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China tells EU it will pursue Ukraine peace in its own way

China offered the European Union assurances on Friday that it would seek peace in Ukraine but said this would be on its own terms, deflecting pressure for a tougher stance towards Russia.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2022

The making of Viktor Orban — the ‘Hungarian tiger’ mauling Europe from within

He’s the hard-right nationalist prime minister who thrills in scrapping with Brussels, leaving Ukraine in the lurch and thumbing his nose at the liberal order. Samuel Fishwick reports on ‘Putin’s poodle’ who’s just won for more years

Evening Standard · Mar 31, 2022

Armenia, Azerbaijan Leaders to Meet amid Recent Fighting

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Thursday he will meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Brussels on April 6 and for talks to end the decades-long conflict over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. There have been recent clashes that have raised concerns about the stability of a cease-fire that…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 31, 2022

Brexit: EU launches legal challenge against UK over wind farm subsidies

Not the time to be ‘fighting this out in court’, says Whitehall official

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

UK must seize chance to repair relations with EU, says thinktank head

Director of Chatham House says Britain’s role in Ukraine crisis is an opportunity to work more formally with Brussels

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2022

Russia's war and its regional impact

Last week in Brussels, US President Joe Biden suggested that Russia should be removed from the Group of Twenty, or G20 as it is more commonly known, the economic forum of industrialised and developing countries. He reiterated that with the ongoing Russian-Ukraine war, it could not be business as usual…

Bangkok Post · Mar 28, 2022

Erdogan Calls on Putin to Make 'Honorable Exit' from Ukraine War

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he will suggest Russian President Vladimir Putin to find an honorable exit from Ukraine and end the war. Speaking to reporters on a return flight from a NATO summit in Brussels, Erdogan said Turkey could not impose sanctions on Russia due to its…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 26, 2022

A week before elections, Hungary's Orban remains the EU's enfant terrible

On 3 April, Hungary goes to the ballot box to elect 199 members of the National Assembly. The choice is between the Fidesz party of incumbent Prime Minister Victor Orban, whose populist policies have estranged him from Brussels, and a coalition of opposition parties led by Peter Marki-zay. Despite Orban's…

Radio France Internationale · Mar 26, 2022

Is Ukraine unhappy with Ireland over Russia invasion? Latest update after President Zelensky's two words spark concern

The Taoiseach is currently in Brussels attending an EU leaders summit about the invasion.

Irish Mirror · Mar 26, 2022

US, EU reach gas supply deal to reduce dependence on Russia

BRUSSELS — The U.S. and the European Union will push to boost supplies of liquefied natural gas to European countries by the end of 2022 in a bid to begin to displace some Russian gas, a political framework that now leaves companies to sort out the details.

Tribune News Service · Mar 25, 2022