Tag: European Union
At the Polish Border, Tens of Thousands of Ukrainian Refugees
MEDYKA, Poland — Cradling her 3-year-old son, who was gravely ill with cancer, the 25-year-old Ukrainian mother staggered…
European Leaders Agree to a Second Wave of Russia Sanctions
BRUSSELS — European leaders meeting into the early hours of Friday hammered out an agreement over a new…
Why the Toughest Sanctions on Russia Are the Hardest for Europe to Wield
The punishing sanctions that the United States and European Union have so far announced against Russia for its…
How Russia Attacked Ukraine and What Happens Next
After months of troop and tank buildups, of grim warnings of violence and vague assurances of peace, and…
What’s at Stake for the Global Economy as Conflict Looms in Ukraine
That means an invasion could have a dual effect — slowing economic activity and raising prices.In the United…
Wooing Allies, Publicizing Putin’s Plans: Inside Biden’s Race to Prevent War
The Dec. 3 document became the first of a series of efforts to declassify intelligence about Russian plans…
African and European Leaders Meet Against Backdrop of Enduring Problems
BRUSSELS — European officials knew the European Union wasn’t a household name in Africa, but it was only…
Ukraine Crisis Rattles Europe After 30 Years of Peace
For the younger generation, concerned, like the German Greens, with the environment and focused on human rights and…
Finns Don’t Wish ‘Finlandization’ on Ukraine (or Anyone)
In the Helsinki Central Library Oodi, where students edited film clips on free computers, women embroidered jackets with…
Afghan Refugees Face Two-Tier System in Europe
Some of the Afghan women around the table in the neoclassical building in central Athens were making notes…
For Ukraine, Europe Thinks Russia’s Putin Wants More Than War
The answer is surprising, even paradoxical. Europeans and Ukrainians are skeptical of a major Russian invasion in Ukraine…
More Than a Million Afghans Flee as Economy Collapses
ZARANJ, Afghanistan — From their hide-out in the desert ravine, the migrants could just make out the white…