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Volodymyr Groysman heads fragile Ukraine government
KIEV — Ukraine got a new government Thursday, but the debilitating political crisis is likely only taking a short breather before the next round of confusion. Ukraine’s parliament easily approved Volodymyr Groysman, a close ally of President Petro Poroshenko, as prime minister — but the crucial votes needed to win a parliamentary majority...
Vladimir Putin’s view on Ukraine’s new PM: ‘Nothing’
Vladimir Putin told Russians in a marathon citizens’ phone-in Thursday that they should holiday in the Crimean peninsula rather than Turkey, and he “doesn’t even know” Ukraine’s new prime minister. And the Russian leader dodged a question from a 12-year-old who asked who Putin would save if Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko...
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[Ticker] Russia expects EU sanctions to stay in place
Russian president Vladimir Putin said in a televised Q&A programme with the public Thursday: “I don’t think that our partners will lift sanctions towards us any time soon, therefore, we won’t either.” Asked about Russia’s economic problems, he said finance minister Alexei Kudrin, a reformer, would play a bigger...
Ukraine parliament approves new government
Following months of political turmoil, Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday approved Volodymyr Groysman as the country’s new prime minister and confirmed a new cabinet. Groysman, 38, is a loyalist of President Petro Poroshenko, and replaces the deeply unpopular Arensiy Yatsenyuk as government leader. His appointment was backed by 257 MPs,...
Dutch In the loop April 14: Oekraïne-referendum
Een week na het Nederlands ‘Nee’ tegen het EU associatieakkoord met Oekraïne blikt POLITICO’s Cynthia Kroet terug met Michiel van Hulten, campagneleider van het Ja-kamp, en Pieter Cleppe, hoofd van denktank Open Europe in Brussel. Waarom heeft Nederland dit verdrag afgewezen? Maar we kijken ook vooruit: Wat betekent het resultaat voor...
[Ticker] MEPs write to Putin over jailed Ukrainian pilot
Fourty-six MEPs from five political groups have signed a letter to Vladimir Putin asking for the release of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was captured in Ukraine and jailed in Russia. They wrote that the 22-year sentence by a Russian court last month was a “politically orchestrated shameful decision”. …read more Source:...
The secret US army study that targets Moscow
Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster has a shaven head and gung-ho manner that only add to his reputation as the U.S. Army’s leading warrior-intellectual, one who often quotes famed Prussian general and military theorist Carl Von Clausewitz. A decade ago, McMaster fought a pitched battle inside the Pentagon for a new concept of warfare to...
[Ticker] Volodymyr Groysman chosen as Ukraine’s PM
Volodymyr Groysman has been chosen as prime minister by the Ukrainian parliament. Groysman, 38, succeeds Arseniy Yatsenyuk who resigned on Sunday over disputes on political reforms and after several corruption cases. Groysman is a close ally of president Petro Poroshenko, who gave him flowers after his nomination. …read more Source:...
Brexit vote will delay decision on EU-Ukraine deal, says Rutte
EU leaders will only want to discuss the Netherlands’ rejection of the EU-Ukraine treaty after the UK in-out referendum, says Dutch PM Rutte. …read more Source:...
Interviews for top UN job put Europe in spotlight
NEW YORK — Europe may be facing criticism for political dysfunction but politicians from the European Union — and countries aspiring to join it — are front and center in New York this week as the United Nations interviews candidates to manage the 70-year-old institution. Bulgaria’s Irina Bokova, Portugal’s António Guterres and...
