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Analyses |
| Anna Kwiatkowska, Konrad Popławski
Germany’s stance on the reform of the eurozone has been evolving for some time and reaches far beyond its initial appeal for reinforcing the Stability and Growth Pact. Firstly, Chancellor Angela Merkel approved the French proposal for…
Analyses |
The Chinese company Wanhua Industrial Group took over full control of the Hungarian chemical corporation BorsodChem for a price of USD 1.6 billion on 1 February. This way the world’s third largest manufacturer of isocyanates (TDI) has…
OSW Commentary |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
In recent months in Ukraine, there has been a toughening of measures targeted at opposition leaders, in particular the former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the former interior minister Yuri Lutsenko. These two have been charged with…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
Despite the split in the Caucasian armed underground last year, the Emirate of the North Caucasus still has considerable potential to engage in terrorist activities.
Analyses |
On 1 February, Russia’s ambassador to Chişinău, Valery Kuzmin, suggested that Gazprom might lower the price of gas to Moldova in return for political concessions from the Moldovan government. Most likely, Moscow is trying to persuade…
Analyses |
On 2 February, President Dmitri Medvedev held a meeting with Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on plans to raise salaries in the Russian armed forces from 2012. The defence minister reported the decision to increase the officer corps by…
Analyses |
On 1–2 February the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, paid an official visit to Bishkek. This was the first visit by a foreign head of government to Kyrgyzstan since the overthrow of President Kurmanbek Bakiyev last April.…
Analyses |
On 7 February, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Mykola Azarov, proposed that the EU and Ukraine should sign an agreement on a comprehensive, deep free-trade zone in two stages. Most likely, the European Commission will reject the offer.…
OSW Commentary |
| Anna Kwiatkowska
The alarming assessments of German analysts anticipate a rapid shrinkage of oil reserves and a sharp rise in oil prices, which in the longer term will affect the economic and political systems of importer countries. Concerns about the…
Analyses |
| Lucie Szymanowska
Granting Hungarian citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living abroad is still a matter of dispute between Hungary and Slovakia but is unlikely to affect the development of co-operation in Central Europ.