With new EU aid unblocked, Ukraine deepens its turn toward Europe

About this episode

The episode discusses the unblocking of EU aid for Ukraine, Canada's economic strategy, Spain's immigration challenges, and features music from Rikas.

European Union envoys seem set to unblock a $106 billion loan for Kyiv now that Ukraine is once again sending Russian oil to Europe. Also, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney lays out a strategy for the country to move forward without economic or military support from the United States. And, Spain announced last year that it would grant working papers to hundreds of thousands of immigrants who'd entered the country without permission, but it wasn't prepared for the deluge of applications that soon poured in. Plus, some light-hearted music from the German indy-pop quartet Rikas. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Topics covered

• EU aid
• Ukraine
• Canada
• immigration
• economic strategy
• oil trade
• music

Keywords

• EU aid
• Ukraine
• Mark Carney
• immigration
• Russian oil
• economic support
• Rikas

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: European Union, Canada, Rikas

Products: Russian oil

Places: Ukraine, Spain, Europe

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