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Reforms can bring peace to Ukraine | Der Standard – Austria
Apr28

Reforms can bring peace to Ukraine | Der Standard – Austria

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Russia’s war victims deserve tribute | Moscow Times – Russia
Apr28

Russia’s war victims deserve tribute | Moscow Times – Russia

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Juncker: No more delay on Ukraine free trade
Apr28

Juncker: No more delay on Ukraine free trade

European Commission chief Juncker has said EU-Ukraine free trade should start next year, despite calls for another delay. …read more Source:...

POLITICO Brussels Playbook: EU judges at war | Varoufakis out | The Le Pens| Spokespeople shuffle
Apr28

POLITICO Brussels Playbook: EU judges at war | Varoufakis out | The Le Pens| Spokespeople shuffle

By Ryan Heath @PoliticoRyan | [email protected] EU JUDGES AT WAR — ‘FIGHT CLUB’ ERA DAWNS IN EUROPE’S JUDICIARY: Judges are in battle mode over plans to double the size of the European Court of Justice, a change many believe is unnecessary. REFRESHER: WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE? http://bit.ly/1QBxAGT. Two quick primers:...

EU to give Ukraine words, not guns or butter
Apr27

EU to give Ukraine words, not guns or butter

KIEV — Ukraine is at war and facing an economic catastrophe, but this week’s summit with the European Union will leave the country virtually empty handed. Kiev won’t get any weapons or much money. The EU is balking at sending peacekeepers to the war-torn east of the country. Even the idea of giving Ukrainians visa-free entry to the EU...

Ukrainian PM leads charge to erase Soviet history
Apr27

Ukrainian PM leads charge to erase Soviet history

KIEV — Two weeks after a high-profile double-assassination in Kiev on April 16, conspiracy theories about the cause of the killings are still swirling around the city. “[The] parade of political murders obviously is not coincidental,” Victoria Sumar, a top official in Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk’s party, the People’s Front, wrote...

[Ticker] Shelling ‘intensifies’ ahead of EU-Ukraine summit
Apr27

[Ticker] Shelling ‘intensifies’ ahead of EU-Ukraine summit

International monitors, the OSCE, say south-east Ukraine is seeing the “most intense shelling … since fighting began in the area in mid-February 2015” as EU and Ukraine leaders meeting in Kiev Monday. Monitor drones have also spotted “amassing of forces” by the pro-Russia side, including tanks, artillery, and...

[Agenda] Security issue and Ukraine top EU’s agenda this WEEK
Apr27

[Agenda] Security issue and Ukraine top EU’s agenda this WEEK

The European Commission will this week unveil a “security agenda” for the EU, including how to tackle terrorism, organised crime and cyber crime. …read more Source:...

Putin’s war on truth
Apr27

Putin’s war on truth

It has been a disappointing year for everyone who hoped that Vladimir Putin would lose his appetite for Ukrainian land after taking Crimea. Putin has continued to push forward, to the west, and if he is looking for a catchy marketing slogan to promote the 2018 World Cup in his country it very well could be: “Visit Russia before Russia visits...

POLITICO Brussels Playbook: Ukraine Summit — Rumble in Riga — Driving Mr. Schulz
Apr27

POLITICO Brussels Playbook: Ukraine Summit — Rumble in Riga — Driving Mr. Schulz

By Ryan Heath @PoliticoRyan | [email protected] BRUSSELS INFLUENCE DEBUTS TODAY: POLITICO launches today Brussels Influence, a weekly intelligence and analysis newsletter on money and lobbying penned by POLITICO’s lobbying and government reporter James Panichi (@JamesPanichi). It’s the only product of its kind in Brussels. To learn...