Ukraine–European Union relations

The Heads of State or Government of the EU member states and Turkey will meet in Brussels on Sunday to discuss measures on managing the ongoing migration crisis.

The summit, which was convened by European Council President Donald Tusk, is expected to mark an important step in the relations between the EU and Turkey.

Russia's plans to extend its gas link to Germany run counter to European Union interests and risk further destabilizing Ukraine, 10 European governments said in a letter to the European Commission that called for a summit-level debate on the issue.

Bulgaria's bid to join the EU's Schengen borderless area and the increasing migratory pressure on Europe will be in the focus of a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva and Finland's Foreign Minister Timo Soini, the government in Sofia said on Tuesday.

The EU does not want to restore the visa regime for Serbia and western Balkan countries, said Eduard Kukan.

But the head of the European Parliament (EP) delegation for relations with Serbia added that the region's countries need to do all in their power to change the difficult situation with asylum seekers.

The EU on Aug. 4 announced a free trade deal ?in principle? with Vietnam aimed at removing nearly all tariffs on goods traded between the two countries.

?We have a deal,? EU Trade commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem announced as her office said it was ?an agreement in principle? in two and a half years of ?intense? negotiations for a free trade agreement.

An exiled former top ally of ousted Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych on August 3 launched a shadowy committee to "save" the war-torn country, pledging to bring down the current pro-Western government.

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Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko have agreed to resume flights between the capitals of their respective countries, media outlets report.

The development comes as President Plevneliev is on a visit to Kiev Tuesday and Wednesday, the first trip of a Bulgarian head of state to Ukraine in the past 12 years.

Moscow intends to extend the embargo imposed on European farm produce if the EU extends the sanctions against Russia.

EU representatives of 28 countries “unanimously” approved of the extension of economic sanctions on Russia until the 31st of January, 2016, yesterday, due to its role in the Ukraine crisis.

European parliament head Martin Schulz on June 2 said he was limiting access to the institution to the Russian ambassador to the EU and one other diplomat in retaliation for a travel ban imposed by Moscow on 89 European citizens -- many of them Kremlin critics.