Ukraine: pro-Russian TV channels closed down
On 2 February, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed off on a decision taken the same day by the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions on the parliamentary deputy Taras Kozak and his media enterprises, primarily three TV news channels. The sanctions will apply for a period of five years, and include the blocking of assets, limiting the companies’ commercial operations, and revoking their license to operate media. Kozak is a member of the pro-Russian Opposition Platform-For Life party, and is a close associate of Viktor Medvedchuk, who according to media reports is the real owner of these channels. The broadcasters have been cut off from their terrestrial signal, but are still available on YouTube and possibly some cable networks. In a joint statement, the TV channels called Zelenskiy’s decision a war against free speech and declared that they would continue to operate; the Opposition Platform party has said i
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The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, reaffirmed the clear and undeniable European perspective for
North Macedonia at his meeting with the country s Deputy Prime Minister Nikola Dimitrov and Foreign Minister Bujar Osmany, who are visiting Brussels, according to the European External Action Service.
He has had a frank and open discussion with them about finding a solution to unblock accession negotiations, the EEAS added.
The three also discussed the privileged partnership between the EU and the Western Balkans against the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, including access to vaccines.
The EU has allocated EUR 70 million, of which EUR 8 million will be for
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2007: Barroso: An insider s guide to the Lisbon Treaty
The Lisbon Treaty (Photo: European Commission)
Brussels, 23. Dec 2020, 07:12
When Gordon Brown as UK prime minister signed the Lisbon Treaty in December 2007, he did so in a quiet room with only a handful of other people present.
Among them was Jose Manuel Barroso, who as European Commission president at the time, had helped usher in the new treaty which overhauled the European Union and its institutions.
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