![[Ticker] Russia gas pipeline sees Bulgaria and Greece dump Ukraine](https://press.uaposition.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/EUobserver-578x280.jpg)
Section: EU
- EU Today (EU) (55)
- EUobserver (EU) (1,009)
- euro|topics (EU) (415)
- European Voice (EU) (1,995)
- Katoikos.eu (EU) (4)
- New Europe (EU) (170)
- VoxEeurop (EU) (13)
On the trail of Europe’s last ‘lost city’
ASTRAKHAN, Russia — One recent cold December morning, I find myself aboard a wooden raft, pulled across the Volga by a small fishing vessel. I’m here to look for the remnants of a powerful, mostly forgotten medieval empire few have heard about. Once a mythical capital of enormous wealth, it once stood at the crossroads of the ancient Silk...
Russia’s dissident poets society
OZOLNIEKI, Latvia — Russian culture is often defined by nationalist rants on state television, the Orthodox Church’s cozy ties with politicians and soldiers marching on Red Square. There are also iconoclasts, atheists, dissidents and gay poets with wild hair and pink trousers — but many are fleeing to Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania to...
Cartoon carousel
The toons of the week. “Blatter and Platini try it by all means.” “No, you will not come in here again, not even with fake Syrian passports!!” First published in Tagesspiegel, Germany, December 23, 2015. By Klaus Stuttmann. “Santa [Hollande] on the balcony.” “French, fallen, non fallen.” First published in Le Monde, France, December 24, 2015. By...
Most powerful photographs of 2015
Perhaps more than any year in recent history, 2015 has proven to be one of struggle. Struggle by migrants to escape their war-torn countries and find refuge in safer lands. Struggle by victims — and those they left behind — to cope after horrific crimes and natural disasters. And let’s not forget the struggle by the world to comprehend...
Slovakia defends its closed doors on migration
WASHINGTON — Slovakia’s chief diplomat, Miroslav Lajčák, turned tense when asked to explain why his country is leading resistance against the German-backed effort to residstribute migrants across the bloc. “You cannot turn into a multi-cultural society overnight,” Lajčák told POLITICO in an interview at the German Marshall Fund’s...
Putin will go on living with sanctions | Jutarnji list – Croatia
…read more Source:...
US action poses questions on EU-Russia sanctions compliance
US authorities have designated dozens of people and entities said to be involved in Russia “sanctions evasion,” putting a spotlight on EU sanctions compliance. …read more Source:...
Transatlantic Caucus participants: December 2015
Find the article on POLITICO’s Transatlantic Caucus poll here and the full results of the poll here. András Baneth, Director of European Office, Public Affairs Council, Brussels Richard Bergström, Director-General, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Brussels Carl Bildt, Former Prime Minister and...
US Treasury expands sanctions linked to Russian moves in Ukraine
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday added nearly three-dozen people to its Specially Designated Nationals list, a catalog of people and entities restricted from doing business with American citizens. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified 34 people and organizations under sanctions from executive orders concerning...
[Focus] Europe in Review 2015
EUobserver’s third annual review looks back at the main events of 2015: Terrorist attacks in France; the migration crisis; Grexit; and the Ukraine conflict. Download or order your copy here. …read more Source:...
