French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune says a bid by Ukraine to join the European Union would take at least 15 to 20 years to be finalized, dashing Kiev’s hopes of quickly gaining the bloc’s membership following Russia’s offensive against the former Soviet state. “We have to ...
Italy has increased its imports of Russian crude in spite of efforts by the European Union to end its dependence on Russian energy over the Ukraine crisis. Italy has imported about 450,000 barrels per day this month, four times as much as in February and the most since 2013, said ...
