EU agrees 1.8 billion euros for Ukraine, to consider more


  • World
  • Tuesday, 27 Jan 2015

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to loan Ukraine 1.8 billion euros (1.33 billion pounds) to help save it from bankruptcy, leaving open the option of increasing aid at a later stage.

Diplomats at the meeting in Brussels said several EU governments including Britain pushed for as much as 2.6 billion euros in medium-term loans for this year and 2016.

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