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Trump in hot water over Putin embrace
Donald Trump’s extraordinary embrace of Russian President Vladimir Putin has put his campaign on the defensive for a second straight day, coming after the Republican nominee praised the Kremlin strongman and appeared in an interview on a TV network backed by Moscow. Trump’s warm words for Putin have raised the hackles of fellow...
Post-Coup Turkey and Its Implications for South Caucasus
After several years of European attempt to locate the three South Caucasian countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, within a common framework, policies of these neighbouring states have become more distant to each other. Currently, the strategic region on the crossroads of Europe, Asia and the Middle East, finds itself in a situation where...
Germany and Turkey: not friends, but allies
BERLIN — Germany’s diplomatic priority these days isn’t to quell tensions in Ukraine or broker another cease-fire in Syria. Instead, it is focused on another intractable diplomatic headache: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s wounded pride. Hanging in the balance is Germany’s relationship with a key NATO ally — and...
Half of Dutch EU referendum cash must be paid back
Nearly €500,000 in grants handed out by the Dutch government ahead of an April referendum on an EU-Ukraine deal will have to be paid back, it said Wednesday. A special committee, set up to deal with the funding, said that half of the money handed out to individuals and organizations ahead of the April 6 referendum could not be justified. The...
Spanish ex-minister linked to Panama Papers drops World Bank bid
José Manuel Soria, Spain’s former industry minister, has withdrawn his nomination to be his country’s representative at the World Bank, over links to the Panama Papers scandal, Reuters reported Tuesday. Soria, who resigned in April after he was linked to an offshore company that appeared in the documents that shed light on possible...
Five reasons Hillary could be blowing it
Everybody who has ever worked for Hillary Clinton, covered her, supported her with clutched rosary and gnarled innards through the darkest days — or even watched her with educated interest from afar — knew this moment would come. With two months to go before the presidential election, a major poll released this morning (CNN/ORC) revealed that the...
MEPs back visa-free travel for Georgians
The small Caucasian republic could get an EU visa waiver before its parliamentary elections in October. Kosovo, Turkey and Ukraine are also on the list, but may have to wait longer. …read more Source:...
Viktor Orbán’s vision of a bigger, looser Europe
BUDAPEST — In the two years since the speaker of the Hungarian national assembly ordered the EU flag removed from the parliament building on the banks of the Danube, diplomatic affairs between Budapest and Brussels have hardly improved. Hungary has clashed with the rest of the bloc over asylum seekers. The EU has withheld funding over concerns...
Clinton suggests Russia working to elect Trump
HAMPTON, Illinois — Hillary Clinton on Monday expressed “a very serious” concern about Russia’s apparent tampering with the U.S. election, implying that Vladimir Putin and the “adversarial foreign power” he governs are actively trying to elect Donald Trump. “I’m really concerned about the credible reports about Russian government...
Additions to the EU transparency register (August 7-September 3)
Over the month of August, 201 new organizations signed up in the joint transparency register of the European Commission and the European Parliament. New entries include. 1lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy-Centrum BIOCEV A3C Consulting Aids Hilfe Wien Amprion GmbH Angling Trust Animals’ Angels e.V. Anitox Ltd. UK APS Cittadini ASOCIACION...
