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The Greeks are not ‘Western’
The imperial giant driving a wedge through European unity and the tiny state drowning in debt are locked in a controversial canoodle. Call it an Orthodox big wet kiss, but modern ties between Greece and Russia are cementing ancient ones. More than almost any other European country, modern Greece is defined by its geography. A flank state on the...
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[Ticker] Nato to hold cyber defence drill in Estonia
About 400 computer experts will participate in a cyber security drill in Estonia this week, reports AP. The move is part of Nato’s attempt to boost its defences against potential hacking attacks and comes amid heightened tensions in eastern Europe following Russia’s intervention in Ukraine. …read more Source:...
[Ticker] Medvedev – Sanctions over Crimea ‘price worth paying’
Western sanctions against Russia following its annexation of Crimea were a price worth paying, prime minister Dmitri Medvedev said Tuesday. In his annual statement to Parliament, Medvedev conceded that the sanctions, combined with the oil price slump, had done “meaningful” harm to the economy, amounting to €25 billion. …read more Source:...
Juncker: “I’m here all day”
Jean-Claude Juncker is aware of the chatter, of the “Where’s Juncker?” speculation that goes on in after-hours gossip around Brussels, laced with not-so-nice innuendo that he may be treating the presidency of the European Union as a part-time job. He doesn’t like it one bit. “I am not attending cocktails. I am not attending embassy...
France’s EU fail
PARIS — French President François Hollande’s attempts to revive Paris’ influence in Brussels have fizzled, and France is at risk of losing yet more ground to Germany if his government doesn’t rediscover an interest in the European Union. The retreat is on display in Europe’s institutions, where French officials occupy...
Greece beckons at Gazprom
Gazprom and Greece are both in deep trouble with the European Commission, which is one of the reasons that they were making eyes at each other in Athens on Tuesday as they worked to undermine EU energy solidarity by addressing the issue of building a pipeline across the Balkans. The Commission is scheduled Wednesday to unveil a charge sheet...
Poland snubs France on missile defense deal
When you live in a tough neighborhood, it’s always wise to keep your friends happy. And that’s precisely what Poland tried to do Tuesday, carefully doling out two enormous weapons deals that sent an anti-missile air defense system to the US and the purchase of helicopters to a Franco-German consortium. Paris’s warm glow may be...
Gazprom lobbyists get to work in EU capital
Gazprom lobbyists are saying that if EU anti-trust regulators crack down too hard, then Russia might retaliate on Ukraine …read more Source:...
Daily Round-Up
Single European sky crucial for EU prosperity – 21 April 2015 …read more Source: The Parliament...
Timothy Garton Ash believes in a different Russia | La Repubblica – Italy
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