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Moscow will extend its embargo on European Union agricultural products but is unlikely to go further if the EU extends sanctions as expected, economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev said June 18.

The cost of violence around the world reached a record $14.3 trillion in 2014, equivalent to the combined economies of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, a global security report said on June 17. 

The Bulgarian men's national volleyball team defeated on Saturday Canada with 3:2 and recorded a fourth consecutive victory in Pool C of the FIVB World League.

Bulgaria lost the first set with 20-25, but managed to equalise the score by winning the second with 25-19.

Romanian tennis player Marius Copil on Wednesday advanced to the quarter-finals of the men's singles event of the 537,050-euro ATP grass tournament in s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, after defeating Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, the 4th favourite, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Overseas markets bring in more advertising revenue than the United States for Facebook Inc, amounting to 51 percent of global ad sales in the first quarter, with growth in Asia the fastest in the world at 57 percent, company executives told Reuters.

Croatia's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday rejected Russian claims that aggressive Croatian nationalism had forced about 30,000 Orthodox believers to switch to the Catholic religion in the last two decades.

FIFA postponed the bidding process for the 2026 World Cup due to the alleged financial irregularities surrounding the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.

FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke said that it was a "nonsense" to begin the process in the current climate, the BBC reports.

A new survey shows that Americans are less willing than Europeans to send economic aid to Ukraine, where the government is struggling to keep the economy afloat while battling Russian-backed separatists.
     

Prime Minister Victor Ponta said Tuesday evening that the same day he met ambassadors of EU member states as well as diplomatic representatives of the US and Canada in Bucharest to introduce his opinion on the current political state in Romania, adding that he was joined in his meetings by the chairs of the two chambers of Romania's Parliament.

Last week’s defiant words from the leftist SYRIZA government gave way to a more diplomatic mood on Monday, as Greek leadership tried to “mend fences” with European partners.
The developments came as G7 host Angela Merkel warned that time was running out to free-up cash left over in a second bailout package and avoid any risk of a Greek default.