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      The Latest: Merkel hopes to discuss Ukraine, Syria at G-20
      Sep03

      The Latest: Merkel hopes to discuss Ukraine, Syria at G-20

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      EU trying to relaunch Ukraine peace process
      Sep03

      EU trying to relaunch Ukraine peace process

      Foreign ministers said the EU is ready to help with elections in Eastern Ukraine, while France and Germany are trying to bring back Russia to the negotiating table. …read more Source:...

      Uzbekistan to bury dictator Karimov
      Sep02

      Uzbekistan to bury dictator Karimov

      KIEV — Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan’s authoritarian ruler for 27 years, has died after suffering a brain hemorrhage, and his funeral will take place on Saturday in his home city of Samarkand. Uzbek officials confirmed on Friday that the 78-year-old leader had passed away, after days of rumors of his demise. “Uzbek President Islam Karimov has...

      Merkel, Hollande want to talk Ukraine at G-20 summit
      Sep02

      Merkel, Hollande want to talk Ukraine at G-20 summit

      The leaders of Germany and France say they want to start a new bid to defuse the conflict in eastern Ukraine. They also urged “ambitious timetables” for the EU in a future without Great Britain. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      EU to help Ukraine cut gas dependence on Russia
      Sep02

      EU to help Ukraine cut gas dependence on Russia

      The EU aims to help Ukraine become independent of Russian energy supplies in the next “three to four year”, its PM and an EU commissioner have said. …read more Source:...

      Negotiations in progress to rescind Ukrainian special import duty on Belarusian goods
      Sep02

      Negotiations in progress to rescind Ukrainian special import duty on Belarusian goods

      During the session of the Belarusian-Ukrainian high-level working group on mutual trade representatives of Belarus and Ukraine discussed a large number of matters. Among other things the sides discussed the annulment of a special Ukrainian import duty on a number of Belarusian products. …read more Source:...

      Czech Foreign Ministry vows to close “representative centre” of Donetsk
separatists
      Sep02

      Czech Foreign Ministry vows to close “representative centre” of Donetsk separatists

      Russia-backed separatists from Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region attempted to establish an official representation in the Czech Republic on Thursday, opening a mock consulate in Ostrava which was described as the “the first official representation in the EU” of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. The move...

      Bulgarian FM Daniel Mitov takes part in meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers
      Sep02

      Bulgarian FM Daniel Mitov takes part in meeting of OSCE Foreign Ministers

      Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov takes part in an informal meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), held in Potsdam, Germany, at the initiative of the current German presidency of the OSCE. The focus of the meeting was security challenges, the conflict in Ukraine, migration crisis, the...

      Ukraine’s disappeared citizens underline rights’ groups dilemmas
      Sep02

      Ukraine’s disappeared citizens underline rights’ groups dilemmas

      Human rights groups accuse both the government and Russian-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine of secretly abducting and imprisoning civilians. David Stern in Kyiv looks at why some say this is only part of the story. …read more Source: Deutsche...

      [Ticker] Johnson: UK committed to EU foreign policy, Russia sanctions
      Sep02

      [Ticker] Johnson: UK committed to EU foreign policy, Russia sanctions

      New British foreign minister Boris Johnson told journalists in Bratislava on Friday he and British PM Theresa May remained “absolutely committed to participation in European foreign policy”. He added, ahead of his first foreign ministers’ ‘Gymnich’ meeting, that the EU should maintain pressure on Russia until it...