Brussels 13.09.2024 Josep Borrell, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission for a Stronger Europe in the World (HR/VP) announced today the following appointments for senior positions in the European External Action Service (EEAS): Mr. Matti MAASIKAS as Managing Director for EUROPE. He has previously served as…
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EU-Mongolia: Putin arrest warrant
Brussels 03.08.2024 “The European Union has taken note of the visit of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin to Mongolia on 3 September despite the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant issued against him” reads the statement by the spokesperson on the visit of the Russian President Vladimir Putin to Ulaanbaatar. “The EU regrets that…
EU: Defence Ministers Support to Ukraine
Brussels 30.08.2024 During the first session, EU Defence Ministers will receive an update on the developments at the frontline from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence. They will also review the progress made in providing military support to Ukraine. Ministers will address EUMAM Ukraine and the next steps, progress in the mobilisation of the revenues stemming…
EU: lifting Ukraine military restrictions
Brussels 29.08.2024 Today the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell described this summer as “complicated” while addressing press at doorstep of the Foreign affairs ministers informal meeting in Brussels. “There are a lot of things happening, and one of the most important things is the continuing attack of Russia against the civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. “That…
Russian €1.5bn expropriation in Ukraine favor
Brussels 29.08.2024 In July, the Euroclear depository reported that in the first half of 2024 it had received 3.4 billion euros in interest from frozen Russian assets and would transfer about 1.55 billion euros to the EU fund for Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports. While the union previously compensated countries for already paid supplies, it is…
EU diplomats and defense ministers convene in Brussels
Brussels 28.08.2024 This week, High Representative Josep Borrell will chair an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers on Thursday 29 August, followed by an informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers on Friday 30 August. The meetings will take place in Brussels, in the Europa Building of the Council of the EU. (Photo: archive) Informal meeting…
EU on Ukraine incursion in Kursk
Brussels 20.08.2024 The Ukrainian Armed Forces incursion in the Kursk region will not affect Ukraine’s European integration process, said EU diplomacy spokesperson Peter Stano. “Ukraine has the right to defend itself, this does not affect the process of joining the EU in any way,” RIA Novosti quotes Stano as saying. (Image: illustration) The Armed Forces…
Pax Russica: Kursk dogs left on chains to die
Brussels 14.08.2024 Hundreds of companion-animals have been abandoned in the Kursk region. Their owners left them to die in locked apartments and houses when they were evacuated. Elena Goryuchkina, director of the Kursk shelter “Good City,” said that volunteers are currently unable to help their furry friends due to the difficult operational situation in the…
RF: Kursk nuclear power plant risks
Brussels 13.08.2024 The European Union considers it is important not to “speculate and hypothesize” on nuclear accident scenario, concerning Kursk nuclear power plant, and the Commission is hopeful that it doesn’t happen, but in such a case “there are systems in place in coordination between the EU and the international agencies”, the spokesperson for Climate…
Kremlin downplays Kursk failure
Brussels 12.08.2024 The Kremlin decided to declare a counterterrorism operation avoiding a state of war or martial law to downplay the scale of the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast to prevent domestic consequences of the failure. The move demonstrating that the Kremlin is reluctant to take relevant measures to respond to the Ukraine successful operation…
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