... some common understanding on Syria, rather than on Ukraine. It is too sensitive because the positions are completely confrontational. Then, it depends on how it evolves, but if the EU continues to perceive that Russia is meddling or interfering with elections and issues, including social media activity and these media outposts like Russia Today and Sputnik, that of course will maintain this distress at a very high level.
What do you think can help us improve things? Taking into consideration that ...
... both Europe's rescuer and its potential undoer.
Fully aware that Europe was dependent on its position and actions, Turkey grew more vocal in demanding visa-free travel for its citizens and intensification of talks on the country’s accession to the European Union.
Since late 2004, Ankara has enjoyed EU candidate member status. To join the EU, each candidate state needs to meet the requirements of the so-called acquis, which consists of 35 chapters. One of the demands Ankara made in the context of ...
... European and Russian universities
held a round table “Prospects for Russia-West relations”.
The discussion covered the prospects for development of Russia-EU-US relations following Brexit, the presidential election in the United States, and the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
The discussion was attended by experts from the US, the EU, and Russia, as well as by RIAC members.
The participants included: Thomas Graham, Professor at Yale University; Desmond Browne, former ...
... victory for the conservative Law and Justice Party, whose representatives will now hold the posts of both President and Prime Minister. This means that relations with Russia, bad as they may be right now, could get even worse. And relations with the European Union and Germany look set to become more complicated.
The elections held
on October 25, 2015 saw more than 39 per cent of voters back the conservative Law and Justice Party (link in Polish). This gave it more than half the seats in parliament, thus enabling it to form a one-party government. The new head of ...
... 2015 made it clear that Belarus still has a long way to go before it complies with the OSCE’s standards for democratic elections.
The newly reelected Belarusian president made a fair
comment
about the election: “This election will become ... ... Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius
said
that he would welcome the lifting of sanctions from the Belarusian president by the European Union. This is as long as the resoluteness of European politicians goes. No one promises to change anything for the country ...
... Warnings”,
Washington Post (Daily)
, January 5, 2015
7
. “Seven Billion Euro in Outflows after the Declaration of Elections”,
Proto Thema (Daily)
, January 19, 2015
8
. The repeated issue of T-bills has caused a major blow to the Greek ... ... Risk Tripping Up Greece on Debt Relief”, Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2015
13
. Ibid.
14
. Court of Justice of the European Union, Press Release No 2/15 Luxembourg, 14 January 2015.
15
. Jana Randow, “Europe’s QE Quandary”,...
