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[Ticker] MEPs back visa freedom for Ukrainians
The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee (Libe) on Monday (26 September) backed a report on granting visa freedom to Ukrainian nationals within the Schengen area. The committee gave centre-right politician Mariya Gabriel the mandate to start negotiations with EU governments. Gabriel said that Ukraine had met the benchmarks set by...
The mystery of Donald Trump’s man in Moscow
In March, in a bold “Oh yeah?” moment during an interview with the Washington Post’s editorial board, Donald Trump took the paper’s dare and revealed, then and there, his very short list of foreign policy advisers. There were just five, though he said, “I have quite a few more.” The list was a head-scratcher, a random assortment of...
US warns ‘at least five’ EU states going soft on Russia
US vice-president Joe Biden has said “at least” five EU states are prepared to relax sanctions on Russia, while warning Ukraine to accelerate reforms. …read more Source:...
Joe Biden: Ukraine must reform or EU may lift Russia sanctions
Ukraine must make progress on promised economic and political reforms or the EU could backtrack on sanctions it imposed on Russia after the annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in 2014, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden warned on Wednesday, Reuters reported. “We know that if they give an excuse to the EU, there are at least five countries...
Hillary Clinton’s pivot to Europe
When Hillary Clinton resigned as U.S. secretary of state in 2013, Beijing wasn’t sorry to see her go. In her four years in office, the former first lady and senator had gained a reputation in China as a source of hostility in an administration that had otherwise tried to be accommodating. In particular, Clinton rankled Beijing by rallying...
[Ticker] Sanctions on Russia do not help, Cyprus says
EU sanctions on Russia over the war in eastern Ukraine “do not offer the chance for dialogue and problem resolution,” Cyprus president Anastasiades said in New York while meeting Russian foreign minister Lavrov. “On the contrary, they keep the parties apart … They automatically mean that a country on which sanctions are...
Latvian foreign minister says next US president must combat Russian aggression
NEW YORK — Regardless of who wins this November, the next U.S. president should stand united with Europe against Russian aggression, including Moscow’s interference in other countries’ elections, Latvia’s foreign minister said Monday. Edgars Rinkēvičs’ comments to POLITICO come as Americans face two stark choices in the...
Terror attacks complicate Obama’s refugee push
UNITED NATIONS — The New York-area hunt for an Afghan-born bombing suspect has cast a pall on this week’s gathering of international leaders at the U.N. General Assembly, a session U.S. President Barack Obama plans to use to rally support for helping the world’s refugees. Instead, the search Monday for 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami...
Russia’s election: Free sausages and fraud allegations
MOSCOW — Two years of economic recession, Western sanctions and wars in Ukraine and Syria haven’t shaken Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. Instead, Sunday’s election to the Russian state Duma saw the president’s United Russia party win a greater share of the vote than in 2011, with even less space in parliament for any real...
America’s relationships are on the line — no matter who wins
NEW YORK — All politics is geopolitical in this year’s presidential race — and top Democrats and Republicans fear that will reshape America’s relationships around the world no matter who wins. This week, the uncertain state of those relationships will be on full display in New York as the United Nations General Assembly gathers and...
