Chocolate lovers could indulge in their passion at the Brussels chocolate fair. Several chocolate and cocoa shows made it worth waiting in the queue for half an hour to get tickets. The stands were invaded by curious, craving eyes, looking at the sweet delights.
Relations between the EU and Russia are at a particularly low point over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Since the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union this must be the time of highest tension between the major powers on the European continent. Talk of new sanctions on Russia and of providing military assistance to Ukraine by the West may exacerbate the situation without actually resolving it. A further cornered Russia may well become more authoritarian internally and aggressive externally. The EU would be wise to avoid that and find more constructive ways of engaging with its big eastern neighbor…
