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Poland, Latvia protest against foul-mouthed Duma deputy speaker
Aug14

Poland, Latvia protest against foul-mouthed Duma deputy speaker

Author(s): Dan Alexe belgaimage_31598481_preview.jpg Poland and Latvia have summoned the Russian ambassadors to protest threats by nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who last week said Poland and the Baltic states would be “wiped out” in the event of a war between Russia and the West. Zhirinovsky, leader of the...

Oil prices drop despite Iraq, Ukraine
Aug13

Oil prices drop despite Iraq, Ukraine

Author(s): Kostis Geropoulos iraq_oil.jpg Despite the crisis in Iraq and Ukraine, global oil prices have fallen this week. …read more Source: New...

Ashton calls emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers
Aug13

Ashton calls emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers

Catherine Ashton, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, has called an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers on Friday (15 August). France and Italy have been pushing for an urgent meeting to discuss the worsening situation in Iraq, where militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has taken over vast swathes of the...

[Ticker] EU to call emergency meeting on Iraq and Ukraine
Aug13

[Ticker] EU to call emergency meeting on Iraq and Ukraine

A spokesman for EU foreign relations chief Ashton has said she is to call an emergency foreign ministers meeting on the crises in Iraq and Ukraine “as early as this week” or early next week. The meeting could signal more Russia sanctions or EU military aid to Iraqi Kurds. …read more Source:...

[Ticker] Ukraine refuses entry to Russian aid convoy
Aug13

[Ticker] Ukraine refuses entry to Russian aid convoy

The BBC reports a Russian aid convoy has stopped 300km from the Ukraine border after Kiev said it cannot enter, describing the initiative as “provocation by a cynical aggressor”. The Red Cross has also called on Russia to give details of what the convoy is carrying. …read more Source:...

EU prepares for more bad news on GDP
Aug13

EU prepares for more bad news on GDP

Eurostat, the official statistics agency of the European Union, will tomorrow (14 August) publish data on economic growth in the eurozone during the second quarter of 2014, amid fears that the European economy is about to slip back into recession. Today Eurostat said that industrial production in the eurozone fell for a second consecutive month...

Taking care not to stumble into another catastrophe
Aug13

Taking care not to stumble into another catastrophe

This month – the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War – is an opportune time to reflect on big risks. As Michael Spence recently warned, the international order’s widening security deficit, reflecting the weakening of whatever global governance we have, is fast becoming the biggest risk facing the world economy. The same point...

[Ticker] Putin delays payment for French Mistral warships
Aug13

[Ticker] Putin delays payment for French Mistral warships

Moscow will not pay for two French-built Mistral-class warships until the second vessel has been delivered to the Russian navy, Anatoly Isaikin, head of Russia’s state arms trade agency, told ITAR-Tass. French president Hollande said in July that delivery of the second ship would “depend on Moscow’s attitude” to Ukraine. …read...

Will Ukrainian separatists get Russian aid? The stalemate continues
Aug13

Will Ukrainian separatists get Russian aid? The stalemate continues

Author(s): Dan Alexe belgaimage_61067109_preview.jpg Russia on Tuesday dispatched hundreds of trucks covered in white tarps and sprinkled with holy water on a mission to deliver aid to a desperate rebel-held zone in eastern Ukraine. The televised sight of the miles-long convoy sparked a show of indignation from the government in Kiev, which...

Extraordinary meeting of the Political and Security Committee
Aug13

Extraordinary meeting of the Political and Security Committee

Author(s): KG/EUROPA iraq_ukraine_gaza.jpg EU High Representative Catherine Ashton asked from the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) to convene on 12 August to discuss the three major crisis in Ukraine, Iraq and Gaza. The spokesperson of the European External Action Service (EEAS) said the PSC conclusions: …read more Source: New...