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Ukraine pilot deal poses questions on EU sanctions
Ukraine has said that the Kremlin is ready to free Nadia Savchenko, a captured pilot, in a symbolic exchange that could be tied to EU sanctions on Russia. …read more Source:...
Jean-Claude Juncker: ‘EU interferes too much’
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Tuesday that the EU has “lost its attractiveness” because it interferes too much in people’s lives. The EU is involved in “too many domains where member states are better placed to take action,” Juncker told members of national parliaments in a debate at the Council of Europe in...
Netherlands sticks with EU-Ukraine deal despite referendum No vote
Dutch MPs voted not to ditch the EU-Ukraine association agreement Tuesday, despite a referendum earlier this month at which more than 60 percent of voters opposed the deal. The non-binding April 6 referendum saw the Dutch overwhelmingly reject the agreement, which seeks to create closer economic and social ties between the EU and Ukraine. Only 32...
Russia and NATO meet at crossed purposes
NATO and Russia will hold their highest-level meeting in two years on Wednesday but the only sign of rapprochement is the fact that they are talking: Even their interpretations of the topics on the agenda vary wildly. The ambassador-level meeting in Brussels of the NATO-Russia Council — the first since June 2014 — is the fruit of efforts led by...
Ukraine says Moscow agrees to release pilot Savchenko
Vladimir Putin has agreed to release jailed Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, indicating that she could be swapped for two Russians who were sentenced Monday for crimes in east Ukraine. Poroshenko and the Russian president discussed the case by phone Monday evening, Associated Press reported, the...
[Ticker] Dutch FM briefed EU on Ukraine referendum
Dutch foreign minister Bert Koenders briefed EU colleagues in Brussels on Monday on the state of play after Dutch people voted against an EU-Ukraine treaty. EU foreign relations chief Mogherini said the Dutch parliament, to her knowledge, would be involved in the government’s response, but declined to give further details. …read more...
Ukraine sentences two alleged Russian soldiers
A court in Kiev found two Russian citizens guilty Monday of taking part in an “aggressive war” and committing a “terrorist act” on Ukrainian territory, sentencing each to 14 years in prison. Ukraine says the two men, Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov, were serving in the Russian military. They were captured by Ukrainian forces last May...
Vladimir Putin’s official 2015 income: About €120,000
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declared income rose by 1 million rubles (€13,000) in 2015 to 8.9 million rubles, or about €120,000, Interfax reported Friday. The leader’s property and earnings declaration included 1500 square meters of land and a 77 square meter apartment, as well as a garage he can use to store his Soviet...
EU democracy for referendummies
Europe seems to have gone on a referendum rampage, with almost every week bringing some kind of national direct vote on a political question. The coming British plebiscite on its membership of the EU is getting the most attention, but other votes in Italy (on oil and gas drilling), the Netherlands (on a trade deal with Ukraine) and Hungary (on...
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
First published in The International New York Times, April 13, 2016 | By Chappatte. Exclusively drawn for POLITICO.eu | By Rytis Daukantas First published in La Vanguardia, Spain, April 9, 2016 | By Kap First published on Caglecartoons.com, The Netherlands, April 14, 2016 | By Tom Janssen. First published on Caglecartoons.com, The Netherlands,...
