<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Maxim Edwards - CEE EcoGov Editor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Maxim Edwards - CEE EcoGov Editor]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AW7feNeVi8o/maxim-edwards</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Maxim Edwards - CEE EcoGov Editor</title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AW7feNeVi8o/maxim-edwards</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2025 18:44:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AW7feNeVi8o/maxim-edwards.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Meeting Exposes the Political Rift Damaging Poland]]></title><description><![CDATA[The threat of increasing political paralysis in Warsaw comes at a bad time for Europe.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-03/as-poland-s-president-meets-trump-political-tensions-rise-in-warsaw</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-03/as-poland-s-president-meets-trump-political-tensions-rise-in-warsaw</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Agnieszka Barteczko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4PiRTed.UO8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4PiRTed.UO8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Poland’s new president, Karol Nawrocki, is set to meet the US president on Sept. 3</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin Woos Trump While US Leader Tempers Summit Expectations]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/putin-seeks-arms-control-treaty-as-next-stage-after-trump-summit</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/putin-seeks-arms-control-treaty-as-next-stage-after-trump-summit</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2025 11:50:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSMJu4p.1Mac/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iSMJu4p.1Mac/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poland’s Next Political Battle Starts as New President Takes Office]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a nationalist outsider is sworn in as head of state, a clash of two very different politicians with two very different visions for Poland lies ahead. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/poland-new-president-inaugurated-starting-next-political-battle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/poland-new-president-inaugurated-starting-next-political-battle</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Agnieszka Barteczko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 04:00:34 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwG8j0COEGi8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iwG8j0COEGi8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Karol Nawrocki, Poland&apos;s incoming president, departs from the Presidential Palace after meeting with Andrzej Duda, Poland&apos;s president, not pictured, in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. The ascent of Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian and one-time boxer with scant political experience, also registers a rare win for Trump&apos;s MAGA movement.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia’s Advances in Eastern Ukraine Are Stalling Ahead of Talks]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-11/russia-s-advances-in-eastern-ukraine-are-stalling-ahead-of-talks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-11/russia-s-advances-in-eastern-ukraine-are-stalling-ahead-of-talks</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maxim Edwards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2025 17:11:32 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGiSk8PXcqWg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGiSk8PXcqWg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery in the direction of Pokrovsk, Ukraine.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine’s Deal With Trump Unravels]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-14/ukraine-s-deal-with-trump-unravels</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-14/ukraine-s-deal-with-trump-unravels</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maxim Edwards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:30:09 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipYTDyp5z_vY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ipYTDyp5z_vY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy holds talks with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Kyiv. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lukashenko Extends His Rule in Belarusian Vote Called Sham]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-26/lukashenko-set-to-extend-power-in-highly-controlled-belarus-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-26/lukashenko-set-to-extend-power-in-highly-controlled-belarus-vote</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aliaksandr Kudrytski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jan 2025 09:12:30 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixTm1ehtvUKI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixTm1ehtvUKI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot in Minsk, on Jan. 26.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ukraine Reaches Out to the World as Trump Returns]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-01-24/eastern-europe-newsletter-ukraine-reaches-out-to-world-in-davos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-01-24/eastern-europe-newsletter-ukraine-reaches-out-to-world-in-davos</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maxim Edwards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2025 05:30:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLDQyDHsJlYw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iLDQyDHsJlYw/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A view of the Ukraine House pavilion ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2025. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 20 to 24.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shocked Romanians Watch Their Country Go Into Political Meltdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the highest court voided the presidential vote, pro-EU forces face a showdown with the far right that’s now a familiar theme across Europe.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-07/romania-court-ruling-sends-country-into-political-meltdown</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-07/romania-court-ruling-sends-country-into-political-meltdown</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maxim Edwards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 05:00:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i69h.aI5edt8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i69h.aI5edt8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Demonstrators hold EU and Romanian national flags during a pro-European rally in Bucharest.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia Closes Polish Consulate in Escalating Diplomatic Spat]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-05/russia-closes-polish-consulate-in-escalating-diplomatic-spat</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-05/russia-closes-polish-consulate-in-escalating-diplomatic-spat</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maxim Edwards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2024 13:55:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iu0jtPmLWDsk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iu0jtPmLWDsk/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Polish consulate in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 2015. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Europe Doubts Trump on US Military Aid to Kyiv]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-28/trump-s-opaque-plans-leave-europe-racing-for-military-aid-to-ukraine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-11-28/trump-s-opaque-plans-leave-europe-racing-for-military-aid-to-ukraine</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maxim Edwards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:59:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/issiZ8PNl9x4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/issiZ8PNl9x4/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 18: A M142 HIMARS launches a rocket on the Bakhmut direction on May 18, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Ukraine received the HIMARS as part of international military assistance programs to help defend itself against the ongoing Russian invasion. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) Photographer: Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images Europe</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Trump-Sized Hole Is Looming in Ukraine’s Defenses Against Putin]]></title><description><![CDATA[The President-elect says he’ll end the war in Ukraine. Europe is confronting the reality it will have to step up if the US cuts back support for Kyiv — but that won’t be easy.   ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-11-27/russia-ukraine-war-can-europe-fill-defense-gap-if-trump-withdraws-support</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-11-27/russia-ukraine-war-can-europe-fill-defense-gap-if-trump-withdraws-support</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Maxim Edwards]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 22:00:05 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isu9KhNhBvZI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/isu9KhNhBvZI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ukrainian servicemen prepare a M777 howitzer to fire towards Russian positions at the frontline in Donetsk region.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Man in Europe Gambles on Return of His American Ally]]></title><description><![CDATA[Viktor Orban relishes being the EU’s nationalist rebel with close ties to Putin. The US election is now a key moment for the Hungarian strongman. ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-11-02/will-trump-win-hungarian-leader-viktor-orban-hopes-so</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-11-02/will-trump-win-hungarian-leader-viktor-orban-hopes-so</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zoltan Simon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Nov 2024 05:00:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXvkb3T4Irug/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXvkb3T4Irug/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Viktor Orban marks the 68th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956 in Budapest on Oct. 23.</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>