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List of Transatlantic Caucus participants
Jul10

List of Transatlantic Caucus participants

Anders Ahnlid, Ambassador, Permanent Representation of Sweden to the EU, Brussels Irena Andrassy, Deputy Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Neven Mimica, Brussels Maria Asenius, Head of Cabinet, Commissioner Cecilia Malmström, European Commission, Brussels Petras Austrevicius, Lithuanian MEP, Chairman of delegation for relations with Afghanistan,...

Greek crisis: Washington doesn’t want a Grexit | De Morgen – Belgium
Jul10

Greek crisis: Washington doesn’t want a Grexit | De Morgen – Belgium

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Russia to bar Soros, other foreign NGOs
Jul07

Russia to bar Soros, other foreign NGOs

MOSCOW — Russia is moving to ban the MacArthur Foundation, George Soros’s Open Society Institute and 10 other foreign groups under a law on “unwelcome organizations” adopted this spring. The Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, on Tuesday unveiled the initial names on what the Kremlin and its allies call a...

Srebrenica, 20 years later
Jul07

Srebrenica, 20 years later

“The Community is now perceived as a major power, and not just an economic one. Much is expected of it. We must remember this and … shoulder our responsibilities.” — Jacques Delors, former President of the European Commission, 23 January 1991 “Each of your officers and soldiers, just like yourself, has just one life. And I don’t believe you...

UN tribunal on MH17 would be useless | De Volkskrant – Netherlands
Jul07

UN tribunal on MH17 would be useless | De Volkskrant – Netherlands

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[Ticker] Russia wants quotas on ‘risk group’ of EU products
Jul06

[Ticker] Russia wants quotas on ‘risk group’ of EU products

Russian deputy economy minister Likhachev told Tass Monday Russia has asked the EU and Ukraine to approve a “risk group” of products. The items would face quotas on exports to Russia to prevent cheap EU goods being re-exported to Russia after the EU-Ukraine free trade pact begins life next year. …read more Source:...

SPECIAL EDITION Brussels Playbook from Athens
Jul05

SPECIAL EDITION Brussels Playbook from Athens

by Ryan Heath in Athens | @PoliticoRyan | Tips to [email protected] | Subscribe: http://politico.eu/registration/ POLLS HAVE OFFICIALLY CLOSED IN THE GREEK REFERENDUM: Opinion surveys and anecdotal evidence on the ground suggest it’s too close to call but momentum is with the “No” side. It’s been a hot and humid day in Athens,...

Cossacks on the run to protect nature
Jul05

Cossacks on the run to protect nature

NOVOHOPYORSK, Russia — It’s almost midnight when I arrive in the town of Novokhopyorsk, located deep in the bucolic heart of central Russia’s Black Earth region, so-called for its famously fertile soil. The curtains in a nearby home twitch as I step out of the car — late-night visitors are a rare sight in the rural community....

Tusk: “Nobody here is an angel”
Jul03

Tusk: “Nobody here is an angel”

No matter how Greeks vote Sunday, the EU is looking for ways “to keep them inside” the single currency, though that may require “a completely new” approach to allow the eurozone to coexist with a bankrupt country, Donald Tusk told POLITICO. Striking a notably conciliatory tone, the European Council president called on Athens and its creditors to...

Legality of referendum challenged
Jul02

Legality of referendum challenged

As his snap referendum on financial bailout terms approaches, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras faces a rising chorus of criticism that the plebiscite does not conform to basic democratic rules. The arguments range from skepticism over the wording of the referendum and the short timeframe in which it is being held to a direct legal attack on...