bne IntelliNews – Pentagon sets 2027 “hard deadline” to end support for Europe’s Nato conventional defences
The United States has told the European Nato allies that it will hand over responsibility for conventional defence…
bne IntelliNews – EU proposes emergency powers to raise €210bn from frozen Russian assets for Ukraine
The European Commission will invoke “emergency powers” to raise up to €210bn for Ukraine using frozen Russian state…
bne IntelliNews – EU leaders meet with US officials in Geneva to soften 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine
Top Ukrainian, US and European officials gathered in Geneva on November 23 to try and find compromises to…
bne IntelliNews – Ukraine’s Energoatom scandal escalates as Zelenskiy dithers on implementing a strong response
The Operation Midas scandal involving close associates of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and senior Ukrainian officials in a…
bne IntelliNews – Ukraine’s Energoatom corruption stole money to protect Ukraine’s power stations, caused blackouts
A Russian missile barrage has plunged Ukraine into darkness as winter approaches but could have been avoided. Money…
bne IntelliNews – Ukraine gets a B grade from EU: good, but more work needed
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected a two-tier solution proposed by Brussels to accelerate Ukraine’s EU accession bid, after the…
bne IntelliNews – Russia closing the trap as its forces expand control of Pokrovsk
The stronghold city of Pokrovsk in the heart of the Donbas now risks “becoming a graveyard for Ukraine’s…
bne IntelliNews – Ukraine’s trade deficit doubles to $42bn putting new pressure on an already strained economy
Ukraine’s trade deficit has doubled to $42bn as exports fall and imports balloon. The balance of payments deficit…
bne IntelliNews – Draghi urges ‘pragmatic federalism’ as EU faces defeat in Ukraine and economic crises
The European Union must embrace “pragmatic federalism” to respond to mounting global and internal challenges, said outspoken critic,…
bne IntelliNews – Orban dismisses Ukraine drone incursion as “it is not a sovereign state”
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban dismissed allegations that Hungarian drones violated Ukrainian airspace last week as irrelevant even…