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| Justyna Gotkowska
The German government’s stance on Libya, namely abstaining from the vote on the UN Security Council’s resolution, and the decision that the Bundeswehr will not take part in the international intervention are linked primarily to its…
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On 21 March, Gazprom and the BASF group signed a memorandum on the German company Wintershall’s (a daughter company of BASF) participation in constructing the marine section of the South Stream gas pipeline. The association of another…
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The celebration of the anniversary of the Spring of Nations was organised by the Hungarian minority in Romania on 15 March. The way it was held provided a pretext for a very sharp attack by the Romanian left-wing and liberal opposition…
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Lithuania’s Seimas amended the education act on 17 March despite continuing protests by minority organisations. The new regulations, starting as early as 1 September, will radically reduce the use of minority languages at non-Lithuanian…
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Parliamentary elections were held on 20 March in Saxony-Anhalt, a federal state in the east of Germany. This was the second of the seven local elections schedule for 2011 in Germany. As forecasted, the election was won by the party which…
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The three-month moratorium on the extension of the operation of nuclear reactors in Germany, which Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 15 March, gave rise to a heated debate on its consequences. The owners of the reactors (RWE, E.ON,…
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| Marcin Kaczmarski
Russia has agreed to the use of force against Libya because of the position the Arab countries had taken, and because of its own strategic relations with France, but the well-publicised difference of opinions between Prime Minister and…
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On 19 March in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offered to undertake a number of activities which would bring about an increase in exports of Russian energy resources to Japan, in connection with the damage to the Fukushima…
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On 17 March, the head of the Belarusian Central Bank Piotr Prokopovich stated that the Belarusian government hopes to obtain US$1 billion of Russian credit in the first half of this year, and around US$2 billion from the Eurasian Economic…
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| Marta Szpala
A government reshuffle and efforts to accelerate the process of integration with the EU are aimed at calming the public and ensuring the present government team victory in parliamentary elections next year.