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Merkel: Sanctions against Russia over Ukraine must be extended
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday the EU should extend sanctions against Russia because of a lack of progress in eastern Ukraine and Moscow’s disregard of the ceasefire. EU sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy such as finance and energy were first imposed in July 2014 after Russia’s military action in...
Europe braces for Russian hacking in upcoming elections
European governments are bracing for cyber-meddling by Moscow in upcoming national elections in France, the Netherlands and Germany. Amid uproar in the United States over CIA findings that Russian hackers interceded in the election to help President-elect Donald Trump, a series of incidents in Europe have led to stark warnings by high-level...
Dutch aim to stop military and financial aid to Ukraine
Ukraine will not get financial or military support from the EU, according to a proposal that the Dutch government wants to discuss with EU leaders at a summit on Thursday. The proposed agreement “reaffirms cooperation with Ukraine in the fields of security†but “it does not contain an obligation for the Union...
Here’s what America needs to know about Trump and Russia
This weekend we finally learned the CIA’s professional conclusion about Russia’s involvement in our presidential elections: Russia hacked both the Democratic Party and the Clinton campaign, and the goal was to help Trump win. And the CIA isn’t out on a limb here: both the Director of National Intelligence, who...
EU drops talk of sanctions on Aleppo massacre
Aleppo reduced to “ashes”, Germany said, but no more EU sanctions in view on Russia or Syria. …read more Source:...
Conservative choices for Parliament presidency
The European People’s Party will choose its candidate for the presidency of the European Parliament from among four declared contenders in an internal election on Tuesday, as the largest group in the assembly tries to win back power after four years of Socialist leadership. The contest, triggered by the departure of Martin Schulz of...
[Agenda] First summit THIS WEEK for Italy’s new PM
This week’s EU summit in Brussels will feature debates on migration, counterterrorism, defence, Syria, Russia, and the EU-Ukraine treaty. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] EU-Georgia visa deal expected this week
Member states and MEPs will agree to grant visa-free travel to Georgians at a “trilogue” meeting, expected to take place on Wednesday, Slovak foreign minister Miroslav Lajcak said on Monday in Brussels. “We really see no obstacles” to clinching an agreement on the same day, he said. “They will get the visa-free...
Trump: Reports of Russian hacking ‘ridiculous’
President-elect Donald Trump called reports that the Russian government endeavored to help him win last month’s presidential election “ridiculous†and “just another excuse†in an interview that aired Sunday morning, once again questioning the intelligence community he will take charge of...
What it really means to be a ‘friend of Putin’
In June 2008, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson attended the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russia’s answer to Davos, its way of showing itself to the world as the kind of economic powerhouse that can attract executives like Rex Tillerson to its banquets. It was a key and very shaky moment for Russia. Vladimir Putin was bowing out after...
