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[Opinion] EU realpolitik on Ukraine – too little, too late
The EU has accepted that Russia has a say on Ukraine’s future. If it had been more honest and clear-sighted from the start, Ukraine might have suffered less. …read more Source:...
5 ways the Panama Papers swept up EU figures
European politicians and their families did not escape scrutiny in the huge leak of confidential documents revealing how tax havens are used to hide wealth. More than 11 million records from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca provide a look at the secretive world of offshore finance, and some prominent politicians have been caught up in the...
[Column / Crude World] Why the Dutch referendum on Ukraine is a joke
If the organisers of Wednesday’s referendum don’t care about Ukraine, the Dutch government should give them what they ask for and ignore the results. …read more Source:...
Obama reassures NATO leader after Trump rants
Barack Obama wants NATO to know that, unlike Donald Trump, he’ll never let go. The president met with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on Monday, a gathering that drew heightened interest in the wake of suggestions by Trump, the GOP presidential front-runner, that it may be time to leave the decades-old security...
Margrethe Vestager says Panama Papers the ‘tip of the iceberg’
The Panama Papers scandal is the “tip of the iceberg” when it comes to wealthy individuals being helped to avoid paying tax, European Competition Commissioner Magrethe Vestager said Monday. The commissioner told Danish paper Børsen Finans that other companies provide offshore services similar to those performed by Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-based...
EU commissioner outed in ‘Panama Papers’ leak
The EU’s climate and energy commissioner, Miguel Arias Canete, has been implicated in tax evasion in a huge leak, called Panama Papers, which also sheds light on shady financial dealings by the leaders of Iceland, Russia, and Ukraine. …read more Source:...
Trump and Putin: Two Liars Separated at Birth?
Among the many dangers of Donald Trump is that he will make the United States “great” again in exactly the way that the GOP front-runner’s one-time admirer, Vladimir Putin, claims he is making Russia “great” again. In other words, fraudulently. In Russia today, thanks to Putin, spectacle, theater and lying pervade the media, confuse the...
Why NATO is unlikely to respond to Brussels attacks
President Obama and Donald Trump don’t agree on much. But when both make similar complaints about NATO allies “free-riding” on U.S.-provided security, you have to worry about the Alliance’s future. To her credit, Hillary Clinton pushed back hard against Trump’s assertion that “NATO may be obsolete.” Referring to the...
[Ticker] Upsurge in Ukraine violence ahead of Dutch referendum
OSCE monitors have reported a “sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations” in east Ukraine in recent days including use of heavy weapons such as Grad rocket launchers. The fighting, which comes days ahead of a Dutch referendum on EU-Ukraine relations, killed a Ukrainian soldier and injured eight others. …read more...
[Agenda] EU-Turkey migrant swap to begin next WEEK
Big week to see start of EU migrant returns to Turkey, sensitive talks in Poland on judicial reform, and a Dutch referendum on EU relations masquerading as a vote on Ukraine. …read more Source:...
