eastern europe politics

The Trump administration’s values in Eastern Europe: shielding accused rapists and sex traffickers, elevating a lunatic, and pillaging Ukraine’s rare earth minerals

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18 feb.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivered a stern lecture on democratic values and principles to Europeans on Friday at the Munich Security Conference. „The biggest threat to Europe, in my view, is not Russia, not China, nor any other external actor. What concerns me most is the threat from within—the retreat of Europe from some […]
The Trump administration’s values in Eastern Europe: shielding accused rapists and sex traffickers, elevating a lunatic, and pillaging Ukraine’s rare earth minerals

Eastern Europe on the edge: Moscow’s influence grows across the region

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29 oct.
A red ring seems to be gradually forming across Eastern Europe. In Georgia, elections have been won by a party pushing a pro-Kremlin agenda, a serious blow to the country’s long-standing aspirations to join the European Union. In Moldova, an EU accession referendum narrowly passed amid significant Russian interference in the voting process. Just next […]
Eastern Europe on the edge: Moscow's influence grows across the region