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EU launches Mediterranean migrant military mission EU foreign ministers formally approved the launch of the first phase of a military operation to target people smugglers in the Mediterranean.

23 June 2015

New Eurogroup meeting on Greece Wednesday: EU's Tusk Eurozone finance ministers will meet again in a bid to reach a final bailout deal for Greece ahead of an EU leaders' summit the following day.

23 June 2015

EU prolongs Russian economic sanctions for six months: official EU foreign ministers formally agreed to prolong to January 2016 damaging economic sanctions against Russia to ensure it fully implements Ukraine peace accords.

22 June 2015

Faith, freedom and firebombs: Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai As one of Hong Kong's most outspoken democracy advocates, media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been on the receiving end of everything from rotten animal entrails to Molotov cocktails in the past 12 months.

22 June 2015

Athens says Europe 'doesn't need IMF' on eve of crunch summit Greece does not want any more help from the IMF, minister of state Nikos Pappas said on the eve of a summit.

22 June 2015

Hollande already in campaign mode two years ahead of election His ratings are still in the doldrums and the economy is still stagnant, yet French President Francois Hollande looks ever more determined to run for re-election two years from now.

22 June 2015

Strident Obama says gun control laws will change US President Barack Obama voiced confidence that a "shocked and heartbroken" nation would eventually tighten permissive gun laws.

20 June 2015

Russia 'open to world', will continue cooperation with West: Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country was open to the world and would cooperate with the West despite persistent tensions over the Ukraine crisis.

20 June 2015

Russia warns of retaliation for Yukos overseas asset freeze Moscow warned that state-linked foreign firms in Russia could be targeted for retaliation to the freezing of Russian official assets in Western Europe over legal claims from former Yukos shareholders.

20 June 2015

Grexit 'beginning of the end of the eurozone': Greek PM A Greek exit from the eurozone would be the beginning of the end of the single currency, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was quoted.

19 June 2015

EU to extend Russia sanctions to January 2016 EU member states agreed to extend damaging economic sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis by another six months to the end of January 2016.

19 June 2015

NATO flexes muscles in Poland war games NATO flexed its muscles in Poland during the first full drill of its new spearhead force, a structure designed to boost security on its eastern flank.

19 June 2015

IMF's Lagarde says Greece talks need 'adults in the room' IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned that a resolution to five months of tortuous debt talks with Greece required "adults in the room" in an apparent sideswipe at Greek officials.

19 June 2015

Ukraine parliament fires powerful security chief Ukraine's parliament fired the powerful head of the SBU state security service after he fell foul of President Petro Poroshenko and became embroiled in a conflict with the nation's chief prosecutor.

19 June 2015

Russia tries to shrug off crisis as West snubs investment forum Russian officials tried to play down fears about the country's economic crisis as tensions with the West over Ukraine cast a pall over its showcase investment forum.

19 June 2015

Russia to prolong embargo if EU extends sanctions: minister Moscow will extend its embargo on European Union agricultural products but is unlikely to go further if the EU extends sanctions as expected.

18 June 2015

Hungary to build border barrier as EU migrant crisis rages Hungary said it was building a four-metre (13-foot) high fence on its border with Serbia to keep out migrants.

18 June 2015

Greece's Tsipras calls Juncker, first time since last week: official Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker, their first contact on the stand-off over a bailout deal since last week.

18 June 2015

Russian clash with West a ruse to keep elite in power: dissident The Russia-Ukraine conflict has no short term solution and is part of a fabricated conflict with the West to distract everyday Russians from corruption and incompetence.

18 June 2015

Lithuania says can take in 250 refugees, migrants Lithuania said it has decided to resettle up to 250 Syrian refugees, migrants and asylum seekers transferred from Italy and Greece.

18 June 2015

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