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Quarter of a million Ukrainians came to EU last year
Ukrainians obtained more EU first residence permits last year than any other nationality, according to the EU’s statistical office, Eurostat. …read more Source:...
Doubts arise over HRW cluster bomb report in Ukraine
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Ukrainian military of using cluster bombs in the Donbass region. Kyiv denies the allegations and international observers question the reports. …read more Source: Deutsche...
Parliamentary notebook
Out with the old, in with the old MEPs this week said farewell to a familiar face and welcomed another. José Manuel Barroso, the departing president of the European Commission, gave a farewell speech to MEPs on Tuesday (21 October), in which he set out the highlights of his ten years in office. On Wednesday, the next Commission president,...
No cold winter for EU citizens, Commission says
The European Union’s energy system is now flexible enough to ensure that European homes would remain heated throughout a loss of supplies of Russian gas if the EU’s member states co-operate fully, the European Commission has concluded. The Commission’s study, which it published on Thursday (16 October), suggests a substantial...
Poroshenko heading for second victory in Ukraine
Ukrainians will go to the polls on Sunday (26 October) for a second time this year in parliamentary elections that are expected to give the country’s new leaders a stronger hand as they embark on wider-ranging political and economic reforms. Polls leave little doubt that the Party of Petro Poroshenko – formed by and named after the...
Bernd Lange – driving force
Many in the European Parliament have for weeks been impatiently waiting for the hearings of the European commissioners-designate to end and for normal business to resume. One MEP, though, has been rushing around ever since this Parliament was formed in July: Bernd Lange, the German socialist who now heads the Parliament’s trade – INTA –...
Ukraine rebels dream of New Russia
Ukraine rebels fight on to keep dream alive …read more Source:...
VIDEO: Ukraine elections: ‘We’ve had enough of looking east’
Ukrainians go to the polls this weekend in a key parliamentary election. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg is reporting from across the country. …read more Source:...
Moscow hindering OSCE Ukrainian mission size
The US ambassador to the OSCE said Moscow continued to block the expansion of the checkpoint observation mission on the Russia-Ukraine border, hindering the monitoring that was agreed in a peace plan to end hostilities, according to a report from Agence France-Presse (AFP). …read more Source: The Local...
Eve of Election: A Fractured Ukraine, United in Uncertainty
As the Ukrainian election approaches, citizens are both hopeful and skeptical about their country’s future. But their biggest concern isn’t the war in the east or Russian interference — it’s the country’s need for a working state. …read more Source: Der...



