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Ukraine Faces a Tougher Task]]></title><description><![CDATA[Romania’s economy has surged since joining the EU in 2007]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-02/ukraine-eu-expansion-success-provides-tough-roadmap-for-membership</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-02/ukraine-eu-expansion-success-provides-tough-roadmap-for-membership</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andra Timu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2023 22:01:03 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i16A.rSHz93A/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i16A.rSHz93A/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Romania has become a determined supporter of faster EU accession talks for Ukraine. Photographer: Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Recap: Biden Promises More War Aid, Despite Obstacles]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-21/ukraine-recap-russia-hits-grid-as-poland-de-escalates-dispute</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-21/ukraine-recap-russia-hits-grid-as-poland-de-escalates-dispute</guid><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 11:51:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAUFimo8U7ww/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iAUFimo8U7ww/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feud Between Friends Spells Danger for Ukraine]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-21/the-poland-ukraine-feud-spells-danger-for-kyiv-s-defense-against-russia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-09-21/the-poland-ukraine-feud-spells-danger-for-kyiv-s-defense-against-russia</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Winfrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:01:34 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikw_5dtmTzCg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikw_5dtmTzCg/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Andrzej Duda and Volodymyr Zelenskiy during the farewell in Warsaw, on April 5. 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(Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (Photo by ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Can Join NATO Once Borders Are Stable, Czech Envoy Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-31/ukraine-can-join-nato-once-borders-are-stable-czech-envoy-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-31/ukraine-can-join-nato-once-borders-are-stable-czech-envoy-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Winfrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:33:14 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIl0sE0TZM7c/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIl0sE0TZM7c/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - AUGUST 21: A Ukrainian soldier prepares a 120mm mortar at his fighting position in the direction of Bakhmut frontline as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on August 21, 2023. 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(Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Recap: Wagner Chief Was on Jet That Crashed, Russia Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-23/ukraine-recap-russia-hits-ukrainian-danube-river-grain-storage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-23/ukraine-recap-russia-hits-ukrainian-danube-river-grain-storage</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Winfrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2023 07:05:46 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iG1SsIBJITXg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iG1SsIBJITXg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>In this photo provided by the Odesa Regional Administration Press Office, a granary destroyed in a Russian drone attack at night is seen in a Danube port near Odesa, Ukraine, early hours Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. (Odesa Regional Administration Press Office via AP) Odesa Regional Administration Pr</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soros Retreats as Right Wing Gains in Europe]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-17/george-soros-s-foundation-retreats-as-right-wing-gains-in-europe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-17/george-soros-s-foundation-retreats-as-right-wing-gains-in-europe</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Winfrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:06:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUOsZzF2jS7I/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUOsZzF2jS7I/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>George Soros, billionaire and founder of Soros Fund Management LLC, speaks at an event on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. World leaders, influential executives, bankers and policy makers attend the 49th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos from Jan. 22 - 25. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soros Foundation Cuts EU Funding as Nationalist Groups Surge]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-16/soros-foundation-cuts-eu-funding-as-nationalist-groups-surge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-16/soros-foundation-cuts-eu-funding-as-nationalist-groups-surge</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Winfrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 16:45:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/id09D31Yvw2s/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/id09D31Yvw2s/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Hungarian-born US investor and philanthropist George Soros delivers a speech on the sideline of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting, on January 24, 2019 in Davos, eastern Switzerland. - Billionaire investor George Soros said, on January 24, 2019 that Chinese President Xi Jinping was &quot;the most dangerous enemy&quot; of free societies for presiding over a high-tech surveillance regime. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Recap: Emergency Rate Hike Fails to Halt Ruble’s Slide]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-15/ukraine-recap-russia-s-central-bank-holds-emergency-meeting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-15/ukraine-recap-russia-s-central-bank-holds-emergency-meeting</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 07:06:26 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUroDhL05PfU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUroDhL05PfU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Russia&apos;s central bank in Moscow.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Murder in Ecuador Shakes Latin American Politics: Weekend Reads]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-12/murder-in-ecuador-shakes-latin-american-politics-weekend-reads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-12/murder-in-ecuador-shakes-latin-american-politics-weekend-reads</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Winfrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:00:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQErQ6QjNeCQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iQErQ6QjNeCQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Police outside the funeral home where the late presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio&apos;s remains were taken in Quito, on Aug. 10. Photographer: Misha Vallejo/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Recap: Evacuations in Kharkiv Region; Moscow Downs Drone]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-11/ukraine-recap-un-decries-attacks-as-russian-missile-hits-hotel</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-11/ukraine-recap-un-decries-attacks-as-russian-missile-hits-hotel</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 07:42:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/if31ySg3xaa0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/if31ySg3xaa0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Damage to a hotel following a missile strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Aug. 10.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Recap: Massive Blast Outside Moscow Injures Dozens]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-09/ukraine-recap-talks-ongoing-to-restart-grain-deal-erdogan-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-09/ukraine-recap-talks-ongoing-to-restart-grain-deal-erdogan-says</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2023 07:01:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine to ‘Pick’ Targets if Russia Blocks Ports, Zelenskiy Says]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-08/ukraine-to-pick-targets-if-russia-blocks-ports-zelenskiy-says</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-08/ukraine-to-pick-targets-if-russia-blocks-ports-zelenskiy-says</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Winfrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:41:56 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVzPq8ZA.Lck/v72/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVzPq8ZA.Lck/v72/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Indicted as US Sovereign Credit Rating Hit: Weekend Reads]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-05/trump-indicted-as-us-sovereign-credit-rating-hit-weekend-reads</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-05/trump-indicted-as-us-sovereign-credit-rating-hit-weekend-reads</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Winfrey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Aug 2023 12:00:08 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i68Om.rGk0A0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i68Om.rGk0A0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Former US President Donald Trump, left, is handed an umbrella from Walt Nauta, personal aide to former US President Donald Trump, before departing on his private airplane at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges that he conspired to obstruct the 2020 presidential election and interfere with the voting rights of millions of Americans.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Recap: Drone Hits Ukrainian Port, Driving Wheat Higher]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-02/ukraine-recap-russian-drones-hit-odesa-region-wheat-rises</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-02/ukraine-recap-russian-drones-hit-odesa-region-wheat-rises</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 06:42:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iojHCqBX_eOY/v86/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iojHCqBX_eOY/v86/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Counteroffensive and Russia’s Grain Strikes Push War Into New Phase]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/ukraine-counterpunch-and-grain-strikes-push-war-into-new-phase</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/ukraine-counterpunch-and-grain-strikes-push-war-into-new-phase</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2023 16:12:48 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEcQUsS62TWI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iEcQUsS62TWI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>TOPSHOT - A Ukrainian artilleryman fires a 152 mm towed gun-howitzer D-20 at Russian positions on the front line near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on July 20, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Recap: Kyiv Starts Counteroffensive Push; Key Rate Cut]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/ukraine-recap-ukraine-starts-major-assault-in-counteroffensive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-27/ukraine-recap-ukraine-starts-major-assault-in-counteroffensive</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2023 06:29:57 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ij.wuDJ3o6.Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ij.wuDJ3o6.Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ukrainian artillerymen operate an M109 155mm self-propelled howitzer. Photographer: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP/Getty Images</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>