The German automaker Volkswagen would offer workers at one of its Russian factories compensation if they left the factory voluntarily. That writes the Russian newspaper Kommersant. According to the newspaper, the offer would in some cases amount to six months’ salary for the approximately 200 employees at the factory […]
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Switzerland Blocks Delivery of Armoured Vehicles to Ukraine
The Swiss government has again blocked the delivery of war equipment to Ukraine. Bern vetoed a Danish request to supply armoured vehicles produced in Switzerland to the Eastern European country. Denmark had wanted to send about twenty armoured cars of the type Piranha III, according to the Swiss public […]
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Ukraine Summit in EU Overshadowed by Division Oil Boycott
The scheduled EU summit on Ukraine starting Monday has been overshadowed by ongoing disagreements over an embargo on Russian oil. It is very doubtful whether the summit will bring agreement, senior EU diplomats say. The leaders of the 27 EU member states will meet in Brussels in the afternoon […]
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UN Secretary General Wants to Restore Grain Exports From Ukraine: Long Way to Go
The United Nations is in close contact with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union to restore grain exports from Ukraine to their old proportions to stem a global food crisis. “I’m hopeful, but we still have a long way to go,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres […]
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Pro-British DUP Blocks Northern Ireland Government Formation
The pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) blocks the formation of a new regional government in Northern Ireland. She does so in protest against the Northern Ireland protocol that the EU and the United Kingdom concluded on Brexit. Like London, the DUP wants to eliminate the customs border between Northern […]
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German Police Prevent Massacre at Two Schools
With the arrest of a 16-year-old boy, the police in the German city of Essen say they have prevented attacks on two schools. A heavily armed arrest team lifted the boy from his bed early Thursday morning. He allegedly planned attacks on his own school, the Don-Bosco Gymnasium, and […]
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European Commission: Get Rid of Oil This Year, Hit Russia and Western Helpers
The European Commission wants to ban the import of crude oil from Russia within six months and that of petrol and other oil products by the end of the year. She also proposes to cut off three major banks from the international payment service SWIFT and to tackle European […]
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French Foreign Minister: Russia Pretends to Negotiate
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has little confidence in Russia’s current negotiations with Ukraine. In an interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien, he says, “it is impossible to talk with a gun to the head”. He, therefore, accuses Russia of “just pretending to negotiate”. In the interview, […]
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Poland has More Than 450,000 Refugees from Ukraine
More than 450,000 people have fled to neighbouring Poland as a result of the war in Ukraine. Recently, around 100,000 people have crossed the border every day, and the Polish interior minister told the Polish station Radio Zet. Most refugees from Ukraine travel to Poland, where 1.5 million Ukrainians […]
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Border Guard: Russian Ground Troops Enter Ukraine
Russian ground forces have crossed the border with Ukraine in three regions. The Ukrainian Border Guard reports that infantry from Russia entered Chernihiv, Kharkiv and the renegade Luhansk regions. Earlier it was already clear that the attack on Ukraine did not only come from Russia. Also from the Ukrainian […]