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  • EU expands ‘black list’ of Russians and cancels EU-Russia summit in June

    Date: 2014-03-21 08:22:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:21 - ID:621754

    MOSCOW, March 21(MENA) - The European Union has expanded the list of Russians banned from entering the EU countries from 21 to 33. The financial assets of the people from the ‘black list’ will be frozen if found in European banks. The decision about ....

  • Ukraine not to get discount on gas after Crimea join Russia

    Date: 2014-03-21 07:29:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:621629

    MOSCOW, March 21 (MENA) - Russian President's Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Ukraine will not get a discount on the imported Russian gas price after joining of Crimea to Russia. It is not possible to apply the discount legally or in ....

  • Russian minister tells US: No plans to enter eastern Ukraine

    Date: 2014-03-21 07:12:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:621633

    MOSCOW, March 21 (MENA) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says he has received official assurances that Russian troops massed near Ukraine have no plans to cross the border, the VOA reported. A Pentagon spokesman said Hagel spoke Wednesday for ....

  • Hollande says planned EU-Russia summit cancelled because of Ukraine crisis

    Date: 2014-03-20 16:10:11 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:113 - ID:621001

    PARIS, March 20 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande has said a planned EU-Russia summit has been cancelled because of the Ukraine crisis, the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Saying events in Ukraine and Crimea were "unacceptable," ....

  • Ban Ki-moon voices concern over situation in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-03-20 15:36:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:108 - ID:621007

    MOSCOW, March 20 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern about the latest events in Ukraine and Russia during his meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, The Voice of Russia reported. Ban Ki-moon said that as the UN ....

  • Egypt to partake in nuclear security summit in The Hague

    Date: 2014-03-20 15:04:01 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:103 - ID:620928

    CAIRO, March 20 (MENA) - Egypt will participate in the 3rd Nuclear Security Summit 2014 (NSS) which will be held in The Hague, Netherlands, on March 24-25. The Egyptian delegation will be led by Deputy Foreign Minister for African Affairs Hamdy ....

  • Egypt partakes in UNSC reform talks

    Date: 2014-03-20 14:38:30 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:93 - ID:620931

    CAIRO, March 20 (MENA) – Egypt participated in the intergovernmental negotiations on the United Nation Security Council reform held in New York. Egypt's permanent delegate to the UN Moataz Ahmadeen Khalil delivered Egypt's address to the ....

  • Chief of Russian General Staff, SACEUR discuss situation in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-03-20 10:11:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:620151

    MOSCOW, March 20 (MENA) - Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), General Philip Breedlove called Chairman of the Russian Army General Staff, Colonel-General Valery Gerasimov on Thursday to discuss the situation in Ukraine, the Russian Defence ....

  • Ukraine plans to withdraw troops from Russia-occupied Crimea

    Date: 2014-03-20 09:54:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:620202

    NEW YORK, March 20 (MENA) - Bowing to the reality of the Russian military occupation of Crimea a day after Russia announced it was annexing the disputed peninsula, the Ukrainian government said on Wednesday that it had drawn up plans to evacuate all ....

  • UK looks forward to improving ties with Iran: Hague

    Date: 2014-03-20 09:34:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:620133

    LONDON, March 20 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said the UK seeks to enhance its relations with the Islamic Republic, Press TV reported Thursday. “This is something our two governments have been working over the last few ....

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