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Representatives of the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and of the fourteen countries participating in the preparation of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR) met on 27 September in Belgrade.…
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On 3 October elections will be held at the regional and central levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to polls, the elections will bring no radical changes to the Bosnian political scene. Parties which draw on nationalist sentiments…
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A summit devoted to the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals agreed by the UN in 2000 was held on 20–22 September in New York. The summit was attended by Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and the Minister for Development Co-…
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The SPD held an extraordinary party convention on 26 September, at the time of which the outline of a new party programme was presented. The convention marked a symbolic end to accounting for the defeat in the parliamentary elections in…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
The departure of Russia’s most influential regional leader ends the process which the current ruling elite had undertaken of replacing the regional elites, and more broadly, dismantling the structures which had been left over from the…
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On 22 September, Ukraine’s government endorsed the result of a contest of 6 September, according to which a plant producing nuclear fuel will be constructed on the basis of Russian technology. In the wake of previous decisions on fuel…
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In mid-September, Uzbekistan’s state railway company finished the construction of de facto first rail line on Afghanistan’s territory, running from the border to Mazar-i-Sharif, the biggest city in the north, which is 75 km away. The end…
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On 28 September, President Dmitri Medvedev signed a law to create an innovation centre at Skolkovo near Moscow. In accordance with the law’s guidelines, a legal-economic enclave supporting research and development in economic fields which…
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On 23 September, the Russian government accepted the plan for the 2011 budget, as well as the main outlines for budgets for 2012 and 2013. In accordance with these plans, the budget deficit will be maintained over the next three years, and…
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On 23 September, the Russian government confirmed an improvement in the quality of Moldovan wines exported to Russia, and increased the number of Moldovan wine producers permitted onto the Russian market; it also opened a second customs…