Section: European Voice (EU)
Chicken Kiev baron on course for big EU trade win
Ukraine has unexpectedly come out on top in a spat with Brussels over a special type of chicken import that has infuriated Europe’s poultry farmers. Two people following the case said Brussels and Kiev had reached a provisional deal that Ukraine will be allowed to ramp up its exports of prime chicken breasts to the EU, despite farmers...
EU Confidential episode 90, presented by Naftogaz of Ukraine: Twitter replies — Syria conference — AKK’s answer
Nick Pickles, Twitter’s senior policy strategist, is our main guest in the brand-new episode of POLITICO’s EU Confidential podcast. He responds to heated criticism of Twitter’s handling of free expression, misogyny, disinformation and transparency. “Increasingly, problems have tech components, but often societal problems...
Manafort sentence reaches 7.5 years in Mueller case
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort’s prison sentence was upped to seven-and-a-half years on Wednesday morning, bringing an end to Robert Mueller’s most public legal battle and capping a spectacular fall for the globe-trotting GOP consultant and former chairman of the Trump campaign. It’s the longest sentence by far for anyone ensnared...
Poroshenko isn’t the West’s ‘last hope’ for Ukraine
The recent opinion piece “Why the West loves Poroshenko again” (March 8) is disappointingly one-sided. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is not the “last hope” for Ukraine’s future. If other candidates win, the country will not necessarily fall prey to the influence of Russian President Vladimir Putin. If Poroshenko — who projects...
The week that could reveal Mueller’s end-game
Buckle up: The next five days could reveal how the Mueller probe will play out. Paul Manafort will know how long he’ll be serving in prison, closing the book on special counsel Robert Mueller’s most visible legal fight. Roger Stone will know his trial date, putting a timeline on when the public will get more details about his alleged...
Study: violence against women widespread in Eastern Europe
Seventy percent of women in eight Eastern European countries have experienced sexual harassment, stalking, domestic abuse or other types of violence since the age of 15, according to a study published on Wednesday. Psychological violence, such as controlling or abusive behaviour, is the most widespread form of domestic violence reported in the...
The woman taking on sports’ old boys’ club
VIENNA — If the sports world’s reformers were to pick the next head of the global anti-doping regulator, chances are they would choose Linda Helleland. As vice president of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the Norwegian politician has been a harsh critic of what she describes as an insular, old-boys’-club culture in sports governance —...
Sleaze scandals stalk Ukraine campaign
KIEV — It’s certainly not how Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko expected to kick off his final month of campaigning. Last week, just over a month before Ukrainians head to the polls on March 31 to choose a new president, journalists uncovered an embezzlement scandal involving military hardware that cost taxpayers millions of dollars. The...
US lawmakers probe Trump’s ties with Deutsche Bank
House Democrats are planning to cross one of President Donald Trump’s red lines: investigating his personal finances. With special counsel Robert Mueller expected to wind up his work soon, Democrats are launching an investigation to discover why Deutsche Bank was willing to lend the Trump Organization money when other banks wouldn’t...
May and Merkel talk Brexit, no sign of breakthrough
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — Theresa May and Angela Merkel held a fresh round of Brexit talks at the EU-Arab League summit Monday — without any new breakthrough emerging. Over breakfast, the U.K. prime minister and German chancellor discussed the latest Brexit developments, with Merkel pressing May on claims in the British press that the U.K. may...
