bne IntelliNews – Ukraine’s EU bid should remain linked to Moldova’s accession
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told French President Emmanuel Macron that Ukraine’s EU accession bid should remain linked to…
bne IntelliNews – Ukraine’s top general Zaluzhnyi warns war could last a decade without systemic Western support
Ukrainian former top general and current UK ambassador Valerii Zaluzhnyi has given another controversial interview and warned that…
bne IntelliNews – Russia central bank governor Nabiullina says economy coming back on track, but big problems remain
Inflation is falling faster than expected. That has allowed the Central Bank of Russia (CBR) put in 300…
bne IntelliNews – Putin congratulates Belarusian President Lukashenko on Independence Day
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Belarus’s Independence Day on July 3, highlighting…
bne IntelliNews – Poland ends the last of Russian oil imports
Poland’s largest energy company, the state-owned Orlen, has ended its last contract for Russian crude oil and halted…
bne IntelliNews – EU eyes new Asian trade alliances to offset US trade war risks
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is pushing for closer ties with Asia as part of a…
bne IntelliNews – Estonia already spending more than 5% on Nato defences as it prepares for possible war with Russia
Nato members are gathering in the Hague for the annual security conference on June 25 where the US…
bne IntelliNews – Fico says Slovakia won’t spend 5% GDP on Nato defence
Prime Minister Robert Fico said that Slovakia would not increase defence spending to 5% of GDP as demanded…
bne IntelliNews – Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovsky freed after US-brokered pardon
Belarusian opposition activist Sergey Tikhanovsky (Siarhei Tsikhanovsky) was released from prison on 21 June 2025 following a pardon…
bne IntelliNews – Belarus sliding back into Soviet economy habits
Russia been transformed into a war economy, but it is still run on market lines. Belarus is going…
bne IntelliNews – World leaders arrive in Canada for a fractious G7 meeting and address the escalating global crises
Leaders of some of the world´s biggest economic powers arrived in the Canadian Rockies on June 15 for…
bne IntelliNews – COMMENT: All three leaders in Poland, Slovakia and Hungary under pressure, looking ahead to the next elections
All three of the leaders in Poland, Slovakia and Hungary are under pressure and toying with the idea…