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Federica Mogherini: EU will never recognise annexation of Crimea
Brussels will never recognise changes of state borders by force. …read more Source:...
Estonian MFA in Kyiv: there is no point in discussing alleviating sanctions against Russia
While meeting with the Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council Oleksandr Turchyno and discussing the security situation in eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus stressed Estonia’s support for Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity, reports BC Estonia’s MFA. …read more...
Russia to cut EU gas transit via Ukraine
Russia has said it will stop EU gas transit via Ukraine and do it via Turkey instead in the second shock announcment on energy in as many months. …read more Source:...
Gazprom’s Miller: South Stream is off the table, Turkish Stream is only new possibility
Alexey Miller, the chief executive of the Russian Gazprom gas corporation, said that South Stream is definitely off the table, and the only new pipeline to divert Russian gas away from Ukraine will be the newly announced Turkish Stream. This pipeline, announced by President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Ankara, will bring 63 billion cubic...
Poroshenko declares a day of mourning for the victims of Tuesday’s bus attack
A minute’s silence was held in Kyiv for the victims of “Tuesday’s bus… …read more Source:...
EU imagines a new start with Russia
Foreign ministers from the European Union’s member states are scheduled to spend most of their meeting on Monday (19 January) discussing how to improve relations with Russia if it meets its commitments to help end the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The debate will be based on a discussion paper from the European External Action Service...
Europe’s willpower called into question
In a sickly patient even a small cut can lead to a lethal infection. Both the terrorist attacks in France and Russia’s attempts to bully its neighbours are dangerous not because our adversaries are fundamentally strong, but because our political and cultural immune system is weak. Remember the Iranian fatwa against Salman Rushdie in 1989?...
Nagorno-Karabakh and border disputes | Letters: Tahir Taghizadeh, Ambassador of Azerbaijan in London and Yugo Kovach
Your inclusion of Nagorno-Karabakh in an article on “the best new adventures for 2015” (Totally out there, Travel, 10 January) is disrespectful to the people of Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh is an internationally recognised part of Azerbaijan currently under the occupation of Armenian armed forces. Do you think it is morally right to encourage an...
The Balkans are the soft underbelly of Europe
A controlled crisis would give Russia bargaining chips and deniability, and distract from Ukraine, writes Ivan Krastev …read more Source: Financial...
Gazprom: Europe will have to get gas via Turkey or Ukraine
Europe will have to get gas via Turkey or Ukraine, there will be no direct transcontinental pipeline to Europe, Gazprom has confirmed. …read more Source:...
