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      EU shows little appetite for more Russia sanctions
      Mar07

      EU shows little appetite for more Russia sanctions

      RIGA (Reuters) – EU foreign ministers showed little appetite on Saturday for stepping up pressure on Russia over Ukraine, preferring to give a fragile ceasefire a chance before deciding whether to apply more sanctions or even to extend existing ones. …read more Source:...

      Bulgaria to Back New Sanctions if Russia Violates Minsk Agreement
      Mar07

      Bulgaria to Back New Sanctions if Russia Violates Minsk Agreement

      Bulgaria is ready to support further measures against Russia if Moscow fails to abide by the deal reached in Minsk on the conflict in Eastern Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Minister has said.Mitov is attending a two-day meeting of EU member states’ top diplomats dedicated to the situation in the Donbass region where Kiev forces and...

      Russia Police Arrests Two over Nemtsov Killing
      Mar07

      Russia Police Arrests Two over Nemtsov Killing

      Two men have been detained over the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a Russian oppositioner who was shot dead late on February 27, Russian officials say.They are named as Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev, according to the Federal Security Service (FSB) director Aleksandr Bortnikov. Bortnikov told Russia’s state-owned Pervy Kanal (First Channel) the...

      Britain sends Ukraine military aid worth £850,000 after Kiev asks for help with basic equipment
      Mar07

      Britain sends Ukraine military aid worth £850,000 after Kiev asks for help with basic equipment

      The UK is to supply a further package of non-lethal military equipment worth £850,000 as a gift to the government of Ukraine, it has been announced. …read more Source: Daily...

      Steelworks hosts symbolic relaunch
      Mar07

      Steelworks hosts symbolic relaunch

      Production at the once-mothballed Liepajas metalurgs steel-making plant in the coastal Kurzeme port city was relaunched symbolically Friday by its new Ukrainian owners who have merged their corporate name to the former facility so that it is now called KVV Liepajas metalurgs (KVV LM). …read more Source:...

      Russia vs the west: the consequences of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
      Mar07

      Russia vs the west: the consequences of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

      Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has destroyed the peace in Europe for a generation. Illustration by André Carrilho A year since Vladimir Putin shocked Europe by annexing Crimea and fomenting rebellion in Ukraine’s previously quiet Donbas region, his undeclared war on the Russians’ east Slav brothers has become the “new-old normal”...

      Ukraine’s elderly flee conflict
      Mar07

      Ukraine’s elderly flee conflict

      Ukraine’s elderly flee country’s bitter conflict …read more Source:...

      Oil middleman between Syria and Isil is new target for EU sanctions
      Mar07

      Oil middleman between Syria and Isil is new target for EU sanctions

      Syria’s regime is not only buying oil from Isil, but helping to operate the terrorist movement’s oil and gas facilities …read more Source: The...

      EU, Germany downplay sanctions option in Ukraine conflict
      Mar07

      EU, Germany downplay sanctions option in Ukraine conflict

      The European Union’s priority is to bolster the Ukraine conflict’s fragile ceasefire, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Friday, in remarks that downplayed the threat of fresh sanctions against Russia. …read more Source: France...

      Forge hosts symbolic relaunch ceremony
      Mar07

      Forge hosts symbolic relaunch ceremony

      Production at the once-mothballed Liepajas metalurgs steel-making plant in the coastal Kurzeme port city was relaunched symbolically by its new Ukrainian owners that merged thir corporate name to the former facility that is now called KVV Liepajas metalurgs (KVV LM). …read more Source:...