It was in particular through the Ukraine crisis and the annexation of Crimea by Russia in 2014 that Germany found itself assuming a leadership role also in the EU's foreign policy, a role it has shunned in the past. However, for Berlin this new role is far from obvious - it is only ...
Croatian midfielder Neven Djurasek joined Shakhtar from Dinamo Zagreb in July 2022 on a two-year deal. The 24-year-old had previously played in Ukraine before the war's escalation last year for Dnipro-1, and he told ESPN: "Of course the war was a big problem in my...
First, Crimea has been the focus of a territorial conflict between Russia and Ukraine since 2014, when Russia annexed the region; Tatarstan is a peaceful region with no border conflicts. Second, while Tatarstan’s regional government is relatively autonomous from the federal center in comparison ...
countries such as the Paris Climate Agreement, and ration or even end US support for Ukraine in the war with Russia. Yet — surprisingly, perhaps — on some critical foreign policy issues, Trump and the Biden administration are on the same page, and Trump 2.0 will likely see some important...
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and that insists that Ukraine can hope neither to regain its lands seized by Russia nor expect NATO membership. Add to this Trump’s suggestion that Russia should be invited back to the G7 from which it had been ousted since 2014 over its takeover of Crimea. In short, it looks like the...
On his July 4 visit, Putin praised Italy for its critical stance on European Union (EU) sanctions against Russia put in place in 2014, after the country's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea. "We hope that Italy will consistently and clearly speak out about its position (regarding sanctions) and...
Ukraine is also home to an indie-label world and a thriving live-music scene in Kyiv and other parts of the country.“After 2014, I felt that my country never experienced such a good time because really, everything was blossoming in a way,” says singer, songwriter, and guitarist Kostiant...
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was last seen on radar above Vietnam and Malaysia. Air traffic controllers in both countries say they did not receive any message that the plane may have been in trouble. On Tuesday, Malaysian media reported that the Malaysian military hadnoted5the aircraft flying to...
The U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions against Russian officials, industries, and companies following Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and again in 2022 when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.89 Who Administers Sanctions Used by the United States? The Office of F...