Even invoking international law has become awkward. Institutions look increasingly irrelevant as political and economic processes unfold demonstrably outside them.
This reaction is understandable. The latest targets of actions that violate the UN Charter and other…
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The case boils down to moves by Tusk’s pro-EU administration to reject decisions by some judges appointed under the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) administration that led Poland’s government from 2015 to 2023.
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Ukraine will intensify its activities in the foreign policy arena in February. Contacts and meetings will begin tomorrow.
This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening video address, according to Ukrinform.
Following the report of the Ukrainian…