Section: EurActiv.com (EU)
Commission offers to help the Dutch revive EU-Ukraine pact
The Dutch government announced that it would seek to move forward following the referendum in which a majority of voters rejected the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, by adding a declaration interpreting the treaty. The Commission said it was ready to help. …read more Source:...
Gazprom says EU not needed as mediator for gas sales to Ukraine
Russia’s Gazprom yesterday (2 October) played down the EU’s decision to ease access to the Opal gas pipeline, crucial to Moscow’s plans to boost supplies via the Baltic Sea, and dismissed the bloc’s role as mediator in a row with Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Ukraine to investigate officials with over $100,000 in cash
Ukrainian authorities will investigate politicians and officials who declare cash assets of more than $100,000 (905,000 euros) and will impose prison sentences of up to 15 years on any found guilty of wrongdoing, General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko said today (2 November). …read more Source:...
Crimean Tartars ‘worse off’ under Putin than Stalin
The leader of the Crimean tartars, who is up for the European Parliament’s Sakharov prize, has said that his people are worse off under the Russian occupation than they were during the Soviet era. EurActiv Spain reports. …read more Source:...
Canada seeks to cooperate with Russia in the Arctic
Despite tensions over conflicts in Syria and Ukraine, Russia and the West have maintained a strong working relationship in the Arctic and Canada’s new Liberal government is looking to further bolster that cooperation. …read more Source:...
Netherland’s Rutte still mired in Ukraine referendum aftermath
At the EU summit overnight (20-21 October) Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte obtained little support for his proposals for a way forward following the referendum in which his compatriots rejected the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. …read more Source:...
Sanctions off the table as EU holds ‘strategic discussion’ on Russia
European Union leaders will review the whole range of their “selective” cooperation with Moscow – including on the Syria conflict – when they meet in Brussels today (20 October). Expanding EU sanctions on Moscow is off the table at this stage. …read more Source:...
Progress over Ukraine war at Berlin summit with Putin
Moscow and Kiev agreed Wednesday (19 October) to end a deadlock on the conflict in eastern Ukraine by the end of November, Ukraine’s president said, after a four-way summit in Berlin with the leaders of France and Germany. …read more Source:...
Ukrainian First Deputy PM: The Dutch cannot block the whole EU
The Netherlands cannot block the European Union over the ratification of the EU-Ukraine Association agreement, Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv told EurActiv.com in an exclusive interview. …read more Source:...
Merkel to host Putin for Berlin summit on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to Berlin tomorrow (19 October) for a summit on Ukraine amid escalating tensions between Moscow and the West over Russia’s role in Ukraine as well as Syria. …read more Source:...
