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| Marta Zawilska-Florczuk
The elections to parliament in the eastern German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania – the sixth elections to German Bundeslands’ parliaments in 2011 – were held on 4 September. The SPD won the largest number of votes (35.7%). The CDU…
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| Marta Szpala
On 2 September Serbia and Kosovo signed an agreement relating to trade relations under which the Serbian party committed to recognising Kosovar customs documents and both countries agreed to lift their respective imports embargoes.
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| Sławomir Matuszak
In recent weeks, Ukraine made yet another attempt to renegotiate the unfavourable gas contracts with Russia which were signed by Yulia Tymoshenko in 2009. The chances of success appear to be illusory, because without far-reaching…
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| Wojciech Konończuk
The agreement is similar to the one between Rosneft and BP which was signed in January this year, but which was not implemented and has now expired. However, this new agreement does not provide for any exchange of shares between the…
Analyses |
| Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
The increase in the Far Asian countries’ activity poses a challenge both to the West, which wishes to acquire raw materials (oil and gas, but also rare metals and uranium), as well as to Russia, which is interested in maintaining its…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
Via the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry, the regime has spent the last few weeks probing the options for improving relations between Minsk and Brussels. Both the Belarusian opposition and the EU’s diplomats have made their positions dependent…
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| Jakub Groszkowski
The negative experiences with renewable energy sources have made the Czech Republic strengthen its stance on its energy and climate policy. The use of coal deposits, the development of the nuclear power sector and the diversification of…
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A number of proposals for the stabilisation of the eurozone were presented in effect of the meeting of German Chancellor Angela Merkel with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on 16 August in Paris. The two leaders proposed for example the…
Analyses |
| Artur Ciechanowicz
The foreign ministers of Germany and Egypt met at consultations on 12 August in Berlin. Mohamed Kamel Amr, the new foreign minister of Egypt, went on his first foreign visit to Turkey and Germany. This is an effect of Berlin’s active…
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Romania wants to establish closer economic co-operation with China as a consequence of its serious difficulties in obtaining Western financial backing for a number of infrastructural projects of strategic significance for Bucharest. The…