: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Section: EU

  • EU (3,923)
      Putin is looking east
      Jun18

      Putin is looking east

      Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a conference last year. © */AP/Press Association Images When the history of the early 21st century is written, the defining event of the period may not be recalled as the global financial crisis or the rise of militant Islam. It may be the convergence of interests between China and Russia, which led them...

      Self-Proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Now Has an Internet Blacklist
      Jun18

      Self-Proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ Now Has an Internet Blacklist

      Most of the websites on the blacklist are those of Ukrainian media. Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot. Internet blacklists are a common occurrence in countries like Russia and Belarus, and now officials of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine have decided to join the club. Their newly-minted...

      CEI supports EU enlargement to W. Balkans
      Jun17

      CEI supports EU enlargement to W. Balkans

      The foreign ministers of the Central European Initiative, who gathered in the Macedonian lakeside resort of Ohrid on Monday, supported European Union enlargement to the western Balkans and expressed their deep concern for the situation in Ukraine. The… …read more Source:...

      Ukraine offers job to Tony Blair to try to ease deepening tension with Russia
      Jun17

      Ukraine offers job to Tony Blair to try to ease deepening tension with Russia

      TONY Blair has been offered a new job as advisor to Ukraine to try and ease deepening tension between the nation and Russia. …read more Source:...

      Latvia asks for release of Russia’s hostages
      Jun17

      Latvia asks for release of Russia’s hostages

      The Latvian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday called on Russia to immediately release Nadiya Savchenko and other Ukrainian citizens whom it is illegally holding. …read more Source:...

      Ukraine crisis: Violent arrest of leading Russian reporter fuels fears for journalists covering the conflict
      Jun17

      Ukraine crisis: Violent arrest of leading Russian reporter fuels fears for journalists covering the conflict

      The violent arrest and deportation of one of Russia leading journalists from rebel-held Donetsk has raised fears for journalists working in Ukraine. …read more Source: The...

      EU states agree to extend Russia sanctions
      Jun17

      EU states agree to extend Russia sanctions

      EU countries have agreed to extend the life of Russia and Crimea sanctions, despite Kremlin diplomacy. …read more Source:...

      Siluanov says no Russian financing planned for Greece
      Jun17

      Siluanov says no Russian financing planned for Greece

      Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday that the country’s budget did not include plans to offer Greece financial help and that Russia did not plan to hold talks on restructuring Ukraine’s debt. …read more Source:...

      Migration could be key in tossup Danish vote
      Jun17

      Migration could be key in tossup Danish vote

      COPENHAGEN — Denmark’s parliamentary elections on Thursday are so closely tied between the ruling “red” bloc of Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt and the opposition “blue” coalition that the winner could be determined by four seats from faraway Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Each of those distant outposts gets a pair of guaranteed...

      EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions
      Jun17

      EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions

      EU ambassadors meeting in Brussels Wednesday agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia in retaliation for its actions in Ukraine, according to diplomatic sources. The agreement among member countries is expected to be ratified next week by EU foreign ministers. The sanctions, which ban Russian exports in the EU, are likely to be extended...