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EU keeps former Soviet countries at arm’s length
May22

EU keeps former Soviet countries at arm’s length

The EU kept former Soviet states at arm’s length in the Riga summit, held in the shadow of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Greece and the UK referendum gatecrashed the event. …read more Source:...

Polish establishment rallies around Komorowski
May22

Polish establishment rallies around Komorowski

WARSAW — Locked in a dead heat against an unexpectedly strong challenger, incumbent Polish President Bronisław Komorowski is warning voters that if they choose Andrzej Duda over him on Sunday then almost a decade of Polish foreign policy gains could be jeopardized. “You can’t choose people who would oppose Poland and the West,” Komorowski...

Cameron starts EU reform push
May22

Cameron starts EU reform push

RIGA – British Prime Minister David Cameron will use his first post-election summit with his fellow EU leaders Friday to open talks on the changes to the way the bloc works ahead of an referendum before the end of 2017. The Eastern Partnership summit is aimed primarily at discussing the EU’s relationship with six eastern states — Moldova,...

Hollande’s calculated turn on Russia
May22

Hollande’s calculated turn on Russia

PARIS — An unlikely new player has waltzed onto France’s political stage: Vladimir Putin. Two years away from a presidential election, French political leaders have split into two camps with regard to the Russian president. On one side, ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have defended the annexation of Crimea...

EU reaches out to Eastern Partnership countries
May21

EU reaches out to Eastern Partnership countries

EU countries have acknowledged Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova’s EU aspirations but stopped short of giving a clear enlargement perspective. …read more Source:...

The Baltic ‘Iron Lady’: Putin’s solitary foe
May21

The Baltic ‘Iron Lady’: Putin’s solitary foe

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Martial arts teach how to fend off larger opponents with decisive strikes and a nimble defense. Dalia Grybauskaitė, the president of Lithuania and a black belt in karate, has taken on Russia and Vladimir Putin over Ukraine. Her foe is a black belt in judo himself. And the leader of a neighboring country of 144 million, more...

Honey, I shrunk Britain
May21

Honey, I shrunk Britain

LONDON — During the British general election Ed Miliband scored a hit that few noticed. In a speech at Chatham House he accused David Cameron of pursuing an “isolationist” foreign policy that has led to the “biggest loss of influence for our country in a generation.” It’s the sort of charge that you might expect to hear from a Tory...

Lowered expectations for Eastern Partnership summit | Press review main focus
May21

Lowered expectations for Eastern Partnership summit | Press review main focus

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Eastern partners are on their own | România Liberă – Romania
May21

Eastern partners are on their own | România Liberă – Romania

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Prague leaves Kiev out in the cold | Hospodářské noviny – Czech Republic
May21

Prague leaves Kiev out in the cold | Hospodářské noviny – Czech Republic

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