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The European Union last week announced a new package of sanctions in an attempt to increase pressure on Russian Federation for its military operation in Ukraine. The EU hopes that the sanctions will reduce Russian energy revenues. The punitive measures will also put pressure on companies and ships involved in the transportation of Russian oil. In addition, the sanctions target oil products and include lowering the price threshold for oil. The package also includes sanctions measures against Russian companies and banks, as well as against the military-industrial complex.
“Bomb threat! Leave the premises immediately,” a security officer yelled at me during a “Principles First” conference of moderate Republicans gathering in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 22. We learned a little later that the threat came in the form of an untraceable email that said four homemade bombs had been planted “in honor of the January 6 hostages recently released by Emperor Trump.”
If Donald Trump keeps his promise to impose duties of 30% on EU goods, European businesses will have to reconsider their entire export model, experts say.
The more humanity learns about the oceans, the more obvious it becomes how little we actually understand about them. For example, it is believed that there are actually three times as many marine species as we have already identified. This fact alone should make us stop treating the ocean as something self-evident.
The first quarter of 2025 is marked by significant changes in the structure of gas imports to the EU. For the first time, the bloc is buying more liquefied natural gas (LNG) than pipeline gas: 8.4 million tons versus 8.2 million tons, according to Eurostat data.
On July 10, the European Parliament will vote on the resignation of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her entire team. Such a vote of no confidence is highly unusual for the European Union. But although such initiatives have never been successful, they are the most powerful tool for controlling the executive branch in the EU and, as history shows, change the political dynamics in Brussels.
The just-concluded NATO summit in The Hague took place at a time of extreme tension. Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has repeatedly accused Europe of sponging off U.S. defense spending, raising serious concerns about the health of the Atlantic alliance. These fears were only heightened by Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities just three days before the summit, a decision made in coordination with Israel and without notifying America’s NATO allies.
For the umpteenth time, fiscal austerity has opened the door for populist political parties. In the UK, France, Poland and other countries, populists succeed by criticizing “fiscally responsible” governments that cut spending.
During the first four months of 2025, 56 Norwegian citizens debated how Norway’s vast oil wealth can best serve current and future generations – at home and abroad. Unlike traditional decision-making methods, where elected officials and experts determine policy, the so-called Commission for the Future (the second such assembly in Norwegian history) allowed ordinary citizens, selected through a representative and knowledgeable process, to make recommendations in informed discussions.
Even before U.S. President Donald Trump’s attack on the global economy, it was experiencing not only a structural crisis, but also a crisis of values that once justified and guided international cooperation. The declining role of multilateralism, i.e. multilateral relations, is explained not only by the weakening of international organizations and geopolitical tensions, but also by the loss of unified principles of international cooperation, the shift to unilateralism, transactional diplomacy, and zero-sum nationalism.
The need for legal reform in Moldova is obvious to everyone. It is also included in the list of the country’s unconditional priorities in the process of European integration. However, not only lawyers and legal scholars, but also politicians, analysts and representatives of civil society are quite critical of both the methods and objectives of this key reform and its results.
The third UN Ocean Conference ended in Nice with much accomplished. But there is also much unfinished business for the world to discuss at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil.
