The dispute dates back to 2017, when Kyiv began strengthening national identity in response to the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas.

 

The biggest obstacle to choosing an envoy may not be Putin or Zelenskyy, but the Europeans' inability to agree among themselves.

 

If We Were Running a Marathon, We’d Be Closer to the Starting Line Than the Finish Line,” Valášek Says.

 

Women in the European Commission dominate in “soft” portfolios and lower-level positions. Finance and defence, where decisions about billions are made, remain strongholds of men.

Backtracking on the abolition of the Whistleblower Protection Office should resolve the problems this step caused — and there were quite a few.