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Moldova is hanging by a thread
Ukraine’s borders meet those of Moldova and Romania in the village of Mamaliga, which shares its name with a type of porridge native to these borderlands. The crossing into Moldova is quiet. After passport control, a Ukrainian guard directs our bus to the Moldovan side. “Glory to Ukraine!” he shouts across the border. “Glory to the heroes!”...
The monarchs of Prague Castle
PRAGUE – Placid and stolid, the Czech Republic revels in its reputation as the level-headed heart of central Europe, a sort of Bohemian version of Switzerland. So why can’t the country place a boring and uncontroversial president in the hulking Prague Castle? While Czechs are among the central Europeans least likely to migrate (why leave a...
To save Russia’s economy, Putin hits his base where it hurts
The ruble’s recent appreciation, mostly due to rising oil prices, has led some analysts to conclude that Russia’s economy is on its way to recovery. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently made his own optimistic assertion: “No collapse has happened. The Russian economy has relatively easy overcome these artificial barriers (created...
MH17 culprits must be prosecuted | De Telegraaf – Netherlands
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[Feature] Ukraine: ‘People say there is no ceasefire’
Over 5 million people in Ukraine are in dire need of humanitarian aid. But the lack of funding, international interest, and government bureaucracy is creating the ‘perfect storm’ for a major humanitarian disaster on Europe’s doorstep. …read more Source:...
Poland’s left faces extinction
WARSAW — The left ruled Poland during four decades of communism and even after the collapse of the Soviet empire it remained a potent political force — but this year could mark its end. The presidential election on May 9 could have been a chance for the left to pull itself together before parliamentary elections in the fall. Instead, it could be...
Patriots for Poland
By the book, deterrence is “a strategy intended to dissuade an adversary from taking an action not yet started” and “the maintenance of military power for the purpose of discouraging an attack.” But as a former NATO commander, in peace and in combat, I would add one thing to the dictionary definitions above — deterrence is also the ability to...
Britain’s uncertain European future
David Cameron’s decision to promise to hold an in-out-referendum on Britain’s EU membership in 2017 should the Conservatives with the upcoming general election lies at the heart of all the critiques of the coalition government’s foreign policy. Ed Miliband argued at Chatham House last week that, by doing so, Mr Cameron has...
POLITICO Playbook Plus: GUESS WHO’S not coming to dinner
GASTRONOMICAL DIVIDE: French far-right MEPs Marine Le Pen and her father Jean-Marie have always jointly entertained guests in the members’ restaurant at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. But this week it’s separate checks, please! Seems their teams have made arrangements for two tables, with screens dividing them. Breaking bread...
[Ticker] Austria declines US extradition of Ukraine oligarch
An Austrian court has said US authorities failed to justify their extradition claim for Dmytro Firtash, a Ukraine oligarch accused of using US banks to bribe Indian officials. The US has filed an appeal. Firtash was a middleman in the Ukraine-Russia gas trade and has self-confessed links to Russian mafia. …read more Source:...
