Antoniu Kosta

politician

António Costa is the President of the European Council, as stated in multiple snippets. He is described as maintaining an informal channel of communication with Moscow regarding the Ukraine conflict, which reportedly caused controversy and criticism from some EU diplomats. Costa has been involved in discussions on Ukraine's EU accession, financial support for Ukraine, and EU budget negotiations, while also being mentioned as a potential negotiator in the Ukraine crisis. He has participated in high-level meetings with Ukrainian and other international leaders.

Events

• Kosta: The European Union is ready to cover two-thirds of Ukraine's…
• EU Keeps Open Channel to Russia for Ukraine Talks
• Europe Seeks Negotiator for Putin Talks on Ukraine
• EU Seeks Negotiator for Talks with Putin on Ukraine
• The EU summit postponed discussion of Ukraine to the second day of…
• Germany, Italy, and Belgium leaders sent a letter to European…
• Bulgaria requested assistance from the EU and NATO in investigating…
• The head of the European Council discussed with Zelenskyy the…
• Baltic countries call for a ban on grain transit from Russia through…
• "Spy centers": European Parliament calls for closing all Russian…

Recent coverage

• Head of the European Council confirmed that the communication channel with Russia remains open — РИАМО
• Politologist names Rütte as probable head of European negotiators with Russia — РИАМО
• Europe seeks a representative for negotiations with Putin on Ukraine — РИАМО
• Kosta: EU ready to cover two-thirds of 70 billion euros requested by Ukraine — Фонтанка
• Kosta: The channel of communication between the EU and Moscow remains open — Ведомости
• EU ready to allocate 47 billion euros for Ukraine — Ведомости
• Kosta stated that the EU does not wish to interfere with Trump's peace initiatives for Ukraine — Вести
• In the European Council, they spoke about the work of an unofficial communication channel with Moscow — Вести
• Dzhabarov commented on EU politicians and their ability to negotiate with Putin — Вести
• Politico: EU seeks negotiator for dialogue with Putin — Вести
• Heads of the European Council and the EC declared the illegality of the memorandum between Libya and Turkey on the delimitation of maritime zones — Интерфакс
• Fake RIA Novosti: EU summit ended in failure, and the Ukraine topic for the first time in several years became secondary — The Insider
• Head of the European Council stated that the EU's long-term budget must be adopted by the end of the year — Интерфакс
• Support for Ukraine at EU summit exists, but no funds for 2027 — DW Главное
• Politico: EU diplomats accused Kostic of derailing negotiations — Ведомости
• In Brussels on October 16 - second day of EU summit — Радио Свобода
• European diplomats hit Koç with criticism over failed negotiations — Вести
• Von der Leyen promised Zelensky to continue sanction pressure on Russia — Москва 24
• Politico: Three EU countries proposed creating a mechanism to suspend EC decisions — Вечерняя Москва
• Germany, Italy and Belgium called for creating a mechanism for suspending EC decisions — Вести