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Donald Tusk says EU migration crisis is ‘never-ending’
STRASBOURG — European Council President Donald Tusk called the migration crisis a “never-ending story” for the EU and warned that there was no “Holy Grail” solution for tackling it. “We are faced with a tenuous, perpetual and multi-dimensional effort,” Tusk said Wednesday in a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. “In fact, something...
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[Ticker] Lithuania bans 46 over Ukrainian pilot jailing
Lithuania has banned 46 Russians and Ukrainians from their country for 10 years over their role in the detention and sentencing of Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. She was sentenced to 22 years in jail. Lithuania’s foreign minister announced the decision on Tuesday and called on other EU countries to follow. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Nato and Russia to meet on 20 April
The Nato-Russia Council will meet on 20 April for the first time since relations were suspended after Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014. “It is not a return to business as usual, but we do need dialogue,” a Nato spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Reuters. …read more Source:...
Martin Schulz: Brexit could trigger ‘implosion’ of EU
Martin Schulz, the president of the European Parliament, has warned of an “implosion of the EU” if Britain were to leave the European Union after the June 23 referendum. In an interview with German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published on Tuesday, Schulz said that as a result of a Brexit other member countries will want “escape...
Ukraine PM resigns for sake of better EU ties
PM Yatsenyuk says he will quit for the sake of stability and improving EU ties. Dutch PM said it could take “months” to decided whether to uphold the EU-Ukraine association treaty. …read more Source:...
Commission to propose visa-free travel for Ukraine despite Dutch ‘No’
The European Commission this month will propose allowing Ukrainians to travel visa-free in the EU despite the result of the Dutch referendum, according to Reuters. “It may look as if we’re ignoring the Dutch voters, but we have to keep our word to Ukraine, which has met the conditions,” an unnamed source told Reuters. Commission President...
Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s departure unlikely to end Ukraine turmoil
KIEV — Ukraine’s political turmoil claimed deeply unpopular Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who announced Sunday he is resigning, but the country’s volatility likely won’t end soon. Yatsenyuk said he would submit his resignation for parliament’s approval Tuesday. Other sources said the formation of a new coalition could...
Ukraine PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk to resign
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said in a televised address Sunday he is stepping down, Reuters reports. Yatsenyuk survived a no-confidence vote in parliament in February, but his relationship with President Petro Poroshenko has continued to deteriorate. Poroshenko’ s political bloc backed the Volodymyr Groysman, the...
Dutch gave ‘old parties,’ not Ukraine, the middle finger
To anyone paying attention to the tone of Dutch politics or the mood across Europe, the outcome of the Dutch referendum on the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine — in which 61 percent voted No — did not come as a surprise. If elections were held in the Netherlands today, polls show Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom — equally...
Putin’s war of smoke and mirrors
In modern 21st-century warfare, non-military approaches — propaganda, and economic, cultural and humanitarian sabotage — will play a greater role than purely military methods, Russian Armed Forces chief Valery Gerasimov argued, a year before the Russian occupation of Crimea. “In a couple of months, even days, a well-functioning state can be...
