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[Ticker] Nord Stream pipeline will strengthen Moscow, Tusk warns
EU council president Donald Tusk has warned in a letter to the European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, that the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to bring more Russian gas to Europe would “not serve the best European interest” and leave Ukraine “at Russia’s mercy,” reports the Financial Times. The proposed pipeline under the...
Haley: US plans to retain Russia sanctions
Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, on Sunday said her understanding is that the U.S. plans to “keep our sanctions strong and tough†on Russia in response to the Kremlin’s actions in Ukraine, despite reports that the White House is considering easing them....
Humanitarian Crisis In Eastern Ukraine
More than three years after the occupation and illegal annexation of Crimea by Russian forces, and the subsequent military actions in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, collectively referred to as the “Donbass”, eastern Ukraine is in danger of becoming Europe’s “forgotten war”, writes Gary Cartwright What is certainly being forgotten, or...
Anarchic Athens finds a new cause: Ukraine
ATHENS — The neighborhood of Exarchia in central Athens has always been home to those who fight the system. Before Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ left-wing Syriza Party came to power in 2015, groups of police would stand on street corners bordering the area, riot shields at the ready, waiting for the streets to erupt...
The real victim of Trump’s NATO outburst: The US
The partnership between Europe and the United States will survive Donald Trump’s performance at NATO headquarters last week. The U.S. president’s brusque behavior and intemperate words may have prompted Angela Merkel to declare that “the times in which [Europe] could rely fully on others is over to some...
Taming the Bear: How EU Sanctions fail against Russia
Skepticism towards the efficacy of sanctions is wide-spread, and in fact most of the literature to be found on the topic is deeply pessimistic. Thus, three years into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and after the European Union and allies imposed sanctions on Moscow, it is hardly surprising that those measures did not lead to the...
Russia questions NATO plan for increased spending
What exactly are European NATO allies going to do with all those new weapons? That was the question from Russia’s ambassador to NATO, Alexander Grushko, as he cast doubt on the need for European members of the alliance to increase their military spending, as demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump. In a briefing with reporters Thursday,...
Merkel’s speech wasn’t era-defining, says her chief of staff
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s call for Europe to take more responsibility for its own security was not an era-defining moment but “the logical consequence” of years of American foreign policy, her chief of staff said Wednesday. “Europe and the U.S. have been very close allies for many...
Dutch Senate backs EU-Ukraine trade deal
Members of the Dutch Senate on Tuesday backed the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, bringing to an end an embarrassing episode for the government after the deal was rejected by voters in a referendum last year. The lower house of the Dutch parliament gave its backing to the deal in February, but additional support from other parties in the...
Netherlands ratifies EU-Ukraine treaty
Dutch senate approves ratification, despite a majority of referendum voters expressing opposition last year. The Netherlands should show ‘reliability’, one senator said. …read more Source:...
