Defence, diplomacy, crises, powers
(B2 in Luxembourg) It is a mixed assessment that the Ministers of Foreign Affairs drew, without saying so, during their monthly meeting, on April 8, 2019, by considering the destinies of the partnership
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(B2 – in Tbilisi) On the sidelines of the NATO Secretary General's visit, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani granted an interview to B2. This career diplomat describes the strategy of
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(B2 in Tbilisi) Important week for Georgia, as part of its efforts to get closer to NATO. The army organized a NATO staff exercise: a first for a country that is not a member of the Alliance,
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(B2) Five years after the illegal annexation of Crimea, the Heads of State and Government of the 28 wanted to recall, on Friday (March 22), in a few words, their support for Ukraine The message is short (to
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(B2) The High Representative of the EU takes advantage of the five-year anniversary to condemn once again the "illegal annexation" of Crimea and Sevastopol "by the Russian Federation" In her
Read(B2) Eight Russian officials were blacklisted by the European Union on Friday (March 15) for undermining Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence. They are considered to have participated
Read(B2) The EU Council of Ministers (in 'Energy' format) is to renew on Monday (March 4), for an additional six months, the restrictive measures put in place in 2014 against people (Russians and Ukrainians) threatening the integrity
Read(B2) The Council of the EU must approve the renewal of restrictive measures against certain Ukrainian officials of the Yanukovych regime in power in Ukraine until 2014, suspected of embezzlement The decision prepared in the
Read(B2) The European Union extended, on Monday (25 February), the sanctions regime against Belarus for an additional year until 28 February 2020. This extension was expected, Coreper having decided on Thursday 20 February (Notebook 20.02.2019).
Read(B2) The General Court of the European Union annulled on Wednesday (30 January) the freezing of funds ordered against the former Ukrainian Minister of Energy and the Coal Industry of President Viktor Yanukovych (1) The second attempt
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(B2) The withdrawal of the United States from the Treaty on Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF or INF), ratified on Friday 1 February (1), was at the heart of the concerns of the European ministers meeting these two
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(B2) The 'Wagner' group, present from Ukraine to the Central African Republic, perhaps to Venezuela today, calls out. Army auxiliaries, mercenaries or simple Russian army service providers? These private military companies (PMC)
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(B2) The Council of the EU updated on Monday (21 January) its 'blacklist' of people threatening the integrity or destabilizing Ukraine. It has removed from Annex 1 of Regulation (EU) No 269/2014 Iosif
Read(B2) The press release from the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published this Monday (January 21) at the end of the afternoon, leaves no shadow of a doubt. Moscow is unhappy with the decisions taken by the European Union that same day,
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(B2) EU foreign ministers on Monday (21 January) blacklisted several people linked to the manufacture or use of chemical weapons, including the head of the Russian GRU and the Center
Read(B2) The Court of Justice of the EU decided on Wednesday (19 December) to annul the decision to freeze the assets of the former Ukrainian Prime Minister but only for the period March 2015 – March 2016 Close to
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(B2) The Russian presence on the media scene is causing much ink to flow in the Western world. Moscow's information activity in Africa is less known. We are wrong. Russia is active. In many
Read(B2) The EU Council of Ministers approved, on Friday (21 December), without debate, the extension for a further period of six months (until 31 July 2019) of economic sanctions targeting certain sectors of the economy
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(B2) The Heads of State and Government succeeded in having a single message, as firm as possible, towards Russia, but without going so far as to qualify the Russian action in the Sea of Azov as aggression or mentioning
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