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US Treasury Department expanded sanctions on Russia
The US expanded sanctions against Russia imposed in relation to the Crimean Peninsula and to Moscow's policy in the east of Ukraine. According to a report published on Tuesday, December 20th, on the website of the US Treasury, seven more individuals and more than 20 companies were included in the sanctions list.
Individuals who were included on the sanctions list were businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has close business ties with the Russian Ministry of Defense and the managers of the banks …
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Poland appealed the European Court’s decision to increase Gazprom’s pipeline access
The Polish government appealed to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg due to the decision to increase access of Gazprom to the key gas pipeline OPAL, which links Nord Stream with Germany. The European Commission adopted this decision in late October, Polskie Radio reported on December 18, with reference to the official representative of Polish Foreign Ministry, Joanna Wajda.
The decision of Brussels was heavily criticized by Warsaw. The Polish administration stated that it recognizes a …
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Ukraine signed cross-border cooperation agreements with four EU countries
During the third meeting of the EU-Ukraine Association Council, Ukraine signed cross-border cooperation agreements with four neighboring countries of the EU, Evropeyskaya Pravda reported.
Stepan Kubiv, who is both the First Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine, signed the draft agreement on behalf of the Ukrainian side, and the European Commission's Director General for the European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Christian …
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EU security services collectively strive to prevent hackers from influencing elections
On the 18th of December, the German President of the Federal Office for Security and Information Technology (BSI), Arne Schoenbohm, stated in an interview with Welt am Sonntag that the security services of European countries exchange information in order to prevent the intervention of hackers into elections that will take place in a number of EU Member States in 2017.
The cyberattack on the IT systems of the Bundestag in Spring 2015, and an attempt to hack party servers, have given rise to a …
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Ukraine and the European Union will sign 10 agreements at Association Council meeting
Ukraine and the European Union will sign 10 agreements at the meeting of the Association Council that will take place on the 19th of December.
“Of course, we will discuss prospects at the meeting. Approximately 10 agreements will be signed. These agreements will be aimed at the further implementation of reform processes in Ukraine. In particular, an agreement on the reform of public administration will be signed… Also, the signing of funding agreements regarding cross-border cooperation will …
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Poland appeals the decision of the European Commission to expand Gazprom's access to the Opal pipeline
Poland has appealed to the European Court of Justice over a European Commission decision to expand Gazprom's access to the Opal pipeline. This was stated by the Polish Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Joanna Wajda, Gazeta Prawna reported.
According to her, the decision of the EC leads to a concentration of supplies in a single source, which is contrary to the principle of diversification.
"According to Poland, this situation threatens the security of gas supplies to the EU, and particularly in …
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Italy has blocked the extension of sanctions against Russia
At the EU summit in Brussels, Italy blocked the attempt to extend sanctions against Russia for one year. Rome was also against the extension of sanctions for alleged crimes committed by Russia in Syria.
This was confirmed by the participants of the summit.
"We had a discussion, which, fortunately, ended without considering the option that would be, in my opinion, erroneous. That is to respond to the situation in Syria and Aleppo with the EU sanctions against Russia", the Prime Minister of …
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The European Union has accepted The Hague’s proposed compromise to EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
The resolution requested by the Netherlands on the introduction of additions to the text of EU-Ukraine Association Agreement was adopted at the European Union Summit, which took place on December 15 in Brussels. In the resolution, agreed upon at the Summit, the European Union legislatively entrenched the provision that Ukraine will not be granted EU candidate country status concurrent with the signing of the Association Agreement.
The majority of voters in the referendum that was held in early …
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Russian Ambassador to the EU: Moscow is ready pursue military cooperation with Europe
Russia's Ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, stated in an interview with Die Welt that Moscow is open to holding intensive mutual dialogue with the European Union on key foreign policy issues and that it is ready for military cooperation.
“It is possible to imagine that the Russian Army can participate in the operations of the European Union,” the diplomat stated. According to him, Moscow and Brussels are already closely cooperating in missions against pirates in Somalia, operations in the …
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Lithuanian President: The EU has already decided to extend sanctions against Russia
Accordingly to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, the European Union has already agreed to extend sanctions against Russia which are due to expire on January 31st, 2017, TASS reported.
Upon her arrival at the EU summit in Brussels, Grybauskaite stated, "All member states understand that it is inevitable [the extension of sanctions]."
"The written procedure is already in place," she noted.
According to Russia’s ambassador to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, "This simple story has …