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Kyiv, Brussels sign association agreement on Ukraine`s participation in Euratom Program
Ukraine`s government and the European Atomic Energy Community signed an agreement on Ukraine`s associated participation in Euratom Research and Training Program 2014-2018, an UaPosition correspondent reported.The agreement was signed in Brussels by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin and European Commissioner for Research, Science and...
Italy, Netherlands propose split U.N. Security Council seat for 2017-18 – Reuters
Italy and The Netherlands proposed on Tuesday splitting a two-year term on the United Nations Security Council after the U.N. General Assembly was deadlocked on which to choose following five rounds of voting for the final 2017/18 seat, Reuters reports.The 193-member General Assembly elected Sweden, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia and Bolivia on Tuesday to...
WSJ: Merkel says EU will extend Russian sanctions over Ukraine crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed Tuesday night that the European Union would extend economic sanctions against Russia, according to The Wall Street Journal.Citing an agreed cease-fire in Ukraine that has never gotten off the ground, Ms. Merkel said that she and French President Francois Hollande made clear to EU leaders in Brussels ”that...
Militants attack Ukraine 51 times in last day, use grenade launchers in Donetsk sector
The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 51 times in the past 24 hours, including 24 times in the Donetsk sector, 24 times in the Mariupol sector, and thrice in the Luhansk sector, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters.”In the Donetsk sector, the enemy...
Oil prices rise on Norway strike threat, Brexit shock fades
Oil rose on Wednesday as financial traders poured money back into commodities following the initial shock of Britain`s vote to leave the European Union, and as a potential strike in Norway and crisis in Venezuela threatened to cut supply, Reuters reported.Brent crude futures were trading at $48.84 per barrel at 0422 GMT, up 26 cents from their...
IS behind Istanbul airport attack that killed 36 – Turkish PM
Findings point to Islamic State responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on Istanbul`s main international airport that killed 36 people and wounded many more on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said, according to Reuters.”According to assessments so far, 36 people have lost their lives and there were also many wounded,” Yildirim...
Now Is Not the Time to Scrap the Minsk Agreement
A Reply to David J. Kramer Editor’s Note: On June 22, Ambassador John Herbst and David J. Kramer debated whether we should bury the Minsk agreement, the troubled ceasefire agreement in Ukraine, at an Atlantic Council event in Washington, DC. Their remarks have been adapted from the debate.Ukraine’s discussion of the war with Russia...
It’s Time to Scrap Minsk
Editor’s Note: On June 22, Ambassador John Herbst and David Kramer debated whether we should bury the Minsk agreement, the troubled ceasefire agreement in Ukraine, at an Atlantic Council event in Washington, DC. Their remarks have been adapted from the debate.The Minsk ceasefire agreement, signed February 15, 2015, by the leaders of Russia,...
Poroshenko names condition for decentralization amendments vote to be held
Petro Poroshenko will address the Parliament in relation to the vote in the second reading on the amendments to the Constitution in terms of decentralization only when security conditions are met in Donbas, the Ukrainian president said when speaking in the Rada June 28 at a special meeting on Constitution Day.”Determining the sequence of steps on...
Explosions, gunfire rock Ataturk airport in Istanbul
At least two explosions and gunfire have rocked Istanbul`s Ataturk international airport, with reports of ”multiple” people injured, according to BBC.Gunfire was directed from an airport car park, according to a witness quoted by Reuters news agency, BBC reports.Taxis were ferrying wounded people from the airport, the witness added.In December, a...