Section: US & Canada
Europe’s Counterrevolution Has Begun
In 2005, Mark Leonard published a book called Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century. The moment was ripe for such an argument. The European Union had just embarked on the greatest expansion in its history, welcoming 10 new members, and headlines heralded the sprouting of “a European identity” and the emergence of a “United States of Europe.” Heck,...
Eastern Angst: Brexit Vote Sends Jitters Through Countries On EU’s Fringe
As Europe grapples with Britain’s decision to leave the EU, the bloc’s eastern partners are weighing the implications of a Brexit for their own countries. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Putin’s Banker Works the Hill
Andrey Kostin, the CEO of VTB, the largest Russian bank, 60.9 percent of which belongs to the Russian government, visited Washington DC earlier this week to meet with U.S. Congressmen and Obama Administration officials to discuss sanctions imposed on Russia, and VTB in particular.As TAI found out from a congressional aide familiar with the...
Post-U.K. Europe Won’t Be Friendlier to Putin
The EU isn’t more likely to ease sanctions on Russia or become anti-American. …read more Source:...
Obama Isn’t Slowing China Down At All
Writing for the Washington Post, Josh Rogin isn’t a fan of President Obama’s Asia policy: The Obama administration has never been willing to use the big tools at its disposal — for example, economic sanctions — to confront Chinese maritime aggression, and there’s no sign that reluctance will change.“If there were economic...
Brexit: Putin Takes a Swipe at Cameron After EU Leave Vote
Hours after British Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation, after losing a referendum on Britain’s membership in the EU, Putin broke his silence on the referendum and took a swipe at Cameron. The outgoing British prime minister had previously said that a vote for Britain to exit the EU (know as a “Brexit”) would only benefit...
Rada approves language quotas for radio
KYIV – Ukraine’s Parliament voted on June 16 to set quotas for Ukrainian language content on commercial radio, approving legislation that served as a compromise between two bills – one favored by radio lobbyists and the other by language activists – that were rejected two weeks earlier. The measure earned 268 votes and was strongly […]...
Party of Regions spent $66 million on bribes and paid articles in media
KYIV – Documentation of the expenses of the Party of Regions on its political activities have been made public, National Deputy Sergii Leshchenko and editor-in-chief of Ukrayinska Pravda Sevgil Musayeva-Borovyk revealed at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center on May 31. “These are expenses on Ukrainian politics from corrupt sources....
Trudeau reaffirms close partnership between Canada and Ukraine
PM announces his first official visit to Ukraine OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make his first official visit to Ukraine next month, and will likely bring the same message he delivered to the Canada-Ukraine Business Forum in Toronto on June 20 that Canada remains “a staunch ally” of Ukraine. Mr. Trudeau told the […] …read more...
Groysman urges West to keep sanctions until Russia withdraws from Ukraine
WASHINGTON – Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman urged Western governments to maintain tough sanctions on Russia until it withdraws its forces from eastern Ukraine and cedes control of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow seized from Kyiv in 2014. Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington on June 16, Mr. Groysman also...
