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EU wants less dependence on US dollar

11:23 29.01.2021 Andrey Kadomtsev

EU wants less dependence on US dollar

On January 19 the European Commission released a preliminary plan which is designed to reduce the European Union’s dependence on the US dollar. In addition, the plan signals an intention to protect European companies from Washington-imposed extraterritorial sanctions. As a long-term strategy, it states an intention to “considerably” increase the …

EU playing a zero-sum game in Kosovo

12:28 19.01.2021 Pyotr Iskenderov

EU playing a zero-sum game in Kosovo

When it comes to Kosovo settlement, the European Union is clearly trying to regain the initiative.It was with poorly concealed jealousy and irritation that Brussels watched the delegations of Belgrade and Pristina sign an agreement to normalize their bilateral trade and economic relations in early September in Washington, and with …

Will EU and US be able to ally against China?

11:06 14.12.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

Will EU and US be able to ally against China?

The issue arose immediately afterThe Financial Timesannounced the EU’s desire to create a new global alliance with the United States, supposedly to countervail the military and economic power of China. The newspaper cites a draft version of the plan to revitalize the transatlantic partnership, prepared by the European Commission and …

Strategies of combating climate change and of de-carbonization in the era of COVID-19: a look from Russia and EU

11:21 10.12.2020 Anna Yershova

Strategies of combating climate change and of de-carbonization in the era of COVID-19: a look from Russia and EU

The Russia-EU Climate Conference was held in Moscow earlier this month in an online format. During the three-day event, leading Russian and foreign stakeholders discussed climate policy, further implementation of the Paris Agreement in Russia and the EU, corporate strategies for reducing carbon emissions, border carbon regulation mechanisms, and identified …

Ivan Timofeev: sanctions are imposed on the basis of a certain opinion

11:30 20.10.2020 Elizaveta Antonova

Ivan Timofeev: sanctions are imposed on the basis of a certain opinion

EU foreign ministers have reached consensus on imposing sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of Aleksey Navalny. A decision to this effect was passed by 27 foreign ministers of the EU. According to Finland’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto, the EU has got down to work to prepare a sanctions list. …

Migrants threaten EU again

10:48 08.10.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

Migrants threaten EU again

The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing social and economic crisis in Europe have resulted in an aggravation of the migration issueUnlike in 2014-2015, when this issue was considered an “external” one and was related to the influx of refugees and illegal migrants from North Africa and Middle East to EU …

Montenegro’s turnaround – outcomes and prospects

10:32 07.09.2020 Pyotr Iskenderov

Montenegro’s turnaround – outcomes and prospects

Montenegro is entering a new chapter of its political history. For the first time in the past 30 years the Democratic Party of Socialists, backed by incumbent President Milo Dukanovic, has suffered a defeat in the recent elections. If the winning opposition forces manage to come to agreement on the …

Europe’s reply to new threats from USA

11:49 21.08.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

Europe’s reply to new threats from USA

A group of American Senators has threatened to introduce sanctions against the German port of Sassnitz if its operator continues to assist in completing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Such threats, the German Handelsblatt says, “deal a blow in the face of Europeans”. Nevertheless, both Germany and the EU …

Turkey-EU: contradictory friendship with no strings attached

0:13 23.07.2020 Andrey Isayev

Turkey-EU: contradictory friendship with no strings attached

It looks like Turkey’s European choice, proclaimed by [the founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal] Ataturk, is finally becoming a thing of the past. Moreover, this trend is apparently being supported by Europe.This process can be speeded up by Ankara's recent moves, which the European Union considers inappropriate: …

US vs EU: a new transatlantic trade war looming?

16:52 16.07.2020 Andrey Kadomtsev

US vs EU: a new transatlantic trade war looming?

In an article, carried by the newspaper Handelsblatt, a group of German MPs from the Social Democratic party describe the possible new US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project as a "threat to European sovereignty." Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the German authorities are mulling retaliatory sanctions against …

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