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EU ministers discuss “phase three” of Russia sanctions
Author(s): Dan Alexe train_ukraine_crash_dog.jpg EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to decide new measures against Russia, with Britain and some other countries demanding much tougher measures. The Foreign Affairs Council meeting will be followed by the EU-Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting, starting at 16.00. Further to the EU...
The EU has to draw unity from the wreckage of MH17
The crisis in Ukraine is posing some hard existential questions for the European Union. The member states are being asked whether, in a post-Cold War world, they are ready to define their relationship with Russia collectively rather than individually. They are being asked whether they are prepared to inflict pain on their own citizens for the...
Russia angst sees EU energy efficiency targets watered down
The EU commission has tabled a plan to increase the bloc’s overall energy efficiency, but it watered it down amid fears of Russian gas supplies being cut in the ongoing Ukraine crisis. …read more Source:...
Will the EU respond to the wake-up call on Russia?
Like lazy teenagers, Europe’s leaders are quite good at dealing with wake-up calls. They stumble out of bed, bleary-eyed and mumbling good intentions. The rest of the household hears some promising activity in the bathroom. But within a few minutes, silence reigns again. Life under the covers is just too tempting. That has been the story of...
[Ticker] US welcomes new EU sanctions threat
The US has “welcomed” Tuesday’s threat by EU ministers to impose economic sanctions on Russia in the wake of the MH17 crash. A State Department spokeswoman said: “The US and Europe will continue to work to ensure that those responsible for the downing of flight MH17 are brought to justice.” …read more Source:...
UK is still sending arms to Russia, say MPs
The UK is still exporting millions of euros worth of arms to Russia, despite fears that Moscow has been arming separatists in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Netherlands in day of national mourning
The Netherlands is observing a day of national mourning Wednesday as it prepares for the return of some of the 193 Dutch victims from the Malaysia Airlines flight, downed in Ukraine Thursday. The bodies will be flown into Eindhoven airport and then transported to the city of Hilversum for identification. …read more Source:...
EU warns Russia of military, financial and energy sanctions
The European Union today (22 July) threatened to limit Russia’s ability to raise funds on Europe’s financial markets and to buy energy and military equipment unless it helps ensure that international investigators gain unfettered access to the crash site of the Malaysian airliner shot down on Thursday. The plane was flying over...
[Ticker] Further EU summit on Russia not excluded
EU foreign ministers will ask the EU commission to draft defence sanctions on Russia following the downing of the Malaysia Airlines plane over eastern Ukraine, Austrian foreign minister Sebastian Kurz said on his way out of the meeting. A further EU summit on adopting the wider sanctions is not excluded. …read more Source:...
EU tees up more sanctions against Russia
A series of fast-developing international crises – in Ukraine, Gaza and Iraq – will preoccupy foreign ministers from the European Union’s 28 member states at a meeting in Brussels today. The meeting will begin with talks on the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine on Thursday (17 July) – foreign...
