Section: EurActiv.com (EU)
EU condemns Russia’s banning of Crimean Tatars’ assembly
The EU yesterday (14 April) called “extremely worrying” the decision by the Russian authorities to suspend the activities of Mejlis, a self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars, and called for the decision to be reversed immediately. …read more Source:...
Technocrats gone in new Ukrainian cabinet
Ukraine’s parliament approved presidential ally Volodymyr Groysman as prime minister yesterday (14 April) in the biggest political shakeup since a 2014 uprising brought in a pro-Western leadership. …read more Source:...
Dutch voters now demanding referendum on TTIP
EXCLUSIVE / Dutch voters want a referendum on the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), throwing into doubt the future of the US-EU free trade deal, nine days after the country’s ‘no’ vote in a plebiscite on an EU-Ukraine association agreement. …read more Source:...
Lithuanian parliament under cyber attack
Lithuania’s parliamentary website came under cyber attack yesterday (11 April) just as a special session of the World Congress of Crimean Tartars was meeting to discuss mass violations of human Rights in Russian-occupied Crimea. …read more Source:...
EU to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch vote
The European Commission will propose this month granting visa-free travel to Ukrainians despite a Dutch referendum vote against an EU-Ukraine agreement partly motivated by hostility to migration, a senior EU source said. Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker promised Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March that the EU executive would put...
Yatsenyuk resigns, Groysman expected to take over as PM
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk announced his resignation on Sunday (10 April) in the wake of a months-long political crisis that has paralysed the government and frozen the release of vital Western aid. …read more Source:...
Juncker sad about the Dutch referendum, Cameron says it won’t affect Brexit
European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker was saddened by the outcome of a Dutch referendum which saw voters reject a key EU pact with Ukraine, his spokesman said today (7 April). …read more Source:...
Dutch voters reject EU-Ukraine association
Dutch voters on Wednesday (6 April) rejected a European pact with Ukraine in a referendum seen as a barometer of anti-EU feeling, dealing an embarrassing blow to the government in charge of the rotating EU presidency, sending shockwaves throughout the Union. …read more Source:...
Tymoshenko dampens hopes for quick end to Ukraine leadership crisis
Ukraine’s prospects of forming a new coalition – vital to get IMF loan talks back on track – were thrown into fresh doubt on Tuesday (29 March), after Yulia Tymoshenko demanded the inclusion of her Fatherland Party in the new government. …read more Source:...
Latvia shuts down Russian ‘propaganda’ website Sputnik
Latvia shut down the local website of Russia’s foreign news channel Sputnik on Tuesday (30 March), calling the state media outlet a “propaganda tool” and questioning the credibility of its reporting on the Ukraine conflict. …read more Source:...
