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NATO sees Russian buildup in Ukraine
NATO is seeing a “substantial Russian buildup” along the border with and inside Ukraine, violating the Minsk ceasefire agreement, Jens Stoltenberg, the organization’s secretary general, said on Thursday. “We are not certain about their intentions but we know their capabilities,” Stoltenberg said at “European Divides,” the launch event for...
Vestager: No bias against American companies
When Margrethe Vestager took office, the European commissioner for competition was so concerned about accusations that her department was unfairly persecuting American companies that she ordered an internal investigation. “I was afraid that there could be a bias,” she acknowledged Thursday, speaking as part of the opening panel at “European...
Rip Van Brussels
“This town has changed so much since you lived here.” The returnee hears this view all the time. In every case but one (and that eurocrat requires anonymity) the speaker means for the better. Insists on it with a smile and a pat on the arm. As if — after 15 years of life outside the soggy capital of Europe — you need a psychic palliative. Turn of...
Commission right to disregard political situation | Berliner Zeitung – Germany
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Presidential race frames parliamentary election
WARSAW — The first round of Poland’s presidential election next month has captivated the country’s chattering classes, but there is little doubt that in the end the winner will be the incumbent Bronisław Komorowski. While there is not much of a mystery over the outcome, the size of Komorowski’s likely victory, and whether he has...
POLITICO Brussels Playbook, presented by GE — Gazprom under fire — Verhofstadt on fire — GROW shrinks — DG LIMBO
by Ryan Heath, @PoliticoRyan | [email protected] Our @POLITICOEurope app launches today in both iTunes & Android stores GAZPROM: GAME ON, SAYS EU COMPETITION CHIEF: The “very dominant” gas provider, majority-owned by the Russian government, is charged with abusing that dominance in five Central and Eastern Europe countries. That’s a...
Give us strength
Ukraine has embarked on an economic transition the outcome of which will determine the country’s future. Other states have traveled this path already, but not in conditions as challenging as the ones we face. We are burdened with a legacy that includes 74 years of totalitarian rule and dysfunctional command economics, 19 years of inadequate...
NATO goes to war — over Montenegro
The next battleground for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a rocky seaside Balkan state of 650,000 people. The conflict in Ukraine is fueling a behind-the-scenes struggle within the Western military alliance over a proposal to bring in Montenegro, which lies 2,000 kilometers southwest and four borders from Russia but has gotten entangled...
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[Ticker] Russia says EU and US sanctions cost €25bn
Russian PM Medvedev said Wednesday EU and US sanctions cost his country €25bn in lost export income in first quarter 2015 and that the Russian economy shrank 2% in the same period. He noted the sanctions are due to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, which he compared to German reunification. …read more Source:...
Commission sets sights on Gazprom
Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for competition, is going to war against a second global powerhouse. Just days after after the Danish commissioner took on US software giant Google, she tangled with even larger prey — Russian gas behemoth Gazprom. The accusation is that Gazprom used its market power to bully and overcharge central...
