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Worldwide markets spike on prospects of Greece deal
Global shares hit their highest since September and the euro firmed yesterday with investors cautiously optimistic euro zone finance ministers would reach a deal to shore up Greece’s dwindling finances. ||| Nigel Stephenson LondonGLOBAL shares hit their highest since September and the euro firmed yesterday with investors cautiously...
Europe fights Jewish migration call
European leaders rejected calls from the Israeli prime minister for a mass immigration of the continent’s Jews, urging unity instead. ||| Paris – Despite desecrated Jewish graves in France and a deadly attack at a synagogue in Copenhagen, European leaders on Monday rejected calls from the Israeli prime minister for a mass immigration...
Klimkin denied that Bulgarians in Ukraine were being forced into fighting with pro-Russian terrorists
On February 16, 2015, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin visited Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov. Ukrainian and Bulgarian Foreign Ministers talked about the conflict situation in Donbas and about fake information from the Russian-language media that ethnic Bulgarians in Ukraine were forced by government into fighting with...
Lithuanian Foreign Minister states there is a need in new sanctions and further isolation of Russia
On February 16, 2015, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius states that Russia is not holding the Minsk agreements. That’s why there must be found new way to pressure Russian Federation, writes the Minister on his official Twitter: Unfortnly,predictns were right.#RU has no will& intention2 hold truce.Last day> t 100...
EU resumes direct aid to Zimbabwe
The European Union has given Zimbabwe financial aid for the first time since imposing sanctions in 2002. ||| Harare – The European Union has given Zimbabwe 234 million euros, it said on Monday, the first time the bloc has given financial aid to the southern African nation’s government since imposing sanctions in 2002. The 28-nation EU...
Ukraine truce threatened by fighting
A shaky new truce in Ukraine was already at risk on its second day on Monday as Kiev said there were persistent rebel attacks. …read more Source:...
The telephone conversation between leaders of ‘Normandy Four’
On February 15, 2015, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and French President Francois Hollande held a telephone conversation in the Normandy format about the Minsk agreements. As it is known from the Ukrainian President’s official website, the European leaders discussed...
Jews urged to leave Europe after attack
Benjamin Netanyahu has called for European Jews to come to Israel, “the only place where Jews can truly feel safe”. ||| Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for the “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following a deadly shooting near Copenhagen’s main synagogue, renewing a blunt...
Jews urged to leave Denmark after attack
PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that at a time of rising anti-Semitism in Europe, Israel is the only place where Jews can truly feel safe. ||| Jerusalem – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for the “massive immigration” of European Jews to Israel following a deadly shooting near Copenhagen’s main synagogue, renewing a blunt...
Ukraine rebels disavow ceasefire
Ukraine’s rebels said that the new truce did not apply to the town where most fighting has taken place in recent weeks. ||| Donetsk/Artemivsk, Ukraine – Ukraine’s rebels disavowed a new truce on Sunday hours after it took effect, saying it did not apply to the town where most fighting has taken place in recent weeks. Guns fell...