The Council of the EUÂ announced today that it has agreed to renew the EU sanctions against Russia for a further six months until 31 January 2016. The implementing legislation has yet to be published.
The Council of the EU announced today that it has agreed to renew the EU sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol until 23 June 2016, and reemphasised in the press release that the EU continues to condemn the illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol to Russia. The implementing legislation has yet to be published.
The European Council has just announced that it has extended its asset freezing provisions for three of the four persons targeted by measures applying until 6 June 2015. The measures are prolonged by nine months for two of the persons targeted and by four months for the third. This decision was taken in the light of ongoing judicial proceedings in Ukraine to which these persons are subject. EU restrictive measures focusing on the freezing and recovery of…
On May 29, 2015, the US Government announced Cuba’s removal from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (the “SST List”), five months after President Obama instructed Secretary of State John Kerry to reevaluate Cuba’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. We reported on the US Government’s process of reevaluating Cuba’s inclusion on the SST List in our blog post of April 16, 2015. A 45-day period for the US Congress to review the…