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Welsh politician refuses to step down from investment firm with strong links to Putin's Russia

Mervyn Davies is chairman of Letter One, which is is worth £17bn and its major shareholders are Russian oligarchs linked to the Kremlin, Petr Aven and Mikhail Friedman

Wales Online · Mar 18, 2022

Ukraine will not give up EU bid as compromise to Russia, says Ukrainian official

Ukraine will not abandon its bid to join the European Union to reach a compromise with Russia as part of an agreement to end the war, the deputy chief of staff of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday.

Reuters · Mar 18, 2022

Bulgaria ex-PM Borissov remains in custody after EU probes

Bulgarian ex-Prime Minister Boyko Borissov remained in custody on Friday following corruption investigations by European Union prosecutors as his supporters took to the streets to protest his detention

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

In a rush to replace Russian gas, the EU has damaged its own climate change strategy

The European Union’s recent proposals to end imports of Russian gas before 2030 in the wake of the Ukraine invasion are blighted by the bloc’s support for unnecessary and expensive technologies.

The Conversation · Mar 18, 2022

Government 'struggling' to show Brexit benefits to businesses, MPs say

Cross party group of MPs says the Government has not provided clarity on the trade-offs involved in leaving the EU

Birmingham Post · Mar 18, 2022

EU Seeks Energy Price-busting Strategy amid Ukraine Crisis

European states are urgently seeking policies to stem the energy inflation tide amid conflict in Ukraine which has sparked price hikes -- notably of oil, which has soared past $100 a barrel. As companies and consumers alike labor under the strain with food and energy prices soaring to multi-decade highs,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 18, 2022

UK would suffer £70bn hit and recession if Europe banned Russian oil and gas, Rishi Sunak fears

Boris Johnson has urged EU to ‘get off that addiction’ – but chancellor has highlighted severe impact on UK if it does

The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2022

European Union Insists on Its Three ‘Noes’ in Syria

The European Union has reconfirmed rejection to normalization with the Syrian regime, to reconstruction and to lifting of sanctions until a political solution in line with UN Security Council resolution 2254 is firmly underway. “Yesterday marked 11 years since the beginning of the tragic and bloody conflict in Syria,” said…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 18, 2022

Bullfighting still benefits from millions of euros a year in EU farming subsidies

Public funds to farms breeding bulls keeping ‘cruel practice’ of bullfighting alive, say animal rights campaigners

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

Battered but not broken: how global trade is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Russia’s first McDonald’s store in opened in 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was a potent symbol that the Cold War was ending and a great ideological wound healing.

The Conversation · Mar 18, 2022