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POLITICSSep 18Carpathian Summit participants sign declarationFollowing the first Carpathian Summit, held in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk region, the heads of state and government and representatives of Ukraine, Austria, Poland, Romania, Serbia, and Slovakia adopted a final declaration.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 18Trump likely to sign Russia Sanctions Bill today, says White House officialIndia and China are among the major purchasers of Russian crude, making their continued energy trade with Moscow a significant element of the debate surrounding the legislation.moneycontrol · india
POLITICSSep 18Macron orders France to prepare its critical infrastructure for drone and cyberattacks amid a growing ‘Russian hybrid threat’Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Russia holds first parliamentary election since war in Ukraine beganRussia is holding the country's first parliamentary elections since the war in Ukraine began. NBC News' Matt Bodner has details on the elections and what critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin had to say about the process.NBC News
POLITICSSep 18Zelenskyy holds inaugural 'Carpathian Eight' regional summitZelenskyy said the summit was a "significant beginning" of a movement to strengthen ties with its neighboring countries.DW News [en]
POLITICSSep 18Irish Finance Minister says Hormuz closure, not Ukraine, causing energy crisisThe Irish Finance Minister hit back against claims made by the US that Ukraine is causing the global energy crisis, saying de-escalation in the Middle East is the only solution.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 18Seven men who could lead Russia after PutinAhead of a parliamentary election on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin's grip on power is as strong as ever. But when the time comes, here are some potential successors.Washington Post World
POLITICSSep 18‘There are no decent parties left’: Sham elections underscore Putin’s grip on RussiaAfter a clampdown on anti-war candidates, the choices for Russian voters are even more limited than usual in this weekend's parliamentary elections.Politico Europe
POLITICSSep 18Financial Times: EU proposal would unfreeze Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov’s assets and lift his travel ban while keeping him on the sanctions listIreland and the European External Action Service have proposed keeping Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov on the sanctions list while unfreezing his assets and allowing him to enter the European Union, European diplomats told the Financial Times.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Zelenskyy hosts leaders from 7 countries for a regional summit - AP NewsZelenskyy hosts leaders from 7 countries for a regional summit AP NewsAP News
POLITICSSep 18Russia’s exiled opposition wants voters at polling stations at noon on the main day of the Duma elections. Its new video borrows from a 1971 American ad against the Vietnam War.Actor Nikita Kukushkin, who condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and left the country, has recorded a video supporting the “Noon for a Peaceful Russia” campaign, which Ilya Yashin and several other Russian opposition figures in exile are promoting. They are urging Russians to turn out at polling stations at noon on September 20 — the third and main day of voting in the State Duma elections — as a legal way to register their opposition to the war.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Russia’s Justice Ministry labels filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev a ‘foreign agent.’ At Cannes, where his new film took the Grand Prix, he had called on Putin to stop the war.Russia’s Justice Ministry has added film director Andrei Zvyagintsev to its register of “foreign agents.”Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Three parties to attempt to form new cabinet following Romanian electionThe previous government collapsed after a no-confidence vote following tensions over austerity and efforts to reduce Romania’s large budget deficit.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 18EU President to Skip Serbia and Bosnia on Balkan TourThe EU said Ursula von der Leyen's Balkan visit will miss Serbia and Bosnia – citing elections – but Serbia's president dismissed this as ‘elegant’ excuse for a no-show after controversy over Ratko Mladic's funeral.Balkan Insight
POLITICSSep 18Zelensky meets with Vučić to discuss European integration and Russian attacksUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed European integration and the situation regarding Russian attacks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 18Russia’s State Duma elections begin with record online turnout, a million votes in occupied Donetsk, and attempts to bribe observers.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Macron to call emergency G7 meeting as energy prices spike and Russian hybrid attacks mountPolitico Europe
POLITICSSep 18Week in Review: Campaigns, Crackdowns and Clan WarsWith elections approaching in Bosnia and Serbia, rhetoric is heating up, while in Turkey and Albania, campaigners are feeling the pressure, as our round-up of Balkan Insight Premium stories shows.Balkan Insight
POLITICSSep 18Russian man swims from Kaliningrad to Lithuania in failed asylum attemptA 68-year-old Russian man swam down the Nemunas River from Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave to neighbouring Lithuania to seek asylum, only to be returned to Russia.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 18Zelensky announces new ‘Carpathian Eight.’ Tusk and Vučić attend its first summit (but Fico doesn’t)Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced a new international cooperation initiative, the “Carpathian Eight”:Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 18Discontent Simmers in Kosovo as Protesters Denounce Hague War Crimes VerdictProtesters filled the main square in Pristina as demonstrations continued against this week's verdict in The Hague convicting four Kosovo Liberation Army leaders of war crimes.Balkan Insight
POLITICSSep 18Macron convenes French party leaders as soaring energy prices put focus on wars in Iran and UkraineHaxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University’s Management School in the UK. According to Foucart, France’s energy and economic crises expose a deeper collision between economic constraints, political accountability and an approaching presidential election. He interprets Emmanuel Macron’s rare Élysée meeting with party leaders over soaring energy prices as both an exercise in presidential legacy-building and an attempt to force prospective successors to confront high energy costs, rising borrowing costs, limited fiscal room and tFrance 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 18Macron to convene G7 on energy, warning of 'Russian aggression'Emmanuel Macron is calling for a "protection plan" against "Russian hybrid attacks". According to the French president, "the nature of Russian aggression and threats in Europe is changing".EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 18Foreign Ministry: We call on France to refrain from groundless and biased allegations against AzerbaijanAzerbaijan's Foreign Ministry has called on France to refrain from what it describes as groundless and biased allegations. This indicates ongoing diplomatic friction between the two nations.azertag_az · azerbaijan