Russia

NATO: China an Emerging Threat

Reading Time: < 1 minute This week's NATO summit recognized China as an emerging threat for the defense alliance, but…

4 years ago

The Ryanair Incident: An Overt Challenge to the EU

The EU was unusually unified and prompt in condemning Belarus for “hijacking” the Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair plane. The European…

4 years ago

Russia Bans Flights from the EU

Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia shows its clear alignment in the EU-Belarus air crisis

4 years ago

Partial Greenlight for Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Construction

After being halted in April due to environmental concerns, the construction of 2 km of the Nord Stream 2 natural…

4 years ago

Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority to Become “Independent”

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hungary claims the body overseeing the Paks 2 nuclear power plant development will not be…

4 years ago

Khodorkovsky to MEPs About pro-Kremlin’s Influence in the EU

Exiled businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky at a public hearing of the European Parliment told to MEPs: Russia has recruited allies in…

4 years ago

Czech PM Requests More Solidarity

So far, the Baltic States, Romania, and Slovakia have all expelled Russian diplomats to show their solidarity with the Czech…

4 years ago

Construction of Paks 2 May be Further Delayed

Russian news agency Ria Novosti has reported that Hungary will start repaying a loan to Russia of EUR 9 billion…

4 years ago

Bulgaria at a Crossroads: Will it Leave Borissov Behind?

Reading Time: 4 minutes In Bulgaria, the stakes are high after this month's inconclusive elections. Who will have a chance…

4 years ago

EC/Austria provide vaccines to western Balkans

Reading Time: < 1 minute The EU behind China and Russia offers COVID-19 jabs for the Western Balkans countries to…

4 years ago

Slovakia: What Lies Beyond Energy Dependence?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Still, there are no significant flows of direct investment between the two, either from Russia into…

4 years ago

Serbia: A Balancing Act

Reading Time: 3 minutes Serbia’s strategic position between East and West has traditionally served as some sort of leverage to…

4 years ago

Romania’s Relations with Moscow: Overloaded with Contentious Issues

Reading Time: 5 minutes Romania is a hardliner against Russian within the EU, and a country almost immune to Russian…

4 years ago

Hungary and its Alliance Forged in the Past

Reading Time: 4 minutes Moscow used Hungary as a gateway to the EU and is consistently uses Russian finances to…

4 years ago

Poland: From Dependence to Falling Trade

Reading Time: 3 minutes Historically, Warsaw has maintained the strongest stance against Russia's efforts to gain political and economic influence,…

4 years ago

Russia-CEE Relations in 2021: Vaccine Diplomacy and Selective Engagement

Reading Time: 5 minutes Despite its historical dominance in Eastern Europe and geopolitical proximity to the EU, Russia remains a…

4 years ago

Russia’s FM to Brussels: “We’re done”

This week Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, on a visit to China, declared that Russia's relations with the European Union…

4 years ago

Russian Reports of Agreement to Produce Sputnik V in France Denied

None of France’s pharmaceutical companies have signed a contract with Russia to produce its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, a spokesman…

4 years ago