Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2) Foreign ministers are due to discuss relations with Russia at the Zagreb 'gymnich' (informal meeting) this Thursday (March 5). A subject followed closely in Paris* The initiative, wanted by the
Read(B2) The European Union on Monday (February 17) extended the sanctions measures on Belarus, for an additional year, until February 28, 2021 This measure is identical to that taken last year (read
Read(B2) The new Russian nuclear posture continues to worry NATO. Faced with Moscow's increasingly sophisticated arsenal, the Allies are looking for the right response to adopt. How to respond, without imitating the opponent's logic? A
Read(B2 – exclusive) Ambassadors of the Political and Security Committee (PSC) must quickly approve the choice of a new head for the European observation mission in Georgia (EUMM Georgia), responsible for monitoring the two lines
Read(B2) Russia is due to lay two new helicopter carriers next May. Objective: to replace the French 'Mistral' BPCs, which Moscow had tried to acquire in the early 2010s. For some experts, the
Read(B2) Seven new people, Ukrainians and/or Russians, involved in the organization of Russian elections in Crimea and Sevastopol, were added on Tuesday (January 28) to the EU blacklist. Their assets are frozen in
Read(B2) The Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality, Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, did not hesitate to remind the European Parliament on Tuesday (21 January) that the conflict in Georgia is far from appeased While the situation
Read(B2) Ukrainians and pro-Russian separatists exchanged 29 detainees on Sunday (December 200) at the Maiorské checkpoint, on the front line, under the supervision of OSCE observers. Agreed measure
Read(B2) This Thursday (December 12), before their counterparts in the European Council, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel will not arrive completely empty-handed before their counterparts in the European Council. The meeting in Paris, in
Read(B2 – exclusive) In post in Brussels for fifteen years, the Russian Ambassador to the EU, Vladimir Chizhov, is witness to and player in a very special relationship between the European Union and Russia. For B2, he browses current topics.
Read(B2) Germany on Wednesday (December 4) declared two members of the Russian Embassy in Berlin personae non gratae Decision “with immediate effect,” a foreign ministry statement said. The eviction occurs in
Read(B2) The European Union decided on Monday (2 December) to support Kyiv's efforts to combat illicit trafficking in arms, ammunition and explosives by funding a training program of the Organization for
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(B2) In a statement adopted in Kyiv on the occasion of the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, on 30 and 31 October, the Allies remain "determined to continue to support the reform program
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(B2) Making peace with the Russians, reforming the country and preparing for NATO and EU membership are the three issues that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko has
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(B2) A new Ukrainian dignitary has obtained a legal victory at the Court of Justice of the EU. Oleksandr Klymenko, the former Ukrainian revenue and tax minister under Yanukovych, accused of embezzlement of public funds,
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(B2) The General Court of the EU on Tuesday (24 September) invalidated the asset freezing measures against former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych (Yanukovych) and his son Oleksandr on suspicion of embezzlement
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(B2) The judges of the Sixth Chamber of the EU Court rejected on September 11 the appeals of the subsidiary of the Russian energy giant Rostec, Technopromexport as well as its director Sergey Topor-Gilka This
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(B2) European Commissioner for Energy Union Maroš Šefčovič was rather optimistic after the trilateral negotiation session (Russia-Ukraine-EU) held on Thursday (19 September) in Brussels in the premises of the
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(B2) Former Ukrainian Prime Minister until January 2014, Mykola Azarov obtained on Wednesday (September 11) from the EU Court the cancellation of the restrictive measures affecting him for the period 2018-2019. In the name of a case law of
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