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31st August 2014 / Politics /

Politics: European Council decides on top EU posts

On 30 August at a special meeting of the European Council in Brussels, the heads of state and government of EU Member States completed the quartet of top EU posts for the next institutional cycle. Following the appointment of Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission and the electi...

22nd August 2014 / Politics /

Politics: Russia relaxes its counter-sanctions

Following the imposition of its counter-sanctions earlier this month, Moscow starts to count their costs. Russian government officials calculated that the shortage of certain products will require tens of billions of rubbles in subsidies this year in order for the consumer prices to stay stable. The...

15th August 2014 / Politics /

Politics: EU states free to supply weapons to the Kurds

On 15 August, foreign ministers of the EU28 met in Brussels at an extraordinary session of the Foreign Affairs Council. The meeting on ministerial level followed the special meeting of the Political and Security Committee of the Council earlier last week. The main issue debated was the situation in ...