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Cyprus is losing its Russians — and confronting existential questions about...
For decades, Cyprus built an economy that courted Russians — Russian tourists, Russian investors, Russian oligarchs. Now, with Europe severing its connections to a warmongering Russia in the course of...
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The end of neutrality
TheENDofNEUTRALITY For EU countries that aren’t in NATO, the war in Ukraine is causing them to rethink their position. Illustration by Edmon de Haro for POLITICO DUBLIN — In the elegant Georgian...
View ArticleLeaders rebuff Zelenskyy’s latest pitch to join EU
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday delivered an emotional — and highly personalized — pitch for his war-torn country to join the EU, but his pleas were largely rebuffed by the bloc’s...
View ArticleBlack Sea balancing act: Turkey’s Erdoğan treads a fine line on Russia
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are strange bedfellows — sometimes close strategic partners, but sometimes bitter regional adversaries. For now, the...
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War, inflation upend EU’s post-pandemic recovery plans
EU countries are seeking to change their national recovery plans — less than a year after they were approved. The war in Ukraine has rushed the old continent in motion to unshackle itself from its...
View ArticleRussian bombs rupture a Greek community fighting for its history
When Afina Khadzhynova fled Mariupol on March 15, she had 10 minutes to throw together a few essentials for the hazardous journey away from Russia’s bombs — documents, blankets, emergency food...
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100 EU cities commit to going climate neutral by 2030
This article is part of POLITICO’s Global Policy Lab, a collaborative journalism project exploring the future of cities. Sign up here. For a city to slash its emissions to zero may seem like a pipe...
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EU’s Russian oil ban hits trouble as countries argue over key details
Ursula von der Leyen faces a battle to save her proposed ban on Russian oil imports, after Hungary and Slovakia raised major objections. The European Commission president put forward proposals to end...
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Ukraine pleads for EU Russia sanctions to target tankers
There’s a tanker-sized hole in the oil sanctions the EU is trying to impose against Russia. The bloc’s sixth sanctions package against Moscow, now being laboriously haggled over by EU countries, looks...
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Manfred Weber set to consolidate power over dwindling EPP empire
Manfred Weber looks set to inherit full control of the EU’s largest conservative political party — just as the empire is shrinking. The German politician appears on track to become the new president...
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Deny of the tiger: EU weighs exotic pet ban
Brussels is mulling a crackdown on Europe’s tiger kings. EU agriculture ministers will Tuesday discuss whether to ban the trade and keeping of exotic species such as tigers, alligators or chimpanzees,...
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EU’s Russian oil ban hangs by a thread as mood darkens in Brussels
EU countries are desperately searching for a way to save their plan to ban imports of Russian oil, as hopes of a breakthrough fade ahead of a crucial European leaders’ summit next week. European...
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Stall on oil ban shows EU capitals trying to limit pain of helping Ukraine
For many EU leaders, spiking inflation, especially in the cost of energy and food, is proving to be a scarier enemy than Russian President Vladimir Putin. The proof is in the now 25 days — and...
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In Cyprus, a faraway war forces a city to redefine its Russianness
LIMASSOL, Cyprus — Sipping coffee at a beachside cafe, Alexey Voloboev scrolled down on a Telegram group chat titled “financial help in Cyprus.” “This is now the Russian bank of Cyprus,” the Russian...
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Don’t expect the EU to ban Russian gas any time soon
After a month of haggling over how to ban Russian oil, only to get a watered-down compromise that lets pipelines keep flowing, EU sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s energy exports have reached “the end of...
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Cyprus has gas for Europe. A decades-old conflict is keeping it untouched
NICOSIA — In Europe’s frantic search to end its dependence on Russian energy, there’s an untapped resource: The waters around Cyprus. Yet a decades-old conflict between Turkey, Cyprus and Greece —...
View ArticleCommission president calls to end unanimity in EU foreign policy decisions
The EU must be able to respond faster to geopolitical developments, and should end the unanimity requirement in foreign policy decisions, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said...
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Pegasus makers face EU grilling. Here’s what to ask them
Spyware victims, meet spyware-makers. A key group of European Parliament members will Tuesday afternoon get their first shot at quizzing representatives of one of the most notorious spyware makers out...
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EU leaders to back Ukraine’s membership bid while skirting tough questions on...
The European Council on Thursday will designate Ukraine a candidate for EU membership — even as Russia’s ongoing war raises questions about whether the country will exist long enough to ever join the...
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In Greece, holidaymakers are back but workers are in short supply
ATHENS — Greece is struggling to find enough people to work in its vital tourism industry — and has even asked Ukrainian refugees to help. Coronavirus meant two largely lost seasons for the tourism...
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