Monday
28th Nov 2022
Ukraine and a looming economic recession is set to dominate the upcoming Swedish EU presidency, which takes over at the start of next year. Sweden's ambassador to the EU, Lars Danielsson, laid out some of its priorities.
EU sanctions' policies have one notable omission — they do not include corruption as an offence warranting restrictive measures, explains the Open Society Foundation.
An investigation by COE reveals oil and gas lobbyists have enjoyed unprecedented access to EU decision-making. As a result, a series of critical decisions on tax, energy-infrastructure, and regulation put fossil-fuel industry profits above millions at risk of energy poverty.
MEPs, by 494 votes to 58, with 44 abstentions, argued that Moscow's military strikes on civilian targets such as energy infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and shelters violated international law.
"He was there, but not saying or doing anything. I'm not sure if that's part of the behaviour of spies," Kox said.
The European Parliament (almost) unanimously approved legislation which aims to improve the security of physical and digital infrastructure in Europe, in the wake of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
A missile that killed two Polish people was likely a stray Ukrainian one and there's no sign of a deliberate Russian attack, Nato has said.
Reports indicate Russia's war has crossed into Nato territory after rockets struck Poland, raising fears of escalation.
Even some of the Kremlin-critical comments spread across Facebook were part of the disinformation effort, the Political Capital report found.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine put it on an "irreversible" path toward a clash with the "collective West", France has warned.
The European Commission wants to raise some €18bn for Ukraine. But the proposal is already being challenged by Hungary, which remains unhappy it has yet to receive Covid-pandemic recovery funds from Brussels.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has turned the thumbscrews on Sweden by personally naming who he wants Swedish judges to hand over in return for Nato membership.
On Wednesday, the EU commission is expected to lay out detailed plans on the new €18bn assitance package for Ukraine for next year, while disagreements over financing remain.
Two blips of light in the night sky, whizzing around the globe every 90 minutes, could be where Russia opts to clash with Nato over the Ukraine war.
Finland and Sweden will not be requesting any preconditions before joining Nato.
At least 12 ships departed from Ukrainian ports despite Russia's withdrawal from an UN-brokered grain export deal.
Serbia ought to join Western sanctions on Russia if it is serious about future EU membership, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said.
Europeans "are split about the long-term goals" with regards to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a study shows, with hardline and opportunist political groups trying to exploit the emerging divide. Will EU unity hold?
Supporting investment in Ukraine's renewable energy sector and importing green electricity back into the European Union is a quadruple policy win at minimal cost to taxpayers.
Russia's destruction of Ukraine's power supplies is meant to push freezing refugees into the EU, Kyiv has warned.
EU leaders will meet for the second time this month to discuss emergency measures to tackle the energy crisis — although divisions are likely to prove challenging.
New EU sanctions on Iran make clear that it has joined Russia's war against Ukraine by supplying lethal drones to Moscow.
The EU is aiming to pull 10 south-east Asian states into the Western camp on Russia and China when they meet for their first-ever summit in December.
The EU is preparing a ninth round of sanctions on Russia as well as weighing related measures against Moscow's ally, Iran, following drone strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine.
Growing numbers of Cubans, Indians, and Turks coming via Albania and Serbia to claim asylum in the EU has prompted talk of suspending Western Balkan visa-free travel.
Ukraine has filed court papers against 45 suspected war criminals out of whom 10 have been already convicted for crimes committed since the Russian invasion began in late February, said Ukraine's prosecutor general
Nato would likely fire on military bases in Russia if it hit ones in Poland in a "proportionate" exchange of conventional air strikes, a European former military chief has said.
Sanctions were "melting away" Russia's ability to finance the war, the EU has said, but China and Turkey are helping it to get around Western blockades.
"I wake up every morning, thinking this may be my last day. I have never lived like this", a young woman in a calm and normal Kyiv told me 10 days ago. But this week the missiles came back.
The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines was the first major attack on European maritime infrastructure. But while the EU Commission has a critical infrastructure directive in the works, it largely focuses on cybersecurity —not physical attacks.
German transport minister Volker Wissing said he cannot rule out involvement of foreign countries in what he called an act of sabotage over the weekend when trains came to halt in the north of the country.
The EU has extended by one year the special protection status for Ukrainian refugees, as Russia carries out country-wide rocket attacks.
The EU is calling for "dialogue" with Russia in a draft UN resolution on Ukraine, in a bid to stop creeping war-fatigue amid non-aligned states
