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European autumn of unresolved issues: What awaits the Visegrad Four in the coming months?
Sep03

European autumn of unresolved issues: What awaits the Visegrad Four in the coming months?

As summer is slowly winding down, European leaders – both in Brussels and national capitals – are going to be exposed to challenges, and find solutions for issues, which they had temporarily shelved until later. Some of these issues, notably the refugee crisis and the upcoming EU referendum in the UK are of a particular relevance to the region of...

Talent from Tbilisi
Sep03

Talent from Tbilisi

KIEV — Everyone calls her “Eka,” and not merely because “Ekaterine Zguladze” is a helluva mouthful. The diminutive reflects the popular esteem in which Eka is held, as well as a certain giddy affection for this 37-year-old Georgian — a slender woman from Tbilisi in a sea of stolid Slavic men — who is the deputy minister for internal affairs of...

[Ticker] EU agrees to extend Russia blacklists
Sep02

[Ticker] EU agrees to extend Russia blacklists

Member states’ ambassadors in Brussels Tuesday agreed to extend a visa ban and asset freeze on dozens of Russians and Ukrainians said to be stirring the conflict in Ukraine, an EU source said, adding the formal decision is “likely” on 14 September. …read more Source:...

[Ticker] Russian anti-Ukraine singer gets EU visa
Sep02

[Ticker] Russian anti-Ukraine singer gets EU visa

Popular Russian singer Joseph Kobzon, on an EU blacklist for cheerleading the Ukraine invasion, has obtained an EU visa for medical treatment, Russian media report, adding he’s to go to Italy or Germany 9 September. Kobzon earlier boasted Russian leader Putin would get him the EU permit via personal connections. …read more Source:...

Constitutional reform won’t bring peace to Ukraine | Handelsblatt – Germany
Sep02

Constitutional reform won’t bring peace to Ukraine | Handelsblatt – Germany

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Ukraine needs decentralisation | Lietuvos Žinios – Lithuania
Sep02

Ukraine needs decentralisation | Lietuvos Žinios – Lithuania

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EU to extend sanctions against Russians and Ukrainian rebels
Sep02

EU to extend sanctions against Russians and Ukrainian rebels

The EU is Wednesday expected to extend sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals and firms by six months. …read more Source:...

Ukraine’s far-right menace
Sep01

Ukraine’s far-right menace

On Monday, an eerily familiar scene in the streets of Kiev heralded a dangerous new phase in the Ukraine crisis. Once again, riot police faced angry demonstrators who claimed that the government was betraying their country; once again, blood spilled on the pavement, resulting in at least one death and over 100 injuries. This time, however, the...

‘Jiang Zeman’
Sep01

‘Jiang Zeman’

PRAGUE — Twenty-seven of the EU’s 28 countries are boycotting China’s commemoration of the end of World War II. Meet the exception: the Czech Republic’s Miloš Zeman. The Czech president will be in Beijing later this week, thumbing his nose — not for the first time — at the attempts of the rest of the European Union to forge a...

Violence in Kiev destabilises Ukraine | Corriere della Sera – Italy
Sep01

Violence in Kiev destabilises Ukraine | Corriere della Sera – Italy

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