West doing too little, too late over Russia’s aggression
Ukraine president Volodomyr Zelensky, at the EU summit in December 20
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Has the EU gone far enough on sanctions?
The Berlaymont lit up the colours of the Ukraine flag. 'But if some governments are not ready to support the Union's response to this crisis, there will need to be…
How EU can prepare for a Ukrainian refugee crisis
Berlin's Brandenburg Gate displaying the colours of the Ukraine flag earlier this week in solidarity (Photo: Berlin city government) A brief recap on how we arrived today’s second Russian invasion…
Who’s looking out for the civilian casualties of a Ukraine war?
The burning of the Euromaidan building in Kyiv in 20
Today’s the day to declare Ukraine an EU candidate country
Kyiv in the winter – could it became a member state capital? (Photo: Mariusz Kluzniak) A silly idea, you might say, now when Russia has just amputated parts of Ukraine’s…
The pandemic EU billions? Follow the money (or don’t)
The total in loans and funds available to battle the economic outcome of the coronavirus pandemic is €672bn (Photo: Fotolia) Monday (21 February) marks 12 months exactly into one of…
As Ukraine boils, don’t forget the other big conflict in the region
Armenia troops in Nagorno-Karabakh (Photo: nkrmil.am) The 2020 war in Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) between Armenia and Azerbaijan that left thousands dead did not put an end to the longest conflict in…
Never waste a crisis – so start building Covid research in Africa
Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is already home to the African Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (Photo: EUobserver) As European and African heads of state gather in Brussels today…
Hungary monitors not enough to stop first ‘rigged’ election in EU
Biased electoral and campaign rules and election irregularities may provide Viktor Orbán with enough of an advantage to remain in power (Photo: Council of the European Union) Recent weeks have…
Shuttering West’s embassies in Ukraine is a mistake
The French embassy in Kyiv. 'Instead of closing diplomatic representations, new ones should be opened – for instance in the eastern part of the countr�