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Rikard Jozwiak

Rikard Jozwiak is the Europe editor for RFE/RL in Prague, focusing on coverage of the European Union and NATO. He previously worked as RFE/RL’s Brussels correspondent, covering numerous international summits, European elections, and international court rulings. He has reported from most European capitals, as well as Central Asia.

jozwiakr@rferl.org

Also by Rikard Jozwiak

April 15, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: Kosovo Could Finally Get In The Council Of Europe

This week I'm drilling down on two big issues: Kosovo's chances of joining the Council of Europe and the weakening of the EU's sanctions on Russia.
April 08, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: The EU Initiative To Send Russian Money To Ukraine

This week I'm drilling down on two big issues: how the EU could transfer profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine -- perhaps as soon as July -- and the challenges NATO faces as it turns 75.
March 25, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: What Ukraine And Moldova Need To Do To Join The EU

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two big issues: Ukraine and Moldova's negotiation framework and the European Commission's view on pre-enlargement reforms.
March 22, 2024
EU Eyes Frozen Russian Assets For Rearming Ukraine

The European Union is inching closer to a historic decision to use windfall profits accumulated by frozen assets in the bloc belonging to the Russian Central Bank and sending them to Ukraine.
March 18, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: An Eastern European Could Be The New NATO Chief

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm looking at the key job vacancies in Brussels, as well as Jens Stoltenberg's last NATO report.
March 13, 2024
Brussels Gripped By 'We're Hiring' Fever As Top EU, NATO Posts Up For Grabs

This year features a merry-go-round of high-level positions in the upper echelons of the European Union, as well as NATO, and Brussels is awash with rumors as to who will taking up the posts.
March 11, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: Where Does EU Enlargement Stand Right Now?

When will Moldova, Bosnia, and Georgia get into the EU? EU enlargement politics continues to rumble on.
March 04, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: What Sweden Joining NATO Means For The Alliance

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on one big issue: Sweden's impending NATO membership.
February 27, 2024
The Visegrad Group: When 2 + 2 Doesn't Equal 4

What started off as a post-Cold War forum for the quartet to get past decades of Soviet legacy and to promote their entry into Western institutions, it quickly transformed into a bloc not to be scoffed at inside those same political structures.
February 26, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: Will The EU Ban Russian Aluminum?

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'll be discussing two issues: whether the EU will go for a full ban on Russian aluminum imports and how Estonia is leading the way on confiscating frozen Russian assets.
February 23, 2024
Hungary Blocks Common EU Statement To Mark Second Anniversary Of Ukraine Invasion -- Sources

Hungary has blocked a statement that the European Union had been supposed to issue on February 23 to mark the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, EU sources told RFE/RL.
February 18, 2024
EU's Top Diplomat: Ukraine Receives 'Intense Flow Of Our Ammunition'

The European Union is doing the maximum to arm Ukraine, EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell told RFE/RL on February 18. "We have to do more," he acknowledged on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, adding that there already is a "very intense flow of our ammunition going to Ukraine."
February 18, 2024
In Munich, Strong Rhetoric And Lack Of Action, With Bad News In Between

If the Munich Security Conference last year felt optimistic, with Ukraine not only capable of resisting Russia's full-scale invasion but also pushing back, with budding hopes for a summer offensive, this year's event felt like the polar opposite.
February 18, 2024
EU's Borrell Says Bloc Will Keep Aid, Artillery Shells Flowing To Ukraine

Josep Borrell, the EU's top diplomat, says the bloc has provided a "continuous flow" of aid to Ukraine in its nearly two-year battle against the Russian invasion, but he acknowledged that in war "it is never enough" and that assistance -- especially artillery shells -- will continue to be sent.
February 12, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: NATO's 'Biggest Exercise Since The Cold War,' And More (But Weak) EU Sanctions On Russia

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two issues: NATO's biggest exercise in decades; and more EU sanctions on Russia.
February 05, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: How The Ukraine Aid Deal Was Reached

I'm RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak, and this week I'm drilling down on two issues: how the EU overcame a Hungarian veto and the heated debate over Ukrainian food.
February 01, 2024
Analysis: EU's Semantic Gymnastics Helped Ukraine Get The Aid

While it may appear that Hungary got nothing in return for withdrawing its veto of aid for Ukraine, a look at the semantics of the agreement reached in Brussels could indicate what Viktor Orban expects to receive from the European Union.
January 29, 2024
Wider Europe Briefing: Can Europe Step Up Weapons Deliveries To Kyiv?

This week, RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak is drilling down on two issues: How the West can produce more weapons for Ukraine and can frozen Russian assets finally be used to support Ukraine financially?
January 26, 2024
What Now After ICJ Ruling On Israel-Gaza?

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has ordered Israel to take steps to prevent genocide in Gaza, but has not called for a cease-fire. RFE/RL Europe Editor Rikard Jozwiak examines the court's interim ruling and explains what impact it might have.
January 25, 2024
Ruling Imminent At International Court In Israel Genocide Case

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is expected to deliver a provisional relief ruling next week calling for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict and the facilitation of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. RFE/RL's Rikard Jozwiak explains what this means.

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