INTERNATIONAL Flashcards
(12 cards)
Which Country has recently filed an Application to join the European Union?
Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky has filed an application to join the EU a day after he urged for fast-tracking
admittance due to the Russian invasion.
Current Total members of the EUROPEAN UNION?
European Union, which has 27 members at
present
composed of 19 member states which use the euro currency
RUSSIA CAPTURED UKRAINE ________ NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AND WHERE IS IT LOCATED?
ZAPORIZHZIA ; CITY OF ENERHODAR BANKS OF RIVER DNIEPER RIVER
UKRAINE IS BORDERED BY WHICH ALL NATIONS?
NORTH- BELARUS
WEST- POLAND SLOVAKIA AND HUNGARY
SOUTH- ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA
COASTLINE ALONG SEA OF AZOV AND BLACK SEA
WHO IS THE PRIME MINSITER OF UKRAINE? FOREIGN MINISTER
DENYS SHMYAL
DMYTRO KULEBA
FULL FORM OF SWIFT AND WHY IS IT IN NEWS?
SOCIETY FOR WORLDWIDE INTERBANK FINANCIAL TELECOMMUNICATION ( SWIFT)
RECENTLY EU BANNED RUSSIAN BANKS FROM SWIFT
HOW MANY RUSSIAN BANKS ARE BANNED AND WHICH 2 BANKS ARE EXCLUDED?
7 BANKS
GAZPROMBANK AND SBERBANK ( excluded becuz it already has sanctions from the Crimea annexation in 2014)
where is SWIFT based in? it is overseen by the central banks from how many countries?
Belgium ; 11
swift established in ________ which alternative is Russia using as an alternative of swift?
1973; system for transfer of financial messages ( SPFS)
WHAT IS SWIFT?
MIDDLEMEN TO OPERATE THE INFORMATION TRANSACTION BY PROVIDING SECURE FINANCIAL MESSAGING SERVICES
EU CONSISTS HOW MANY MEMBERS? THE UNION AND THE EU CITIZENSHIP WERE established ___________ TREATY IN 1993?
27 ; MAASTRICHT TREATY
________ IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL?
CHARLES MICHEL