Poland is being given an opportunity to matter in Europe
It has not seized past ones
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Month: June 2022
Fresh faces on the far right and left fill France’s parliament
Newcomers will test Emmanuel Macron’s government
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The war is forcing Russia’s Balkan friends to recalibrate
Even Serbia is uneasy about Vladimir Putin’s aggression
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz takes taciturnity to new levels
Some like it like that
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Ukraine: What are the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics?
Pro-Russia separatist regions in Donbas declared independence from Kyiv in 2014
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Ukraine-Russia war: What is the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and how might the crisis impact it?
Lucrative natural gas pipeline running to Germany under Baltic Sea blocked by chancellor Olaf Scholz in response to Vladimir Putin’s aggression
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What weapons does Ukraine have to fight Russia and does it have nuclear missiles?
Volodymyr Zelensky continues to urge Europe to send more military support
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Why is Belarus supporting Russia and how is it involved in Ukraine?
Soviet relic Alexander Lukashenko increasingly dependent on Vladimir Putin’s patronage for survival as grip on power slips and economy teeters on brink of disaster
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War crimes: How are they defined, investigated and punished?
International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has already announced an investigation into Russia’s conduct in Ukraine as invasion continues and atrocities are alleged in Bucha
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Why is Nato reluctant to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine?
Military alliance wary of provoking wider war with Vladimir Putin’s Russia by deploying peacekeeping planes to shield skies over Kyiv and block air strikes
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