Kyiv Independent: EU to announce 400 million euro assistance package for Ukraine

Automotive industry opposition to new emission standard could lead to thousands of avoidable premature deaths. Read here

Measures that are “temporary and exceptional” tend to become permanent. A wall is being built, military is being used against refugees, imprisonment is being legalised. Read here

Germany increases Russian oil imports – via India. EU remains major buyer of Russian LNG – at a higher price – than for pipeline gas. Russia’s economy grows, Western sanctions have failed. Read HERE