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[Ticker] Sefcovic hopes for autumn Ukraine-Russia gas deal
Jul14

[Ticker] Sefcovic hopes for autumn Ukraine-Russia gas deal

EU energy commissioner Sefcovic said Tuesday he hopes a Ukraine-Russia deal on gas can be concluded this autumn. After trilateral negotiations broke down two weeks ago, the EU will first hold bilateral talks. The EU is also “working very closely with international financial institutions” to help Ukraine purchase gas. …read more...

Iran and world powers reach nuclear deal
Jul14

Iran and world powers reach nuclear deal

Iran and six world powers reached a landmark nuclear agreement Tuesday after more than a decade of negotiations, striking a compromise over U.N. inspections of Iranian military sites in return for the eventual lifting of sanctions. European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, smiling broadly...

Ultranationalists bring war to western Ukraine | Népszabadság – Hungary
Jul14

Ultranationalists bring war to western Ukraine | Népszabadság – Hungary

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We need to get tough with Russia, now
Jul13

We need to get tough with Russia, now

We are at a crucial juncture in the conflict over Ukraine and the West’s relationship with Russia. President Barack Obama’s restraint has been wise at one level, but Washington’s tendency has been to move this issue to the back burner and hope it stays there. Yet there is little reason to think that it will — and also little...

Agreement will strengthen the EU | Jutarnji List – Croatia
Jul13

Agreement will strengthen the EU | Jutarnji List – Croatia

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Thousands of Ukrainians will soon flee to EU | Financial Times – United Kingdom
Jul13

Thousands of Ukrainians will soon flee to EU | Financial Times – United Kingdom

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Butler, Nick
Jul13

Butler, Nick

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Finland’s mysterious nuclear investor
Jul13

Finland’s mysterious nuclear investor

HELSINKI — Finland’s newest nuclear energy project was nearly scrapped because the company behind it didn’t meet the required 60 percent EU ownership — until a last-minute €159 million investment from a little-known Croatian firm. The problem? Migrit Solarna Energija is an obscure company with capital assets of only €26,000,...

Russia lives in denial of atrocity
Jul11

Russia lives in denial of atrocity

Twenty years ago today, 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men were assassinated in Srebrenica. The crime took place in a United Nations-designated and UN-manned “safe area,” where local people had come to look for safety. Two international courts qualified the killing in Srebrenica as genocide. Then, last Wednesday, July 9, the worst kind of insult was added...

Five reasons NATO fears a Grexit
Jul10

Five reasons NATO fears a Grexit

The risks of Greece exiting the eurozone are not confined to economics. The crisis poses five very real challenges to NATO that many defense officials are overlooking — at NATO’s peril. NATO’s thin wallet will get even thinner The crisis in Ukraine has eroded the sanctity of European security and exposed calcified remnants of Cold War...