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[Ticker] Spain opens probe into €35m of Russian ‘money laundering’
Spanish prosecutors have opened a probe into allegations that €35m of suspicious Russian money was moved via Moldova, Ukraine, Lithuania, and Estonia to Spain to individuals of Russian and ex-Soviet Union origin to buy real estate, car parts construction equipment, shoes and other items, including via Spain’s CaixaBank. The funds are linked...
WTO sides with Russia in landmark national security ruling
Russia was right to impose transport restrictions on Ukraine in the name of national security, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said today in a landmark ruling. The decision will likely have far-reaching consequences because, for the first time, a WTO dispute settlement panel ruled whether a country can use the Article 21 exemption to invoke...
Stadium the perfect stage for Zelensky | Fokus – Ukraine
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NATO’s Germany hatefest
WASHINGTON — Mission unaccomplished. NATO leaders converged on the American capital to celebrate the alliance’s 70th anniversary this week determined not to let the gathering devolve into recriminations over burden-sharing and other disagreements. U.S. President Donald Trump had other plans. And as usual when it comes to NATO, they involved...
Ukraine contenders set for drug-tested debate in national stadium
In Ukraine, politics really is a pissing contest. President Petro Poroshenko on Thursday agreed to take a drug test before a debate in the Olympic Stadium in Kiev with his rival for the top job, comedian Vladimir Zelenskiy, Radio Free Europe reported. Zelenskiy, who plays the president in a television show called “Servant of the People,” a...
Wolfgang Ischinger: ‘We’re walking backward’
Few people have lived the ups and downs of the transatlantic relationship like Wolfgang Ischinger. A veteran diplomat, Ischinger joined Germany’s Foreign Office in 1975, embarking on a career that would culminate in senior roles on both sides of the Atlantic, both as an ambassador and state secretary. He arrived in Washington as German...
NATO chief calls for confronting Russian aggression in speech to US Congress
WASHINGTON — NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday called on the defense alliance to stay united against an increasingly assertive Russia. In rare remarks to a joint session of Congress to commemorate the 70th anniversary of NATO’s founding, Stoltenberg pushed back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticisms of the...
NATO at 70: Where next?
As member nations gather to celebrate NATO’s 70th anniversary this week, POLITICO asked experts to forecast what the military alliance will look like 10 years from now. How should it spend its growing resources? What new technologies are needed to counter Russian aggression? What threats must NATO prepare for that are not being discussed...
NATO aims for more birthday, less bash, in Trump’s Washington
It’s party time for NATO — and not just because the alliance celebrates its 70th birthday in Washington this week. U.S President Donald Trump, convinced of his success in pushing allies to spend more on defense, has stopped bludgeoning NATO and hinting that he wants to quit. Instead, he has almost — almost — become a cheerleader. The...
[Ticker] Ukraine election was fair, international monitors say
Ukrainian elections were free and fair, monitors from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Nato, the Council of Europe, and the European Parliament said Monday in an initial assessment. “Elections were competitive. Voters had a broad choice and turned out in high numbers,” the OSCE said, summing up the work...
