Since early 2022, amid the war in Ukraine and the wave of sanctions, many assumed Russian tourism in Europe would grind to a halt. However, reality proved otherwise.
How global trade geography is shifting after the start of the war in Ukraine: why the Middle Corridor has become a battleground between Turkey, China, the EU and Russia.
The heads of European states arrived in Ukraine by train.
An informal moment during the journey sparks rumors about drug use.
According to Bloomberg, the initiative comes from Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has sent a letter to the heads of the EU’s key institutions.
According to the Financial Times, citing industry sources, if disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz persist, the EU could face a “systemic” jet fuel deficit within the next three weeks.
According to Bloomberg, several tankers carrying diesel that had departed from the US toward Europe in recent weeks have sharply changed course in the Atlantic.
As Bloomberg reports, citing Ukraine’s ambassador to the alliance Alyona Getmanchuk, the financial burden still falls on a very small group of states — and expanding that circle has proven challenging.
Ukraine received official EU candidate status in the summer of 2022.
U.S. President Donald Trump has effectively acknowledged a scenario in which the United States could sacrifice the North Atlantic alliance in pursuit of control over Greenland.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stressed that the president views the acquisition of Greenland as a central pillar of U.S. national security strategy.
It is reasonable to assume that the Moscow court will support the Central Bank’s argument that it has suffered losses equivalent to the full amount of its frozen reserves.
The decision came after EU member states failed to reach consensus on using frozen Russian sovereign assets to finance Kyiv directly.
The European Union is finding it ever harder to agree on a mechanism to finance support for Ukraine using frozen Russian assets.
