U.S. Punitive Tariffs Let EU Off the Hook? TEC News August 11, 2025 A new report shows that India is under pressure for buying Russian fossil fuels, while for its European counterparts it’s business as usual.
Kazakhstan Allowed to Export Coal to EU Via Russian Ports TEC News / AFP July 29, 2025 Western countries have accused Kazakhstan of flouting sanctions.
China Raises “Solemn Representations” With EU Over Russia Sanctions TEC News / AFP July 23, 2025 The Chinese are upset that two of their banks were included in new EU sanctions on Russia, just before an EU-China summit in Beijing.
Slovakia Secures Assurances As EU Forces Through 18th Russia Sanctions Package Zoltán Kottász July 18, 2025 Nationalist prime minister Robert Fico called Brussels’ plans to phase out Russian gas “idiotic.”
Kremlin Shrugs Off New EU Sanctions as ‘Illegal and Futile’ TEC News / AFP July 18, 2025 Russia claimed the latest round of EU sanctions will do more harm to Europe than to Moscow
EU Slaps Tougher Sanctions on Russia After Slovakia Drops Veto TEC News / AFP July 18, 2025 Brussels agrees to lower oil price cap, blacklist tankers, and target Russian allies as part of 18th sanctions package.
Fico Rejects Queen Ursula’s Russian Gas Deal and Upholds Sanctions Veto Tamás Orbán July 16, 2025 Slovakia’s government says EU promises fall far short of real energy guarantees.
EU Nears Deal on Russia Sanctions, Oil Price Cap Cut TEC News / AFP July 15, 2025 Slovakia and Malta had blocked the package over energy concerns, but talks appear to be unblocking the deal.
Sanctions? No Big Deal, Says Russian Middle-Class Couple TEC News / AFP July 6, 2025 Sergei Duzhikov and Maria Tyabut say daily life continues unchanged, thanks to local substitutes and imports.
Importing Conflict into the European Union Not the Way to Peace, Hungarian PM’s Political Director Says TEC News June 27, 2025 Hungary has rejected Ukraine’s accession to the EU because “enlargement is not a matter of political sympathy, but a strategic responsibility.”
