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Sweden sees boom in Ukrainian asylum seekers
Sweden saw a huge spike in Ukrainians seeking asylum in 2014, with nearly eight times more applicants than the previous year, according to Eurostat data analyzed by The Local. …read more Source: The Local...
Ukrainian officials arrested during televised government meeting
Two high-ranking Ukrainian officials have been arrested during a televised government meeting, on suspicion of corruption. The head of the state… …read more Source:...
Vestager escalates probe against Bulgarian energy company
The state-owned energy company Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) is breaking EU competition rules, according to an accusation that was formally levelled by Margrethe Vestager, the European commissioner for competition, on Monday (23 March). The company, Bulgaria’s incumbent energy company, must now respond to the allegation that it is using...
Ukraine turns to EU for gas
Ukraine will from 1 April turn mainly to European suppliers of gas rather than to Russia after the expiry of a six-month winter agreement between the Russian energy giant Gazprom and the Ukrainian distributor Naftogaz. Ukraine will be able to take gas from Russia on a pre-payment basis and under the terms of a deal struck in 2009 that is...
How to weaken alliances
Damaging myths about Europe’s security beset thinking here in the American capital. Barack Obama’s administration still believes that the crisis is essentially temporary and minor. His Republican critics in Congress believe it can be solved by arming Ukraine. Many policymakers believe that the conflict with Vladimir Putin’s...
Too important to neglect
The European Commission published yesterday (25 March) its annual reports on the European Union’s neighbouring countries. Collectively, they convey an impression of instability close at hand. The European reader has good reason to be grateful for the resilience of Ukraine, Tunisia, Lebanon and Jordan. The neighbourhood reports do not,...
Juozas Olekas – Doctor-politician
As Russia continues to flex its muscles in the east, Juozas Olekas, Lithuania’s defence minister, is having a busy time. Less than a year ago, he was urging Lithuanians to “sleep tight” and not panic. Since then, Lithuania has reinforced its reputation as one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters in the EU – and one of the harshest...
Insecurity casts pall over EU’s backyard
The European Commission today (25 March) published reports on 12 states neighbouring the European Union that collectively show that conflicts in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Libya and Palestine have significantly constrained the EU’s efforts to promote trade, human rights and political reform. Nonetheless, the reports by the European Commission,...
Paul Wolfowitz: When should we intervene?
US soldiers in a firefight with the Taliban in Afghanistan, 2011. © US Army I think we should definitely keep giving help to Afghanistan,” said Paul Wolfowitz. “Unfortunately, the question” of whether Congress will agree to that “is a good one.” “It’s not only money, it’s the message it would send if we abandon them. Having said that,...
Four dead as Ukraine bus hits mine
At least four people are killed after a passenger bus hit a landmine near a government-held town in eastern Ukraine, local officials say. …read more Source:...
