Eurasia Press & News
Russia’s Ambassador to the EU has warned that the bloc will lose out by suspending long-delayed talks on a framework for new relations as retaliation for the military campaign in Georgia.
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September, 2008
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2 September
Energy reality weakens EU’s Russia criticism
Europe has agreed to help rebuild war-devastated Georgia, but rebuilding relations with Russia may take longer. EU leaders decided to put new partnership talks with Moscow on hold if Russian troops are not withdrawn from Georgia soon. President Sarkozy will go to Moscow next week to reinforce Europe’s position.
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2 September
Israelis guilty of Hebron killing
An Israeli court has convicted two border guards over the unlawful killing of a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank town of Hebron in 2002.
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2 September
Blair’s relative ‘stuck in Gaza’
Lauren Booth, human rights activist and sister-in-law of the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, has said she is being prevented from leaving Gaza.
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2 September
Russia says EU right to avoid sanctions
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia praised the European Union on Tuesday for taking a “responsible approach” to its conflict with Georgia by declining to impose sanctions on Moscow but said the EU had failed to understand its reasons for intervening.
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2 September
Police end Russia protest at media killing
NAZRAN, Russia (Reuters) – Police in the Russian region of Ingushetia used batons to break up an anti-government protest on Tuesday, a human rights campaigner said, two days after police shot dead an opposition leader.
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2 September
Iraq begins campaign to evict Baghdad squatters
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces began a push on Tuesday to evict people squatting in Baghdad homes that were abandoned by residents fleeing sectarian violence, a military spokesman said.
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2 September
Medvedev: EU summit was double-edged
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – The European Union’s rejection of sanctions on Russia is positive but it is disappointing the bloc does not understand the Kremlin’s motives in Georgia, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
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2 September
Ukraine defense faces dilemma after Georgia crisis
KIEV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defense sector has called for a big rise in funding for the military after Russia’s war with Georgia but its reliance on Russian supplies of weapons and parts poses a dilemma.
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2 September
Russia hopes positive agenda will prevail with U.S
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russia hopes the crisis in Georgia will not disrupt strategically important relations between the United States and Russia, a top Kremlin aide said on Tuesday.
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