Mark Rutte, during the press conference ahead of the NATO Summit (credit: NATO) [Notebook 24.06.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers June 24, 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Space Agency, Humanitarian aid, Azerbaijan, Belarus, EU Military Committee, COPS, Denmark, Maritime drone, Drones, OEDIP, EUNAVFOR Aspides, Eutelsat, Gaza, Russian war in Ukraine, Freedom of press, Baltic sea, Missiles, Norway, New Zealand, NATO, Romania, Sweden, Syria, Ukraine, UNRWA, Armored vehicles 13 min read
Photo: Eurochem / Archives/Format B2 [In Brief] MEPs approve an increase in customs duties on Russian fertilizers 22 May 2025 B2 Writing Belarus, Brief, Russian fertilizers, Russia 1 min read
[Jurisprudence] Sanctions against Russian oligarch Mikhail Gutseriev confirmed 17 May 2025 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Belarus, Sanctions 3 min read
(credit: CJEU) [Case Law Chronicle – April 2025] Part 2 – Internal Security. Rule of Law. Right to Asylum. Dublin III. Responsibility of Frontex 8 May 2025 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Belarus, Charter of Fundamental Rights, Citizenship, ECJ, Judge's control, Right of asylum, Human rights, Rule of law, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Justice, Malta, nationality, opponents, golden passports, safe country of origin, Persecutions, Poland, pushbacks, Dublin regulation, Syria, Court of the EU 12 min read
[Notebook 08.04.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 8 April 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Afghanistan, European Defense Agency, Central Asia, Balkans, Gaza strip, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Circumvention of sanctions, COPS, International Penal Court, IHL, Customs duties, OEDIP, EUAM Iraq, EUFOR Althea, EUPM Moldova, European Peace Facility, Hungary, Iran, Japan, journalists, Montenegro, Norway, Iranian nuclear, Howitzer, NGO, Death penalty, PESCO, Multi-mission radar, DR Congo, Republika Srpska, Russia, Sanctions, Sweden, Ukraine 15 min read
General view on the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg [News] Iran, Cameroon and Belarus banned for human rights violations 7 April 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Belarus, Cameroon, Iran, Freedom of information, NonNotif, European Parliament, Death penalty, Political repression, Emergency Resolutions 1 min read
One of the largest Belarusian companies (Photo: BMZ) [Jurisprudence] Freezing of assets of Belarusian metallurgical company BMZ confirmed March 31, 2025 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Belarus, freezing of assets, metallurgy, Lukashenko regime 2 min read
[Confidential] Russia. 16th package of sanctions this Wednesday? Hungary will have to lift its reservations (V2) February 18st, 2025 B2 Writing Bank, Belarus, Dual-use goods, Drones, russian gas, relations, restrictive measures, Sanctions, Swift, Ukraine 2 min read
[Notebook 28.01.2025] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 28th January 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Germany, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Battle Tank, COPS, Human rights, Presidential election, Space, Finland, France, Greenland, War in Ukraine, Houthis, Parliamentary Intergroup, Iceland, Military mobility, OSCE, European Parliament, DR Congo, EUSR for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, Rwanda, Sahel, Sanctions, Slovakia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Yemen 11 min read
One of the Belarusian tweets about a hypothetical condemnation of the - much less hypothetical - re-election of A. Lukashenko (capture B2) [News] Belarus protests against draft EU communiqué. On the eve of presidential election described as a farce by the European Parliament 24th January 2025 Emmanuelle Stroesser Belarus, Circumvention of sanctions, Crimes against humanity, Presidential election, Political prisoners, Russia, Sanctions 4 min read
[Notebook 17.12.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 17 December 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser Humanitarian aid, military aid, Germany, combat plane, Belarus, Brazil, Defense committee, Special Commission for the Defense of Democracy, COPS, South Korea, Horn of africa, Defense expenditure, Drone, OEDIP, United States, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Guatemala, Parliamentary intergroups, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mediterranean sea, Norway, NATO, European Parliament, Poland, PSDC, Sanctions, Slovakia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, military transport, Turkey, EU-Africa, Ukraine 13 min read
[News] Belarus: 26 people and 2 entities blacklisted 16 December 2024 B2 Writing Belarus, Russia, Sanctions 2 min read
The Polish Presidency stamp unveiled by Jakub Jaworowski (Minister of State Assets) and Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka, Deputy State Secretary for European Affairs (Photo: PL EU Presidency) [Notebook 12.12.2024] European geopolitics – Defense. Diplomacy. Powers 12 December 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser European Investment Bank, Belarus, Central, COPS, Defense expenditure, OEDIP, United States, EUTM RCA, External borders, Gaza, Russia-Ukraine War 2022, Haiti, Hungary, migration, Moldova, NATO, European Parliament, Poland, Polish Presidency of the Council, Russia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, UNRWA 13 min read
(credit: CJEU) [Case Law Chronicle November 2024] Sanctions. Anti-dumping duties and Russian fertilizers. European citizenship. Immigration 7 December 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde anti dumping, Belarus, ECJ, Fertilizer, homme d'affaires, NonNotif, North tream, Russia, Sanctions, Court of the EU 6 min read
(credit: CJEU) [Chronicle of jurisprudence September 2024] Russia, Belarus, Syria, Myanmar 27 September 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Belarus, Circumvention of sanctions, freezing of assets, Myanmar, Russia, Economic sanctions, Syria, Court of the EU 11 min read
Soligorsk Production Site 2 (photo: Belaruskali) [Jurisprudence] Freezing of assets of the main Belarusian potash producer confirmed 26 September 2024 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Belarus, freezing of assets, Potash, Lukashenko regime, Internal repression 4 min read
The delegation of Afghan women, received by Roberta Metsola, Tuesday 17 September, at the European Parliament (credit: EP) [News] European Parliament cries out on behalf of Afghan women who can no longer 25 September 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser Afghanistan, Belarus, Cuba, Womens rights, European Parliament, Political prisoners, Emergency Resolutions, Taliban 4 min read
[Notebook 28.08.2024] Summer Special (part II) – European geopolitics. Foreign Affairs. Sanctions. Neighborhood August 28, 2024 Emmanuelle Stroesser Afghanistan, West Africa, Humanitarian aid, Al-Shabab, poor, Palestinian Authority, Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Israel-Gaza conflict, COPS, Horn of africa, Belgrade Pristina Dialogue, election, Embargo, Epidemic, United States, Ethiopia, Facility (civil) Ukraine, Gulf of Guinea, government, Guatemala, Critical infrastructure, Iran, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Election observation mission, Mozambique, Death penalty, Political prisoners, DR Congo, Central African Republic, Russia, Rwanda, Sahel, Serbia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Ukraine, UNRWA, monkey pox, Venezuela, Vietnam 13 min read
