Europe News EU extends first set of Russian sanctions EU foreign affairs ministers on Thursday agreed to extend sanctions against Russian officials and pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine. The measures 29 January 2015
France Council of Europe suspends Russian voting rights over Ukraine Russia has had a ban on its right to vote at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) The chamber said it was in condemnation of 29 January 2015
Poland Poland snubs Putin over Auschwitz anniversary Russian President Vladimir Putin is not expected to attend Holocaust commemorations in Poland later this month as he apparently hasn’t been invited 13 January 2015
Ukraine Ukraine as it happened: Moscow start talks with Kyiv under US and EU threats of sanctions 4 March 2014