Andreas Papaconstantinou

Director for European Neighbourhood and Middle East at the EU Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations.

Long-reads and interviews

No room for "plan B" or old protocols. Seven principles of Ukraine's wartime diplomacy

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, commented: "The survival of our country is at stake. If the price of survival is to take friends outside their comfort zone, then it must be done..."

15 April 2024 — Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine

EU lost in court to Russian oligarchs. What does it mean for the future of sanctions?

Bernard-Henri Lévy: "Europeans have a tendency to put everything on Putin's head. I hear all this bullshit. The real dictatorship is never one man imposing his will on passive people."

11 April 2024 — Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda, Paris-Kyiv

Not only military assistance: how UK will help Ukraine recover

Support and reconstruction are two sides of the same coin. The UK's private sector can play an important role in Ukraine’s recovery.

10 April 2024 — Greg Hands, UK Minister for Trade Policy