EU ministers approve landmark climate measures, but tough talks await
LUXEMBOURG — EU governments backed key efforts to slash emissions in the early hours of Wednesday, even as they left the Continent’s climate masterplan riddled with exemptions. Seventeen hours of...
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When it comes to Erdoğan, there’s no easy solution
Nathalie Tocci is director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, a board member of ENI and the author of POLITICO‘s World View column. Her new book, “A Green and Global Europe,” will be published by...
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The EU’s gas-rationing plan faces a haircut
When they meet in Brussels on Tuesday, EU energy ministers will be under intense pressure to agree on a common gas-saving plan ahead of winter to buttress the bloc in case the Kremlin turns off the...
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Europe needs energy solidarity — not a North-South rift
Simone Tagliapietra is a senior fellow at Bruegel. Last week, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen issued the clearest possible warning: “Russia is blackmailing us . . . using gas as a...
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Turkey: Difficult to live with, nearly impossible to live without
Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” One day last month, there stood...
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Cyprus and Greece oppose ban on Russian tourist visas
Cyprus and Greece are rallying behind Germany in opposing a block on visas for Russian tourists wanting to visit the EU, rejecting a call for such a ban by Ukraine. Over the past weeks, officials from...
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Estonia wants EU to ban Russian tourists
TALLINN — The EU should ban Russian tourists while the Kremlin is committing “genocide” in Ukraine, Estonia’s Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu told POLITICO. “We are letting the citizens of an...
View ArticleBrussels shies away from total Russian EU visa ban
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday poured cold water on a proposal to implement a complete ban on Russian travelers into the EU. Forbidding all Russians from entering the EU “is not a...
View ArticleUK could ‘toughen up’ visa conditions for Russians
LONDON — Britain’s Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has suggested the U.K. may tighten visa conditions for Russians, but expressed doubts about a total ban on all Russian tourists. Speaking on BBC Radio...
View ArticleEU set to suspend visa facilitation agreement with Russia: Report
EU foreign ministers are set to back a suspension of the bloc’s visa facilitation agreement with Moscow, the Financial Times reported, citing three officials involved in talks. Authorities have...
View ArticleWhy EVs are a flop in Cyprus … so far
This article is part of the Killing the Combustion Engine special report, presented by SQM. It’s only a 150-kilometer drive across Cyprus; well below how far an average electric vehicle can drive on a...
View ArticleTurkey condemns US further easing of Cyprus arms embargo
The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Saturday “strongly” condemned the U.S.’s announcement that it will widen the scope of its 2020 decision to lift its arms embargo on Cyprus. The move is “in...
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Nuclear power ‘unlikely’ to be in EU’s next Russia sanctions, diplomats say
Nuclear energy production is “unlikely” to be part of the next package of EU sanctions against the Kremlin for its invasion of Ukraine, while work on an oil-price cap is continuing, according to...
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Ukraine pressures EU to step up Russian sanctions as Brussels mulls new plans
Ukraine is putting pressure on the EU to include not just an oil price cap, but also an embargo on Russian gas in its next sanctions package. “While you are counting pennies, we are counting lives,”...
View ArticleEU takes Malta to court over ‘golden passport’ program
The European Commission announced Thursday that it will take legal action against Malta’s investor citizenship or “golden passport” scheme. Under the scheme, Malta offers EU citizenship to foreigners...
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The soft spot in the EU’s steel sanctions
Ukrainian officials are demanding that the EU crack down on sanctions loopholes. A gaping one still allows Europeans to trade steel worth billions that enriches some of Russian President Vladimir...
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EU agrees oil price cap in new Russia sanctions plan
EU ambassadors reached an agreement on new sanctions to hit Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine, including a price cap on Russian oil sales, according to European diplomats. The package, which is the...
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Libyan energy pact ramps up risks of Turkey-Greece conflict
ATHENS — Turkey’s energy deal with Tripoli this month is ratcheting up the dangers of open conflict between Ankara and Athens. On October 3, Turkey signed a preliminary agreement with Libya’s Tripoli...
View ArticleGreece’s spyware scandal expands further
ATHENS — Greece’s ever-expanding spyware scandal got another twist on Saturday with the publication of a long list of names of state officials, journalists and businesspeople targeted with malicious...
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Probe slams ‘4 or 5’ EU governments for spyware use
The European Parliament’s lead lawmaker investigating the use of spyware in Europe today slammed some of Europe’s most powerful politicians as sharing the blame for hacking phones with malicious...
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