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Ukrainians also increasingly radicalised | Die Zeit – Germany
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[Ticker] Greek minister says Russia dispute was about ‘respect’
Greece’s abjuration of an EU statement on Russia was not about “whether our new government agrees or not with fresh sanctions on Russia”, but about “respect for our national sovereignty”, Greece’s finance minister Varoufakis wrote Thursday on his blog. He added he’s “not qualified to speak on...
EU rocked by change in Greece
The European Union’s institutions are feeling the shockwaves of a change of government in Greece, which threatens to destabilise EU rules on eurozone membership, sanctions against Russia and plans to launch an energy union. The newly installed prime minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the far-left Syriza party, wasted no time...
Ministers pave the way for summit of EU leaders
Several high-level meetings are planned over the next two weeks to prepare for a European Union summit on 12 February that will try to agree a response to the growing threat of terrorism. Interior ministers are meeting in Riga, Latvia, today (29 January) to review policy options and lay the groundwork for a meeting of national leaders in Brussels...
Tsipras’s cabinet alarms markets
At its first meeting yesterday (28 January) the new Greek cabinet decided to freeze some privatisations and promised to reinstate sacked civil servants. The government of Alex Tsipras (pictured) was thereby halting or reversing measures introduced by the preceding government as part of a five-year-long bail-out programme that has channelled...
More sanctions planned as fighting flares up in Ukraine
The European Union’s foreign ministers are struggling to escalate sanctions against Russia in a way that might deter fighting by separatists in eastern Ukraine. The fighting has been intensifying for weeks, but a missile attack that killed 30 civilians on Friday (23 January) prompted Federica Mogherini, the EU’s foreign policy chief,...
Tarred thinking on Russia
Two mistaken ideas about Russia are drifting around Washington, DC, and other Western capitals. One is that the fall in the oil price has crippled the regime of Vladimir Putin, so we can relax. The other – contradictory – one is that the economic crisis has made Putin desperate and therefore dangerous, so we should offer him a face-saving...
EFDD ‘smear campaign’ used Russian help
An investigation by the European Parliament into the distribution to MEPs of a controversial book that accuses the president of Lithuania of having worked for the KGB has prompted accusations of a smear campaign by the Russian government. In December, copies of “Red Dalia”, a highly critical biography of Dalia Grybauskaite, were placed in the...
[Ticker] Greece puts ‘reserve’ on EU ministers’ Russia conclusions
Greece has put its “reserve” on draft FMs conclusions to be adopted Thursday, insisting they redact a line that all 28 EU leaders blame Russia for an attack on Mariupol, Ukraine, and toning down Russia criticism. EU ambassadors meet 10am Thursday in Brussels for final talks on the draft text. …read more Source:...
[Opinion] Corruption is greatest threat to Ukraine sovereignty
Beyond immediate financial assistance, what Ukraine needs most is to establish a functional, self-sustaining economic environment …read more Source:...
