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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 …
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Media: The EU could extend sanctions against Russia next week
The European Union member countries will decide on the extension of anti-Russian sanctions early next week.
According to a high-ranking EU official in Brussels, this will be done “in accordance with the proposal of the President of France, François Hollande, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.”
As was confirmed by TASS, citing a source in the German Government, sanctions will likely be extended immediately after the meeting. “If the leaders make this decision, it will be possible to extend …
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Merkel: Sanctions against Russia should be extended
Before her meeting with French President François Holland in Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the EU's economic sanctions against Russia should be extended, Reuters reports.
According to her, the sanctions should be extended due to a lack of progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
"Although we would have wished for a better progress in the implementation of the agreement, the lack of it is what causes the need to extend sanctions against Russia," Merkel said. …
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EU allocated an additional 4 million euro for humanitarian assistance in eastern Ukraine
The European Commission has allocated 4 million euro of additional immediate assistance in response to urgent humanitarian needs in eastern Ukraine, as was stated by the press service of the EU representative in Ukraine.
Thus, the total amount of humanitarian assistance provided by the EU in 2016 in response to the crisis, will reach 26.4 million euro.
"The humanitarian aspects of the crisis in eastern Ukraine remain a priority issue for our program," Christos Stylianides, Commissioner for …
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US, EU and Canada urged Ukraine to conduct independent verification of e-declarations
The United States, the European Union, and Canada welcome the steps taken by Ukraine towards anti-corruption reforms and call for further reforms, in particular, for an independent and reliable verification of electronic declarations, as was said in a joint statement by the Embassy of Canada, the United States of America, and the representative of the European Union on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day.
“We welcome the impressive steps made after the Revolution of Dignity, …
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Mogherini: Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a flagrant violation of the OSCE principles
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, once again stressed that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is a violation of the OSCE principles and international law, as she stated during the 23rd meeting of Ministers of the OSCE countries in Hamburg.
"Russia’s illegal annexation of the Crimea and actions intended to destabilize eastern Ukraine are flagrant violations of OSCE principles and international law," Mogherini noted.
She also said that the …