Europe
The European Union will target Russian gold exports in its next sanction package and seek to “close exit routes” for those bypassing its earlier packages, an EU commissioner said Friday, July 15. The
Jul. 15, 2022
War in Ukraine
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, said on July 11 that the EU will not recognize passports that the Russian Federation hands out to
Jul. 14, 2022
Germany’s ruling Social Democrats launched proceedings Thursday that could see former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder expelled from the party over his close ties to Vladimir Putin and Russian energy comp
Jul. 14, 2022
Russia
The European Union has frozen Russian assets worth $13.8 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said Tuesday. “For the moment, we have frozen — co
Jul. 12, 2022
UK
After Boris Johnson’s resignation as leader of the Conservative Party, the jockeying for his post has begun. The Tories now plan to select his successor from among several candidates by September, and
Jul. 11, 2022
Legal
Head of the President’s Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak has said that judicial reform remains one of the necessary ones for joining the EU. “Judicial reform, the mechanism for selecting judges and hol
Jul. 8, 2022
Brexit chaos, the Covid pandemic, numerous scandals: for a long time the British Tory MPs remained loyal to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and he narrowly survived a vote of no confidence in June. But
Jul. 8, 2022
War in Ukraine
Russia’s propaganda apparatus is preparing to exploit coming divisions in European public opinion as inevitable cracks in the support for the Ukrainian war effort appear, a US intelligence firm said o
Jul. 7, 2022
War in Ukraine
On July 6, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin arrived in Kyiv to express his support for the Ukrainian people. Throughout the war, Ireland has supported Ukraine in resisting the invaders. The country
Jul. 6, 2022
EU
Representatives of the authorities of 42 countries signed the final declaration of the conference on the restoration of Ukraine in Lugano, which condemned Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine
Jul. 6, 2022
Energy prices in Europe remain at a record high due to sanctions on Russian oil and reduced gas supplies. Electricity prices hovered around 218 euros per kilowatt hour on the exchanges this June, comp
Jul. 5, 2022
Ukraine’s ambassador to Berlin, Andrij Melnyk, has provoked angry reactions after denying in an interview that the nationalist Ukrainian partisan leader Stepan Bandera was involved in massacres of Jew
Jul. 4, 2022
EU
The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen told Ukraine’s parliament on Friday, July 1, that EU membership was “within reach” but urged them to press forward with anti-corruption re
Jul. 4, 2022
War in Ukraine
Spain is lobbying for NATO to pay more attention to security threats on its southern flank when the military alliance gathers for a summit in Madrid later this week. But with the war in Ukraine enteri
Jun. 27, 2022
After months of urging from Kyiv the big moment has come: Ukraine and Moldova were granted EU candidate status at the bloc’s summit on Thursday. Georgia’s candidacy was put off until a later date and
Jun. 24, 2022
European Union leaders on Thursday agreed to grant candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, in a show of support in the face of Russia’s war, EU chief Charles Michel said. “A historic moment. Today ma
Jun. 23, 2022