Tag: europe

The noose around the neck: why Europe depends on Russian gas

TORONTO – Europe cannot do without Russian energy products, gas first and foremost. If we do not start from this assumption, then we cannot fully understand the development of the conflict in Ukraine and the sometimes ambivalent attitude of some European states towards the Russian invasion. Just go through the official data provided by the Agency for the Cooperation of National Energy Regulators (ACER) to realize how Moscow in all these years has in fact put a noose around the neck of the EU, ready for convenience to tighten it, as is happening in the last 24 hours with the stop to gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria. 

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Trudeau in Europe, NATO at a crossroads in Ukraine

TORONTO – Find new tools to try to stop the conflict and restart the diplomacy machine. This is one of the objectives of Justin Trudeau’s trip to Europe in the midst of the Ukrainian crisis, with the escalation of fighting and the inexorable advance of the Russian army. The Canadian prime minister left Ottawa for London, where he will meet with his British counterpart Boris Johnson and Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte. 

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Who can cross the Canada border? Can we go freely to the USA and Europe?

We are in the middle of summer, many of us have already been on vacation and many of us are still planning it. We would like to visit friends or relatives or spend a dream vacation in the United States or Europe. Our relatives and friends would like to visit us in Canada.

Do we know who, when and where will be able to travel? And do we know who and when will be able to visit us in Canada? (more…)