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[Ticker] Merkel to hold Sochi talks with Putin
May02

[Ticker] Merkel to hold Sochi talks with Putin

German chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in her first visit to Russia since 2015. The meeting, at Putin’s summer residence in Sochi, officially concerns the G20 summit to be held in Hamburg in July. Merkel is also expected to ask Putin to seek an end to the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria by using...

Ukraine’s Road To Recovery: One Soldier’s Inspirational Story
May01

Ukraine’s Road To Recovery: One Soldier’s Inspirational Story

According to UN figures, the conflict in Ukraine has seen at least 10,000 killed in action, with many more wounded. In 2015, Vadym Sviridenko lost both his arms and legs after his convoy was ambushed. Vadym has since undergone extensive rehabilitation treatment both in the United States and in Ukraine, where he now runs marathons. Vadym tells his...

‘They thought the man had gone bananas’
May01

‘They thought the man had gone bananas’

BERLIN — Early one February weekend, President Trump let loose a cryptic complaint, followed by a barrage of Fox News-inspired tweets, about Sweden of all places. He made the Nordic country, home of gleaming lakes, cheap modernist furniture and one of the world’s highest standards of living, seem like a dystopian hellhole...

Carl Bildt: The full transcript
May01

Carl Bildt: The full transcript

Susan Glasser: “Donald Trump is probably one of the least popular American presidents on this side of the Atlantic for a very long time.” That was Carl Bildt, our guest on The Global Politico this week. Carl is the former prime minister, foreign minister and defense minister of Sweden. Yes, that Sweden, the northern...

Merkel: Trump and I have ‘good working relationship’
Apr29

Merkel: Trump and I have ‘good working relationship’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in an interview published on Saturday she has a good relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump, despite their differences. “President Trump and I have developed a good working relationship, which doesn’t rule out having different points of view,” she said in an interview...

The War Artist – A Novel Set In Europe’s Forgotten War
Apr29

The War Artist – A Novel Set In Europe’s Forgotten War

What makes a man betray his country? Maxim Butchenko’s novel The War Artist explores this question against the backdrop of a war forgotten by Europe, writes Stephen Komarnyckyj . As I write this introduction in February 2017 shells are raining down on a city in Adviyivka, a European city. A 24-year-old ambulance driver has been killed...

Disclosures show Trump’s former campaign chairman participated in Ukraine lobbying
Apr29

Disclosures show Trump’s former campaign chairman participated in Ukraine lobbying

President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort met at least one U.S. government official connected to the Russia-aligned political party he was representing in 2012 and 2013, according to recent disclosures filed with the Justice Department. With Vin Weber, a partner at the lobbying firm Mercury, Manafort met with...

Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin to meet in Sochi in May
Apr28

Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin to meet in Sochi in May

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, in Sochi on May 2 to discuss preparations for July’s G20 summit in Hamburg, Reuters reported Friday. German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said at a press conference that the leaders would also discuss the war in Syria, and Ukraine. The meetingÂ...

Today at Commission, Soros and Brexit dinner
Apr27

Today at Commission, Soros and Brexit dinner

Thursday’s midday press briefing helped fill in some of the blanks after a busy day for the European Commission, with commissioners deciding to strike back at Viktor Orbán’s Brussels-bashing, the Hungarian prime minister speaking at the European Parliament, and Jean-Claude Juncker having dinner with Theresa May. The...

Michael Flynn’s Turkish lobbying linked to Russia
Apr25

Michael Flynn’s Turkish lobbying linked to Russia

The Turkish man who gave Mike Flynn a $600,000 lobbying deal just before President Donald Trump picked him to be national security adviser has business ties to Russia, including a 2009 aviation financing deal negotiated with Vladimir Putin, according to court records. The man, Ekim Alptekin, has in recent years helped to coordinate Turkish...