Yannis Koutsomitis
@yannikouts.bsky.social
European affairs analyst. Managing Editor, KappaNews.gr
· Senior Media Advisor, Delphi Forum
· Commentary, Sky News Arabia
· Senior Media Advisor, Delphi Forum
· Commentary, Sky News Arabia
Eurogroup presidency following Donohue's departure: Two euro area finance ministers have put forward their candidacy:
• Greece's Kyriakos Pierrakakis
• Belgium's Vincent Van Peteghem
The election will take place at the next meeting of the Eurogroup on 11 December.
• Greece's Kyriakos Pierrakakis
• Belgium's Vincent Van Peteghem
The election will take place at the next meeting of the Eurogroup on 11 December.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Eurogroup presidency following Donohue's departure: Two euro area finance ministers have put forward their candidacy:
• Greece's Kyriakos Pierrakakis
• Belgium's Vincent Van Peteghem
The election will take place at the next meeting of the Eurogroup on 11 December.
• Greece's Kyriakos Pierrakakis
• Belgium's Vincent Van Peteghem
The election will take place at the next meeting of the Eurogroup on 11 December.
The Netherlands Supreme Court has rejected Russia's final appeal in the compensation case for oil firm Yukos, meaning Moscow must pay former shareholders more than $50 billion.
/via DPA
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Top Dutch court calls on Russia to pay Yukos shareholders $50 billion ｜ DPA
In the long-running compensation case for shareholders of the dismantled Russian oil company Yukos, the Dutch Supreme Court rejected Russia's final appeal, meaning Moscow must pay former shareholders ...
nordot.app
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Netherlands Supreme Court has rejected Russia's final appeal in the compensation case for oil firm Yukos, meaning Moscow must pay former shareholders more than $50 billion.
/via DPA
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/via DPA
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Yemen's Houthis have been lionized at pro-Palestinian protests around the world and on social media for their missile strikes on Israel over the Gaza war. At home, many who have lived under Houthi rule have a starkly different view of the group.
/via Reuters
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/via Reuters
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How the Houthis rule in Yemen: prisons, a personality cult, and pilfered food aid
Yemenis who fled Houthi areas of this divided country paint a grim picture of life under the militant group. People are forced to attend rallies and chant death to America and Israel, pay crippling taxes and hand children over to be soldiers, they say.
www.reuters.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Yemen's Houthis have been lionized at pro-Palestinian protests around the world and on social media for their missile strikes on Israel over the Gaza war. At home, many who have lived under Houthi rule have a starkly different view of the group.
/via Reuters
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/via Reuters
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Italy's historically poor south sees brighter future as workers return.
· Italian South's GDP growth and new jobs now outperforming northern regions
· Southern economy helped by EU's COVID-19 recovery funds
/via Reuters
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· Italian South's GDP growth and new jobs now outperforming northern regions
· Southern economy helped by EU's COVID-19 recovery funds
/via Reuters
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Italy's historically poor south sees brighter future as workers return
For decades, the story of southern Italy has been one of departure, of generations leaving the hills of Calabria and the shores of Sicily in search of opportunity in the industrial north or abroad.
www.reuters.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Italy's historically poor south sees brighter future as workers return.
· Italian South's GDP growth and new jobs now outperforming northern regions
· Southern economy helped by EU's COVID-19 recovery funds
/via Reuters
www.reuters.com/world/italys...
· Italian South's GDP growth and new jobs now outperforming northern regions
· Southern economy helped by EU's COVID-19 recovery funds
/via Reuters
www.reuters.com/world/italys...
Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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October 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Trump's firing of Fed governor Cook under a dubious pretext comes straight out of a populist autocrat's textbook. Direct control of financial institutions.
August 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Trump's firing of Fed governor Cook under a dubious pretext comes straight out of a populist autocrat's textbook. Direct control of financial institutions.
Trump says he will meet with Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in #Ukraine.
The Kremlin has not yet confirmed the meeting.
apnews.com/article/russ...
The Kremlin has not yet confirmed the meeting.
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Trump says he will meet Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the Ukraine war
President Donald Trump says he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.
apnews.com
August 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Trump says he will meet with Putin next Friday in Alaska to discuss ending the war in #Ukraine.
The Kremlin has not yet confirmed the meeting.
apnews.com/article/russ...
The Kremlin has not yet confirmed the meeting.
apnews.com/article/russ...
Trump launches a trade war with the #EU by announcing 30% #tariffs that will take effect on August 1.
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Trump announces 30% tariffs on EU and Mexico, starting Aug. 1
President Donald Trump has sent similar letters to 23 other U.S. trading partners this week, including Canada, Japan and Brazil.
www.cnbc.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Trump launches a trade war with the #EU by announcing 30% #tariffs that will take effect on August 1.
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/12/t...
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There's nothing funny about the Musk-Trump public feud.
It's a disgrace for America's democracy.
It's a disgrace for America's democracy.
June 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
There's nothing funny about the Musk-Trump public feud.
It's a disgrace for America's democracy.
It's a disgrace for America's democracy.
Trump's tariffs to remain in effect after appeals court grants stay.
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US ruling that Trump tariffs are unlawful stirs relief and uncertainty
Winners on financial markets included chip makers, banks, luxury stocks and the auto industry, all hit hard by tariff-led disruptions.
www.reuters.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Trump's tariffs to remain in effect after appeals court grants stay.
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
www.reuters.com/business/us-...
A U.S. federal trade court ruled President Trump didn’t have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually every nation, voiding the levies that have sparked a global trade war.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Here's the court's opinion:
www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...
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Here's the court's opinion:
www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...
Federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law
A federal court is blocking President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law.
apnews.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A U.S. federal trade court ruled President Trump didn’t have the authority to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually every nation, voiding the levies that have sparked a global trade war.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Here's the court's opinion:
www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Here's the court's opinion:
www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...
This 'Crimea Declaration' was issued by the first Trump Administration in 2018.
Seven years later, the second Trump Administration pushes the de jure annexation of Crimea.
The U.S. has become an unreliable foreign policy actor.
Seven years later, the second Trump Administration pushes the de jure annexation of Crimea.
The U.S. has become an unreliable foreign policy actor.
April 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This 'Crimea Declaration' was issued by the first Trump Administration in 2018.
Seven years later, the second Trump Administration pushes the de jure annexation of Crimea.
The U.S. has become an unreliable foreign policy actor.
Seven years later, the second Trump Administration pushes the de jure annexation of Crimea.
The U.S. has become an unreliable foreign policy actor.
European Commission fines Apple and Meta under the Digital Markets Act:
· €500ml on Apple for failing to inform customers of alternative offers outside App Store
· €200ml on Meta for failing to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
· €500ml on Apple for failing to inform customers of alternative offers outside App Store
· €200ml on Meta for failing to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission finds Apple and Meta in breach of the Digital Markets Act
Today, the European Commission found that Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and that Meta breached the DMA obligation to give consumers the choice of a s...
ec.europa.eu
April 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
European Commission fines Apple and Meta under the Digital Markets Act:
· €500ml on Apple for failing to inform customers of alternative offers outside App Store
· €200ml on Meta for failing to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
· €500ml on Apple for failing to inform customers of alternative offers outside App Store
· €200ml on Meta for failing to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less of their personal data
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
US will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress 'within a matter of days,' Rubio says.
So appeasement of aggressor doesn't work. What do you know...
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So appeasement of aggressor doesn't work. What do you know...
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US will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress 'within a matter of days,' Rubio says
Rubio's comments underline mounting frustrations in the White House over a lack of progress in pushes to settle a growing list of geopolitical challenges.
reut.rs
April 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
US will abandon Ukraine peace push if no progress 'within a matter of days,' Rubio says.
So appeasement of aggressor doesn't work. What do you know...
reut.rs/42Cgm7e
So appeasement of aggressor doesn't work. What do you know...
reut.rs/42Cgm7e
Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of major US cities to oppose the divisive policies of President Donald Trump, in the largest demonstrations since his return to the White House.
/via AFP
/via AFP
Tens Of Thousands March In US Against Trump 'Devastation'
Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of major US cities on Saturday to oppose the divisive policies of President Donald Trump, in the largest demonstrations since his return to the Whit...
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April 6, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of major US cities to oppose the divisive policies of President Donald Trump, in the largest demonstrations since his return to the White House.
/via AFP
/via AFP
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A global rout in financial markets.
Totally expected since Trump announced weeks ago that he was going to apply blanket tariffs.
Totally expected since Trump announced weeks ago that he was going to apply blanket tariffs.
April 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A global rout in financial markets.
Totally expected since Trump announced weeks ago that he was going to apply blanket tariffs.
Totally expected since Trump announced weeks ago that he was going to apply blanket tariffs.
Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court Susan Crawford defeated a challenger endorsed by Donald Trump and Elon Musk on Tuesday, touting her victory as a win against powerful interests and cementing a liberal majority for at least three more years.
/via AP
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/via AP
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Democratic-backed Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, cementing liberal majority
The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court has won, defeating President Donald Trump’s endorsed challenger.
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April 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court Susan Crawford defeated a challenger endorsed by Donald Trump and Elon Musk on Tuesday, touting her victory as a win against powerful interests and cementing a liberal majority for at least three more years.
/via AP
apnews.com/article/wisc...
/via AP
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A historic vote in Germany's Bundestag.
A two-thirds majority has been reached for a constitutional amendment to ease the country’s formerly taboo debt break.
A two-thirds majority has been reached for a constitutional amendment to ease the country’s formerly taboo debt break.
March 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A historic vote in Germany's Bundestag.
A two-thirds majority has been reached for a constitutional amendment to ease the country’s formerly taboo debt break.
A two-thirds majority has been reached for a constitutional amendment to ease the country’s formerly taboo debt break.
US President Trump has suspended military aid to #Ukraine, according to a US official.
The official added that the aid would not resume until Trump determined that Ukraine had demonstrated a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia.
/via NY Times
The official added that the aid would not resume until Trump determined that Ukraine had demonstrated a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia.
/via NY Times
March 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
US President Trump has suspended military aid to #Ukraine, according to a US official.
The official added that the aid would not resume until Trump determined that Ukraine had demonstrated a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia.
/via NY Times
The official added that the aid would not resume until Trump determined that Ukraine had demonstrated a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia.
/via NY Times
- Why don't you wear a suit?
- Because I'm able to cut to pieces whoever challenges my outfit
- Because I'm able to cut to pieces whoever challenges my outfit
March 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
- Why don't you wear a suit?
- Because I'm able to cut to pieces whoever challenges my outfit
- Because I'm able to cut to pieces whoever challenges my outfit
The whole world has just witnessed a scene where two extortionist mobsters are bullying a leader of a nation that's fighting for survival.
February 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The whole world has just witnessed a scene where two extortionist mobsters are bullying a leader of a nation that's fighting for survival.
Dow drops 700 points for worst day of 2025 so far on new fears about economic growth.
US stocks tumble as companies and consumers worry about tariffs and Washington. Dow falls nearly 750
U.S. stocks fell sharply after reports showed that worries among consumers and businesses about President Donald Trump’s policies may be hitting the economy.
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February 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Dow drops 700 points for worst day of 2025 so far on new fears about economic growth.