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ISIL takes to the air
Britain does a better job than most Western governments in denying terrorists the publicity they crave. Having, sadly, had more experience than other European countries in the matter, the Brits tend not to accept terrorist organization claims at face value, or provide the sensationalist responses that make terrorism an effective tactic. So it is...
POLITICO Playbook Plus — Trading places — Danish drama — the Thatcher look
DANISH EUROCRITIC DERAILED IN MONEY SCANDAL: A year ago Morten Messerschmidt was riding high. More than 10 percent of Danish voters cast ballots for him in the 2014 European election, the third highest number of votes for a single candidate in all of Europe for that election. He promised to fix the EU and make it more transparent: “The EU is a...
EU diplomats launch Russia ‘myth-busting’ weekly
The EU foreign service has started publishing a weekly newsletter debunking fake Russian stories, for instance, on Ukrainian fighters in Syria and CIA conspiracies. …read more Source:...
[Focus] Gay rights vote undermines EU-Ukraine visa deal
Ukrainian MPs have voted down a gay rights law in a decision likely to kill hope of EU visa-free travel by the end of the year. …read more Source:...
Growing up in the shadow of ‘Brother Putin’
The latest hip-hop hit in Russia is a bass-speaker-shaking tribute to the ex-KGB officer who has ruled the country for over 15 years. “My best friend is Vladimir Putin,” raps Russian star Timati, in a slick video released in October in honor of Putin’s 63rd birthday. In the background, rappers in Putin masks chill on Red Square. “The whole...
Old stereotypes, new insecurities
The crises Europe has faced since the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, highlight the EU’s limits in working speedily together. But this is not to say we are unable to work together. The unprecedented and historic consensus in response to the grave violations of international law in the Anschluss of Crimea...
Putin’s aviation nightmare
Vladimir Putin must hate aviation. The tragic crash of a Russian airliner in Egypt last weekend, with mounting evidence of a terrorist attack by ISIL, is but the latest in a series of air disasters challenging the Kremlin over the last year. All of these have directly resulted from Moscow’s ever more aggressive foreign policy — in Ukraine,...
[Ticker] Berlin meeting Friday on Ukraine crisis
Top diplomats from Ukraine, Russia, Germany and France will meet Friday in Berlin in the so-called Normandy format for fresh talks on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, according to the German foreign ministry. In February, the quartet leaders worked out a Minsk peace deal, but the ceasefire remains fragile. …read more Source:...
Rebel authorities, tycoons exploit aid effort in east Ukraine
Helping people affected by war in Ukraine requires managing unpredictable rebel authorities and using services provided by a pro-Kremlin oligarch. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Tusk: Trade-off with Russia would be ‘immoral’
A “trade-off between Russian actions in Syria and in Ukraine … would not only be immoral but, what is even worse, ineffective,” EU Council president Tusk said Wednesday, referring to EU talks on renewing Russia sanctions. Russia has called for Western cooperation in Syria, while the Ukraine conflict simmers on. …read more...
