US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen highlighted a proposed price cap on Russian oil on a phone call with British Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi on Tuesday, a move to reduce the impact of the war in Ukraine on global energy prices. Both discussed the need to continue to accelerate budgetary support for Ukraine, and opportunities to build on sanctions imposed on Russia, Yellen […]
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Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) EU member states have agreed to cut natural gas consumption after reaching consensus on Tuesday. The European Commission proposed a consumption cut scheme, which bloc members rejected and reached agreement on a weakened version, according to Reuters reporting on Tuesday. The EC initially proposed mandatory cuts of 15% for all EU […]
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For opposition figures choosing to stay in Russia after President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, imprisonment looks like a matter of time. It’s also a subject for fierce debate.
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The E.U. agrees to cut gas use.
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Across Europe, stock exchanges’ greatest fears may be coming true as an ambitious plan for a ticker tape gathers momentum in Brussels. Stock exchanges are fiercely resisting calls for a “consolidated tape” that would create a price feed for stock trades across the EU’s disparate trading venues. They fear the tape could eat into lucrative […]
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Western sanctions are hurting Russia’s economy but the Kremlin’s war chest is still brimming with cash thanks to soaring commodity prices, new data shows. Russian exports of oil, gas and metals fell significantly last month as sanctions announcements spooked international buyers, according to Kremlin estimates seen by the Russian daily Vedomosti — but rising prices […]
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Moin Kikhia is the founder and president of the Libyan Democratic Institute. Since February, the eyes of the world have been firmly fixed on the horrors unfolding in Ukraine. But while Europe’s attention has been consumed by the crisis on its eastern flank, the trouble burgeoning on its southern one in Libya has been largely […]
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Harold Chambers is a political and security analyst focused on the North Caucasus. The European Union has finally decided to reward those who face up to the Russian threat. Ukraine and Moldova have been granted candidacy status, and Georgia has been assured that, upon fulfilling certain conditions, it will receive the same status as […]
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INVESTIGATION A network of young neo-Nazis is setting up terrorist cells across Europe and the US for the purpose of carrying out armed attacks, a joint investigation reveals. By Alexander Nabert,and Christina Brause (Welt am Sonntag), Bryan Bender (POLITICO) and Nick Robins-Early (Insider) In Berlin, Brussels, Las Vegas, Munich, New York, Potsdam and Washington When […]
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LONDON — In capital cities across Europe, politicians have largely celebrated the downfall of Boris Johnson. Not so in Kyiv. While long-standing protocols mean closely-allied governments rarely comment when a fellow leader loses power, in war-torn Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy immediately broke with tradition to voice deep sadness at Johnson’s imminent exit as U.K. prime […]
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