Luxembourg 24.06.2024 Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova (pictured) underscored that “it is useless to hope for the commitment of the EU authorities in Brussels to its international legal obligations” Subsequently Moscow has developed and would announce retaliatory measures following the restrictions on access to Russian media in the European Union, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria…
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EU: Ukraine on top of diplomatic agenda
Luxembourg 24.06.2024 The ongoing Foreign Affairs Council is going to reflect upon a waste agenda of the international issues. “On the table – first, as always – [is] Ukraine. After the Summit [for Peace in Ukraine] in Switzerland, where a diplomatic track has been opened. And the answer from Putin travelling to North Korea, travelling…
EU aims at Russia revenue capacity
Brussels 24.06.2024 The EU Council’s adopted the 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The new package responds to the needs and findings on the ground, and tackles enforcement issues. As the Russian aggression against Ukraine continues, the EU remains determined to keep acting to further reduce Russia’s sources of revenue and capacity to wage war….
EU: 14th package of anti-Russia sanctions
Brussels 20.06.2024 Today the European Union agreed to endorse a new package of sanctions against Russia, targeting for the first time supplies of liquefied natural gas (LNG), which several member states continue to purchase despite the war in Ukraine. The new set of sanctions represent the 14th package enforced since February 2022 and appear just…
G7: Russian assets to fund Ukraine
Brindisi, Italy 13.06.2024 The assembly of Seven leaders have reached an informal agreement to loan money to Ukraine backed by the profits from frozen Russian assets, the U.S . unnamed official confirmed to CNN channel. “There was shared recognition here in Puglia by every G7 member that the situation on the battlefield remains difficult, and…
NATO push to extend military operations
Brussels 30.05.2024 Today NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg insisted at the opening of a meeting of the Alliance’s foreign ministers to let Ukraine use Western weapons to strike military targets inside Russian territory, a position appreciated by Kyiv but opposed by Biden administration so far. The two-day meeting in Czech capital, Prague, was organised to…
EU extends Russia sanctions list
Brussels 27.05.2024 The Council today established a new framework for restrictive measures against those responsible for serious human rights violations or abuses, repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and undermining democracy and the rule of law in Russia. The decision to establish this new sanctions’ regime is part of the EU’s response to the…
EU diplomats engage in discussion on Middle East
Brussels 26.05.2024 The Foreign Affairs Council will take place on Monday May 27, it will be chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. The top priority issue will remain the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The EU Foreign Affairs Ministers will discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine, after an…
EU Council approves use of Russian assets
Brussels 21.05.2024 Extraordinary revenues generated by immobilised Russian assets: Council greenlights the use of net windfall profits to support Ukraine’s self-defence and reconstruction. (Image above: illustration) In the light of Russia’s continued war of aggression against Ukraine, the Council today adopted a set of legal acts ensuring that the net profits stemming from unexpected and…
EU celebrates anniversary of Enlargement
Brussels 01.05.2024 “Twenty years ago, the European family embraced ten new Member States, a bold step that further reunified Europe, after decades of divisions following World War II. It was the biggest wave of enlargement of the EU. It was a reunification of a continent striving for freedom of all people, peace, stability and prosperity”…
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