Europe
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
The European Council has made a historic decision today, June 23, to grant Kyiv and Moldova the EU candidate status, the first official step to the full-fledged membership in the Union. Georgia, whic
Jun. 23, 2022
Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov put the blame on Russia and the powerful mafia after his government lost a no-confidence vote on Wednesday. That’s according to Politico, Ukrinform reports. Petko
Jun. 23, 2022
War in Ukraine
Aiden Aslin, the British-Ukrainian national sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court for fighting with Ukrainian Armed Forces, has been told that his execution will go ahead. Former care worker Asl
Jun. 23, 2022
Ukraine’s entire oil sector has been forced to halt refining operations due to massive Russian shelling, Yuriy Vitrenko, the CEO of Ukrainian Oil and Gas company Naftogaz, said at a June 21 press conf
Jun. 22, 2022
EU
Following the second round of the French parliamentary elections on Sunday, June 19, the old French saying “à la guerre comme à la guerre,” which expresses the futility of escaping the reality of war,
Jun. 22, 2022
War in Ukraine
Granting Ukraine EU candidate status is the ideal response to Russian aggression, Diane Francis writes in the Atlantic Council’s Ukraine Alert ahead of a crucial decision for Ukraine. European Union l
Jun. 21, 2022
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At the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine the Kremlin’s ignorance of radiation danger at Chornobyl stood out as a prime example of Moscow military bumbling. It still does.
Apr. 26