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Black sheep in the European Parliament
The European Parliament’s biggest political group is divided over how to deal with the hard-line positions taken by its affiliates in Eastern Europe on the migration crisis. Members of the center-right European People’s Party are split over whether Hungary’s ruling party Fidesz should be evicted for what some consider the...
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[Agenda] Putin steals the show This WEEK
Prospects of an EU-US-Russia alliance against Islamic State (IS) and a peace deal on Ukraine take centre stage this week. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Dutch activists in last push on Ukraine referendum
A Dutch citizens’ organisation and blog have begun their last push Friday in a campaign to gather 300,000 signatures, needed by Sunday evening, to force a national referendum about a recently signed EU association treaty with Ukraine. Last Wednesday, an estimated 255,000 people had signed the request. …read more Source:...
Exodus to Europe: Lluís Bassets on redefined borders | El País – Spain
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The dangerous link between Syria and Ukraine
Despite what Vladimir Putin is saying, the United States still staunchly refuses to believe Russia is engaged in a new Cold War — and that the U.S. is losing. But Russia aggressively pushes its own narrative where U.S. leadership is absent. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov seems to be everywhere in recent weeks, speaking several times with...
Obama to face off against Putin
After a vigorous internal administration debate, President Barack Obama has decided there is little to lose by ending a diplomatic freeze-out and agreeing to a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the United Nations in New York City next week. Expectations are low that the meeting will yield much progress on friction points...
[Ticker] Separatists order UN out of Ukraine
The United Nations humanitarian chief said he was alarmed that UN agencies had been ordered out of eastern Ukraine’s separatist-controlled Luhansk region by the “de facto authorities” there, AP reported. Stephen O’Brien said that several international non-governmental organisations had also been told to leave the region by...
Playbook Plus
ANOTHER BITE OF THE APPLE: Which EU official accidentally breached three layers of security at Apple’s Silicon Valley headquarters — in search of nothing more than a good coffee? After being told an unscheduled tour of the campus wasn’t possible the official decided to make the best of bad luck and find a good coffee. Unfortunately...
U.S. perplexed by Putin’s Syria ploy
A month after Russia began sending military equipment and personnel into Syria, Obama administration officials still haven’t figured out exactly why Vladimir Putin escalated Russia’s involvement in the conflict or developed a response to the Russian leader’s ambitions outside his borders. U.S. officials are trying to determine...
[Ticker] EU, Ukraine, Russia in ‘final’ gas talks Friday
Russian energy minister Alexander Novak and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Demchyshyn will come to Brussels Friday for EU-mediated talks about gas delivery, the European Commission announced Thursday. The Commission said it has “the firm objective to finalise the so called winter package for the winter period 2015/16.” …read...
