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EU sanctions are ‘theater of the absurd’ — Putin
The EU’s sanctions on Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis are “absurd,” President Vladimir Putin said in a German newspaper interview, in which he blamed the eastward expansion of NATO for replacing the Berlin Wall with “invisible walls” between Russia and Europe. “What the European Union is doing with those sanctions is nothing but a...
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[Ticker] Juncker: Dutch ‘No’ on Ukraine would lead to ‘continental crisis’
EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker told NRC Handelsblad daily that if Dutch voters turn down an EU-Ukraine treaty in a non-binding referendum in April, this would “open the door to a large continental crisis” and may benefit Russia. He called on Dutch voters to “vote like a European strategist”. …read more...
Dutch voters overwhelmingly reject agreement with Ukraine: poll
A majority of Dutch voters is opposed to the Netherlands’ ratification of the European Union’s association agreement with Ukraine, a new poll ahead of an April 6 referendum on the issue showed Saturday. The poll, conducted by the Dutch public broadcaster’s program EenVandaag, is the first barometer on the April 6 vote. It found...
5 targets for the Dutch EU presidency to succeed
Without wanting to overburden the Dutch policy makers who are presiding the EU Council during the first six months of this year, here are five specific targets they are very well capable of achieving: 1) Protect Schengen’s external borders Following the tightening of Danish border controls with Germany, hours after Sweden imposed similar...
Dutch PM to campaign for Yes in EU-Ukraine referendum
The Dutch government plans to campaign for a Yes in an upcoming referendum on the EU-Ukraine free-trade agreement. …read more Source:...
‘We caved’
On a late July day this past summer, a roar filled the sky over Cairo. It was the sound of Barack Obama’s capitulation to a dictator. Eight new American fighter jets, freshly delivered from Washington, swooped low over the city, F-16s flying in formation. As they banked hard over the city’s center, they trailed plumes of red, white...
Google translation error turns ‘Russia’ into ‘Mordor’
Google says it has fixed a bug in its translation software that converted “Russian Federation” into “Mordor,” a fictional region in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that has the nickname “Land of Shadow” and is home to the evil Sauron. The automated translation tool also turned “Russians” into “occupiers” while “Sergei Lavrov” — Russia’s...
Ian Bremmer laments weakening of US-Europe alliance | El País – Spain
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Coca-Cola map mix-up angers Russia and Ukraine
A New Year’s greeting from Coca-Cola has managed the rare feat of uniting Russia and Ukraine, in anger. The soft drinks giant posted a message to its customers on VK, a Russian social media site, featuring a map of Russia that did not include Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014. After a stream of complaints, the firm republished the...
Visa freedom for Ukrainians dangerous for Latvia | Latvijas Avize – Latvia
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