Brussels 17.05.2022 The EU Defence Ministers convene in Brussels to discuss the implementation of the Strategic Compass with a focus on the future of CSDP missions and operations. The Strategic Compass provides a shared assessment of the strategic environment in which the EU is operating and of the threats and challenges the Union faces. The…
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Scholz refuses Russian oil soon
Brussels 02.05.2022 The European Union will stop importing Russian coal in summer and will refuse Russian oil by the end of 2022, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (pictured) said in an interview with The Indian Express newspaper published on Monday, May 5.(Image above: illustration). The European Union will stop importing Russian coal in summer and will…
Switzerland blocks Russian $9bn assets
Brussels 27.04.2022 Switzerland has decided to ban Russian nationals from registering trusts there, its government said Wednesday, April 27, to prevent a potential EU sanctions evasion. It also replicated the EU sanctions on imports of Russian lignite, coal, caviar, timber and seafood, along with the exports to Russia of some chemicals and industrial robots. Berne…
Wagner group founder under sanctions
Brussels 21.04.2022 Brussels 21.04.2022 EU sanctions two additional business people in relation to the illegal annexation of Crimea. The Council adopted today restrictive measures, within the existing sanctions framework, on two more individuals for their role in undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine and for benefitting from Russian decision-makers responsible…
Draghi: avenues for peace dialogue
Brussels 19.04.2022 “So far, Putin’s goal has not been the search for peace, but the attempt to annihilate the Ukrainian resistance, occupy the country and entrust it to a friendly government. We will stay close to our Ukrainian friends: the reopening of our Embassy in Kiev is good news. Yesterday I heard from our ambassador…
Russia: EU deplores expel of diplomats
Brussels 18.04.2022 “The European Union deplores the unjustified, baseless decision of the Russian Federation to expel 18 members of the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation. Russia: 🇪🇺 deplores unjustified, baseless decision by 🇷🇺 to expel 18 members of @EUinRussia 👉pure retaliation & will only deepen 🇷🇺's isolation. 🇪🇺 strongly calls on…
Russia accredits Taliban diplomat
Strasbourg 05.04.2022 Russia’s Tass news agency quoted sources as saying that Sayed Tayeb Javad, the former Afghan ambassador to Moscow, had been fired and that Taliban appointed diplomat Jamal Nasser Gharwal would be appointed Ambassador to diplomatic mission. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov made the remarks while speaking on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly…
Europe expulses Russian diplomats
Strasbourg 05.04.2022 Danemark,Germany, France, Latvia, and Lithuania have announced the expulsion of dozens of Russian diplomats as part of a joint European reaction to the massacre of civilians in a small c town of Bucha, near Ukraine capital, allegedly by Russian forces before they retreated. Outrage in Europe and Washington, threats of new sanctions, 75…
EU-China video-Summit
Brussels 30.03.2022 The 23rd EU-China summit will take place on 1 April 2022 via video conference. President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, accompanied by High Representative Josep Borrell, representing the EU, will meet Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang in the morning and Chinese President…
EU condemns N.Korea ballistic missile launch
Brussels 25.03.2022 “The EU strongly condemns the launch by the DPRK of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 24 March. This is a violation of multiple United Nations Security Council Resolutions and a serious threat to international and regional peace and security. The EU calls on the DPRK to refrain from any further action that could…
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