Brussels, 31/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 31 July, the Council of the European Union formally adopted the economic sanctions against Russia - which is blamed for destabilising the situation in Eastern Ukraine (see EUROPE 11132).
This decision gives legal value to the agreement reached in the Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) on 29 July - an agreement that was announced by European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José Manuel...