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The gas company RWE Transgas, which has a dominant position on the Czech market, confirmed on 5 May that it had been a party to arbitration proceedings with the Russian gas supplier, Gazprom Export, since last December. RWE Transgas wants…
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The consortium which is to implement the Nabucco project announced on 6 May that the planned start of the gas pipeline’s construction would be postponed by one year and the date of its launch into operation would be postponed by two years…
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The centre-left cabinet led by Borut Pahor has lost its majority in the Slovenian parliament since the Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia (DeSUS) left the government coalition on 9 May. The break-up of the government coalition…
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On 29 April, officers from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) detained three people in Dϋsseldorf and Bochum of Moroccan and Iranian origin, including two German citizens, suspected of Al-Qaeda membership and plotting a terrorist…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
Putin’s declarations are actions of spin, aimed at promoting United Russia, the party he leads, before December’s elections, in the face of falling support for it. However, above all Putin is seeking to demonstrate that he is the leader of…
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On 21 April, the Russian government adopted draft amendments to the budget for the year 2011. The current state of the energy market is very favourable for Russia as it has increased the country’s budget revenue, which the authorities are…
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The Europol report on the state of organised crime in Europe, published at the beginning of May, has identified Ukraine as one of the most dynamically developing markets for smuggling into the EU. The new report does not so much note…
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On 28 April, the government of Russia decided to raise the export duty on petrol by 34% and introduce a general ban on exports of fuel until the end of May. This decision was caused by the lack of petrol in many regions of Russia, which…
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On 26 April, the state gas company Turkmengaz and the Chinese Development Bank signed an agreement for a loan of US$4.1 billion to the Turkmen company, in exchange for gas supplies to China (in 2009 Turkmenistan incurred another loan of US…
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For the first time during the 9 May celebrations of the anniversary of the end of World War II in Ukraine, the use of red flags (the so-called ‘standards of victory’ – copies of the flag raised over the Reichstag building) was ordered by…