U.S. President Trump can expect a friendlier reception in Warsaw this week than he would in western Europe, where he has fallen out with the leaders of France and Germany.
Trump will be hosted by Polish President Duda and meet participants of the so-called Three Seas Initiative. Source Bloomberg
Speaker of the State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament) Vyacheslav Volodin is pressing for the introduction of a ban on carrying out US sanctions on Russian soil and did not rule out criminal liability for its breach. Source Tass
The European Commission on Thursday criticized the behavior of a Serbian lawmaker who trampled on the Croatian flag in the Serbian parliament. As a result of the incident, which took place Wednesday, a delegation from Croatia canceled the rest of their visit to Serbia, whose aim was to improve relations between the Balkan neighbors. Source: Politico
Greece has accepted a €535 million offer from a consortium led by Italy’s Snam for a majority stake in gas grid operator DESFA, naming it the “preferred investor”, its privatisation agency said on Thursday (19 April). Source: Euractiv
