German apparel brand Adidas investigates bribery allegations in China, FT says ( www.reuters.com ) Englisch
Original article behind paywall...
Romania denies visas for entire Russian delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Bucharest over "aggression against Ukraine" ( en.rua.gr ) Englisch
Archived link...
'We have no choice now’: Desperate to circumvent sanctions and do business with China, Russian companies resort to bartering and cryptocurrency pegged to the U.S. dollar ( meduza.io ) Englisch
Archived link...
Council to greenlight Chat Contol on June 19th - Patrick Breyer (MEP Pirate Party) ( www.patrick-breyer.de ) Englisch
The Belgian Council presidency seems set to greenlight Chat Control on Wednesday 19 June....
EU agrees on start of accession talks with Ukraine, Moldova ( www.reuters.com ) Englisch
European Union ambassadors agreed on Friday formally to start accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, the Belgian EU presidency said, adding this would take place at intergovernmental conferences on June 25....
Moldova denied landing permission for plane carrying pro-Russian activists ( web.archive.org ) Englisch
Archived link...
Russia inflation hits new 2024 peak, Central Bank warns of ‘significant’ rate hike ( www.bloomberg.com ) Englisch
Russian inflation accelerated in May to the highest in more than a year, adding to pressure on the central bank to hike the key rate to curb price growth....
International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, sources say ( www.reuters.com ) Englisch
International Criminal Court (ICC) investigating alleged Russian cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure as possible war crimes, sources say...
Unsafe E. coli levels found in Paris' Seine River less than 2 months before Olympics ( www.npr.org ) Englisch
Norway’s Leader Ratchets Up Warnings on Chinese Threats ( www.bloomberg.com ) Englisch
Norway’s prime minister signaled a hardening stance on China, pledging tighter cooperation with businesses on security risks linked to the Asian nation....
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch
French left finds governing agreement for 'new popular front' alliance ( www.lemonde.fr ) Englisch
Tel Aviv-born far-right hardliner to serve as Dutch immigration minister ( www.timesofisrael.com ) Englisch
Markuszower, a Tel Aviv-born Dutch senator who on Wednesday was tapped to serve as the country’s immigration minister, fought about politics “with the whole high school” in his left-leaning Jewish community, Markuszower’s father Zvi told the NRC daily in a 2017 profile....
Russia accused of plot to sway Moldova election ( www.reuters.com ) Englisch
The United States, Britain and Canada accused Russia on Thursday of carrying out a plot to sway the outcome of the Moldovan presidential election in October and incite protests if a pro-Moscow candidate should lose....
Kremlin's top security officials call on Russians to mobilise to inflict 'maximum harm' on West in response to sanctions ( www.reuters.com ) Englisch
- Kremlin hawk talks of need for harsh campaign against West...
Turkey: Brics instead of EU? ( www.eurotopics.net ) Englisch
Article 17 - five years later ( copyrightblog.kluweriplaw.com ) Englisch
Tesla expects to raise price of Model 3 in EU as bloc preps import duties on cars made in China ( www.marketwatch.com ) Englisch
The EU is planning to impose new tariffs on Chinese EVs starting in July
EU fines Hungary €200 million for flouting asylum laws ( www.france24.com ) Englisch
The EU’s top court on Thursday fined Hungary 200 million euros ($216 million) and imposed a daily one-million-euro penalty for failing to follow the bloc’s asylum laws and illegally deporting migrants, a decision Budapest slammed as “unacceptable”.
Russia Accused of ‘Deliberate Pattern’ of Starvation Tactics Against Ukrainian Civilians in Siege of Mariupol City in Submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) ( globalrightscompliance.com ) Englisch
The link contains also an version of the report in Ukrainian....
ASML to stay and grow in Eindhoven area, creating up to 20,000 jobs ( nltimes.nl ) Englisch
G-7 Leaders to Agree to Tap Frozen Russian Assets, Giving Ukraine Additional $50 billion of Aid, France Says ( www.bloomberg.com ) Englisch
Group of Seven leaders are set to reach a political agreement to provide Ukraine with $50 billion of aid using the profits generated by frozen Russian sovereign assets, according to an Elysee official....
Ukrainian children aged 8 to 15 who were abducted by Putin's military listed on Russian adoption sites with at least two kids having Russified variant of their original names, investigation finds ( www.pressreader.com ) Englisch
Original article behind paywall...
British Music Band 'Massive Attack' Cancels Show in Georgia in Protest of Government’s Attack on Human Rights in the Former Soviet Republic ( civil.ge ) Englisch
Massive Attack has canceled a show in Georgia scheduled for July 28, saying the decision was made “in protest of the Georgian government’s attack on basic human rights.” The British band says that playing at the state-owned Black Sea Arena stage “could be seen as an endorsement of their violent crackdowns against...
[arte documentary] Russian-Germans and the Ukraine War ( www.arte.tv ) Englisch
