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Ukrainian agricultural exports to the EU grew by 15%
Ukraine’s agricultural product exports to the EU increased by 15.3% in the first quarter of this year. The Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine on European Integration, Vladyslava Rutytskaya, posted this on her Facebook page.
"This list was good news to start the work week with. For the first quarter, Ukrainian agricultural product exports to the EU grew by 15.3 per cent," she wrote. According to her, it is an additional $155 million to improve Ukraine’s trade balance.
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Media: EU countries could be fined for lifting sanctions against Russia
Despite the attitude of European businesses toward the anti-Russian sanctions, EU leaders will not dare to remove them because they fear punitive measures by the United States, Wirtschaftswoche reported.
It is becoming increasingly difficult for the German government to persuade other EU countries to extend the anti-Russian sanctions. For example, Hungary and Greece were initially skeptical about this, but now Austria and Italy are demanding the sanctions to be eased, the German newspaper …
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Report on Russian crimes in the Donbas was submitted to The Hague
The report on the Russian crimes committed in the Donbas region in 2014 was handed over to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
This was reported by Małgorzata Gosiewska, a Deputy of the Polish Sejm and the Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the Lower House of the Polish Parliament on Foreign Affairs on her Facebook page
"Evidence of Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine was presented. Details will follow," Gosiewska wrote.
Earlier Gosiewska stated that this report has an open …
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Poroshenko tells Tusk that the situation in the Donbas is deteriorating
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko held a telephone conversation with European Council President Donald Tusk, during which Poroshenko explained the deterioration of the situation in the Donbas as well as human rights abuses in the Crimea, Krym.Realii reported.
"The head of state informed [Tusk] of the continuing deterioration of the situation in the Donbas because of provocation of pro-Russian militants, as well as the increase of human rights abuses in the occupied Crimea. The President …
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EU sets conditions for the provision of 600 million Euros to Kiev
The European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, stated on the 21st of April that the European Union has expressed its readiness to provide the second tranche of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine. It is about 600 million Euros. At the same time, he stressed that Ukraine has to fulfill certain conditions in order to receive the money.
According to Hahn, it is first necessary to make every effort in the fight against corruption, in …
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European Commission submits proposal for visa-free travel for Ukrainian citizens
On April 20th, the official spokesperson for the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, stated in Brussels that the European Commission (EC) officially proposed the cancellation of the visa requirements for Ukraine, TASS reported.
“Today, the European Commission proposed a visa-free policy for Ukrainian citizens,” he said.
This proposal, which was submitted despite the results of the referendum in the Netherlands, must be approved by the majority of the EU member states and the European …
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Die Welt: The EU wants to limit visa-free regimes with Turkey and Ukraine
The EU wants to adopt a special agreement on visa-free travel to Turkey, which could be cancelled in case Ankara fails to comply with agreements on refugees. Such rules might be applied to the agreements with Ukraine, Welt am Sonntag wrote.
Scheduled for late July, the visa-free regime between the EU and Turkey will probably not have an unlimited nature. In the case of Ankara, unlike the current practice, the EU plans to conclude a special agreement on visa liberalization. This was requested …
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Polish Foreign Minister: Russia poses a larger threat to Europe than the so-called Islamic State
According to Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, Russia poses a larger threat to Europe than the so-called Islamic State. Waszczykowski stated this at an international security conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, Glavnoe reported.
According to him, Russia is a threat to the very existence of Europe, because "these actions can destroy the state."
When asked about the danger of the so-called Islamic State, the Polish Foreign Minister said that it was a very serious concern, but “this …
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EU condemns ban of Crimean Tatar Mejlis
The European External Action Service called the decision of the "prosecutoress" of Crimea an "attack on the rights of the Crimean Tatars."
The European External Action Service condemned the decision made by Natalia Poklonskaya on the suspension of the Mejlis activities, as stated on the official website of the Service on Thursday. Particularly, it was stated that the decision of Poklonskaya "constitutes a grave attack on the rights of the Crimean Tatars. The decision, taken in the context of …
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Head of Estonian Security Police: Russia wants to divide the EU
According to the Director General of the Security Police of Estonia, Arnold Sinisalu, Russia is trying to split the European Union, as written in his Preface to the Department’s Annual Report for 2015, RIA Novosti reported."The armed conflict in Ukraine started in 2014. Russia keeps trying to split the European Union and until the territorial integrity of Ukraine is restored, the security of Europe is not ensured," Sinisalu said.The Director of the Security Police notes that the EU is now …