EU struggles to break deadlock on Russian oil ban before summit
- 30-May-2022
BRUSSELS: Ambassadors from the 27 European Union member states on Sunday examined a compromise mooted to enable them to break the deadlock on a Russian oil embargo ahead of an emergency summit in Brussels. The bloc’s officials fear the absence of an agreement would cast a shadow over the two-day meeting starting Monday between European […]
Ukraine ‘unhappy’ as Hungary stalls EU Russian oil ban
- 17-May-2022
BRUSSELS: Ukraine’s foreign minister urged the EU Monday to overcome Hungary’s resistance to an embargo on Russian oil and then look to “kill” all of Moscow’s exports to starve its war machine of funds. Budapest has been holding up a push by Brussels, backed by other European Union states, to ban Moscow’s vital oil exports, […]