Friday, 16 December: EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions, Aleppo evacuation effort restarts, EU offers millions to Niger to curb migration
⊂ EUROPE ⊃ EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions: Leaders of the EU’s member states agreed on Thursday to extend the bloc’s main economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine for six months until mid-2017. The formal process to extend the sanctions on Russia’s defense, energy and financial sectors will take place early […]