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Events at, and subsequent to, the last Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius caused shock (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

EU to deepen ties with former Soviet states

EU states are to launch free trade with Ukraine - the centrepiece of the “Eastern Partnership” - in January despite Russian objections.

They plan to say at a summit in Riga on 21 May that “the provisional application of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) with Ukraine will start on 1 January 2016” and that “implementation” of the pact, as well as similar treaties with Georgia and Moldova, “will be a top priority of the EU and the partners concerned for the coming years”....

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Events at, and subsequent to, the last Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius caused shock (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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