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Macron’s EUtopia of equals: Should France be pointing fingers at others while undermining the EU?
Jun28

Macron’s EUtopia of equals: Should France be pointing fingers at others while undermining the EU?

After the presidential and parliamentary victories of Emmanuel Macron and his party earlier this year, many in Europe expect that the EU will rise from the self-defeating lethargy of slow demise. Expectations are high among the EU establishment who have welcomed this as an opportunity to finally press ahead with more integration – expectations...

[Ticker] Cyberattack cripples Europe, spreads worldwide
Jun28

[Ticker] Cyberattack cripples Europe, spreads worldwide

Ukraine was hit hard in a global ransomware attack on Tuesday, affecting its international airport, the old Chernobyl nuclear plant and closing ATMs in Kiev. Spreading fast, global shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk and the world’s biggest advertising agency, WPP Group, were hit, as well as Russia’s biggest oil company, Deutsche Post...

NSA-linked tools help power second global ransomware outbreak
Jun28

NSA-linked tools help power second global ransomware outbreak

A potent ransomware attack has gripped organizations around the world for the second time in less than two months. And like the first outbreak in mid-May — which claimed hundreds of thousands victims in a game-changing cyberattack — Tuesday’s outburst is spreading via a Microsoft flaw originally exposed in a...

Paul Manafort registers as foreign agent
Jun28

Paul Manafort registers as foreign agent

The firm headed by Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, made more than $17 million working as a foreign agent of a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party, according to newly filed disclosure reports. Trump forced Manafort to step down from his campaign last year after The Associated Press reported that...

Brussels’ potential weapon against bad behavior — the budget
Jun28

Brussels’ potential weapon against bad behavior — the budget

Wishful thinking is an occupational hazard for those who assess the health of the European Union. Those who want to see the EU fail underestimate its powers of resilience and recovery. Those who want to see it prosper underestimate its capacity for self-inflicted harm. On the eve of last week’s European Council its president,...

The ‘international man of mystery’ linked to Flynn’s lobbying deal
Jun27

The ‘international man of mystery’ linked to Flynn’s lobbying deal

WASHINGTON — More than two years ago, two men started visiting Washington to push Turkey’s agenda in the capital. They dined with dignitaries and enlisted prominent lobbying firms from both sides of the aisle. It was an unremarkable Washington story, except for one thing: The last lobbyist one of the men hired was Gen....

Top Ukrainian military official killed by ‘terrorist’ car bomb
Jun27

Top Ukrainian military official killed by ‘terrorist’ car bomb

KIEV — A senior Ukrainian military intelligence officer was killed by a car bomb Tuesday, the latest in a series of high-profile murders in the country with possible links to Russia. Maksym Shapoval, a colonel in the Intelligence General Directorate, died as his Mercedes crossed an intersection in the west of Kiev. CCTV footage...

Cyberattack under way on Europe’s energy and transport companies
Jun27

Cyberattack under way on Europe’s energy and transport companies

A ransomware attack is spreading across Europe in what looks like an outbreak of malware like the global WannaCry attack last month. Russian petroleum company Rosneft confirmed its systems were under attack, saying in a tweet that “a massive hacker attack has hit the servers of the company.” The transport company A.P. Moller-Maersk confirmed in...

Ukraine and France determined to expand the agenda of bilateral cooperation
Jun27

Ukraine and France determined to expand the agenda of bilateral cooperation

In the course of his working visit to France, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko discussed the intensification of economic cooperation between the two countries with President of France Emmanuel Macron. “We have discussed substantial negotiations on the agenda of our bilateral relations. We have agreed to speed up the holding of the session of...

NATO’s senior military officer: Russia threat growing on all fronts
Jun26

NATO’s senior military officer: Russia threat growing on all fronts

NATO’s senior military officer said the alliance was confronting efforts by Russia to increase its military capabilities on virtually every level and allies were on guard to prevent any repeat of the Kremlin’s military intervention in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. Speaking at a POLITICO Brussels Playbook breakfast Monday, General Petr...