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EU leaders invite Trump to Brussels
Juncker and Tusk invite Trump to EU capital “at earliest convenience”, mention climate change and Ukraine among top issues. …read more Source:...
The groan heard ′round the world
It was the groan heard ′round the world. While the American electorate was deeply divided over the White House race, those who have been obsessing about it overseas appeared to agree on at least one major point: the isolationist, nativist bent of Donald Trump’s campaign presented a mortal threat to relations with some of America’s...
Dutch MPs extend deadline on Ukraine deal
Parliament gives prime minister Mark Rutte until mid-December to find a compromise that takes into account voters’ rejection of an EU-Ukraine trade deal. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] EU adds six Crimea MPs to sanctions list
The European Union has added six members of the Russian parliament, the State Duma, to the blacklist of people who are “undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence”. All six were elected last September as representatives from Crimea, the Ukrainian region that was annexed by Russia in 2014. Those on...
[Ticker] Georgia’s Saakashvili quits Ukraine position
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili resigned as governor of the Ukrainian region of Odessa after 18 months. The controversial pro-Western politician accused Kiev of not being serious about tackling corruption, and hindering his efforts to reform. Saakashvili was appointed in May 2015. …read more Source:...
The 320 Europeans out to protect America’s elections
In a sparse, sunlit office just south of Dupont Circle in downtown Washington, with elections just 11 days ahead of them, an elite cadre of voting monitors is laying the groundwork for a national effort to document the fairness, and the legitimacy, of the most contentious American election in decades. Outside, on the campaign trail, Donald Trump...
Saakashvili quits Ukrainian post
KIEV – Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia who resurrected his political career as a regional governor in Ukraine, resigned on Monday, accusing Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko of “personally supporting” corruption. Spitting out his words in anger during a press conference, he lashed out at officials he said were impeding...
[Ticker] Dutch activists close in on Ceta referendum
Activists in the Netherlands have gathered almost two-thirds of the signatures needed to initiate a referendum on Europe’s free trade deal with Canada, Ceta. Under Dutch law, 300,000 signatures are enough to trigger an advisory vote on any bill passed by parliament. On Monday morning, 190,000 people had signed the Ceta petition. A Dutch...
Russia’s boom (farming) economy
The Kremlin claims it has won the sanctions war with the West — and points to the good news coming out of its agriculture sector. It is half right. When the West slapped sanctions on Russia in 2014 and Moscow retaliated with a trade embargo, the consensus was that Moscow was shooting itself in the foot by banning fresh produce from the EU. A...
Russia is preying on Bulgaria’s next president
Russia is the dominant topic as Bulgarians prepare to go to the polls to pick a new president. The two favorites to come out on top in Sunday’s presidential election are lobbying for the lifting of EU sanctions on Russia, while the sitting president warns of Moscow’s growing influence in the country. Tsetska Tsacheva, the candidate of...
