU foreign policy chief and president of the European Council. Leaders are hoping for a swift agreement so that the summit can move on to discussing the crisis in Ukraine, which reached a new level this week as...

[Ticker] Ukraine ‘slipping out of control’, Germany warns
Aug30

[Ticker] Ukraine ‘slipping out of control’, Germany warns

German FM Steinmeier said in Milan Friday on Ukraine that: “the border infringements [by Russian troops] have intensified, and raised concerns that the situation is slipping out of control”. He added: “This needs to stop, especially if we want to avoid direct military confrontation between Ukrainian and Russian military...