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Fragile peace in Ukraine as new EU sanctions loom over Moscow

They’re training 10 to 15 hours every day, with the possibility of joining Ukrainian government troops’ fight against pro-Russian rebels. […]

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European Union

Most Europeans want Ukraine to join EU

Most Europeans say Ukraine should be invited to join the EU and want tougher sanctions on Russia, EUobserver reports. […]

Romas Sadauskas-Kvietkevičius
Opinion

Opinion: Tomaševski’s path from Polish identity to Putin‘s “Russian World”

You cannot even imagine how painful it is for a real dzūkas [south-east Lithuanian] to see reports about people in Žemaitija [west Lithuania] picking mushrooms by hundreds and asking what to do with such wealth, while our pine forests, growing on the mainland sand dunes, are dry and bare from the summer heat. Only on the day of St. Bartholomew were we blessed with some all-day rain; after that rain it will be finally possible to go mushroom hunting. […]

Commander of the Lithuanian Land Force Major General Almantas Leika
Defence

Lithuania to take part in international military exercise in Ukraine

Soldiers of the Lithuanian Land Force will take part in an international peace support operations exercise Rapid Trident 2014 at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre, Yavoriv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]

Herman Van Rompuy
European Union

EU sanctions on Russia stall

EU countries have adopted a new round of sanctions against Russia, but cannot agree when or whether to implement them, EUobserver reports. […]