Daily Memo: EU Sanctions Get Nowhere, NATO Enlargement Gets Closer

Some EU diplomats question whether a Russian oil ban will be enacted at all.

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No oil ban in sight. The EU’s foreign affairs chief said it could be a couple of weeks, if not longer, before the bloc reached agreement on a Russian oil ban. The Hungarian government has vetoed the proposal, first presented almost two weeks ago, and on Monday said modernization of its energy infrastructure would cost […]

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