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Analyses |
| Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
During a visit by the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Hui Liangyu on 12 September, the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov revealed the start in August of regular gas exports to China. This process was preceded by the signing of an Uzbek-…
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
The Nordic Transition Support Unit (NTSU), in which military contingents from Sweden, Finland and Norway will co-operate, is to commence operation in northern Afghanistan from 2013 as part of the NATO-led ISAF operation. Latvia is also…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
Russia's accession to the WTO on 23 August has placed Belarus’s economy in a difficult situation. On one hand, for the next few years Minsk will be unable to complete the negotiation process for joining this organisation. On the other, in…
Analyses |
| Szymon Kardaś
11 September saw the publication of a decree by President Vladimir Putin concerning “measures to protect the interests of Russia in respect to the conduct of foreign economic activity by Russian legal entities”. This document covers part-…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On 12 September the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) in Karlsruhe ruled on motions aimed at blocking the ratification of the following three laws: the law establishing the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the law relating to the…
Analyses |
| Marta Szpala
On 10 September the International Civil Office (ICO) and the International Civil Representative (ICR) ended their missions. This translates into the formal closure of the period of Kosovo's “supervised independence”. However, in reality…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Sadecki
On 6t September, the conservative daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet posted a list of the International Monetary Fund’s terms for making a loan to Hungary. These include: a reduction of pensions, raising the retirement age, removing a banking…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk
In recent weeks, a discussion has been taking place in Russia on the prospects for financing a large-scale weapons programme, which in turn forms part of the wider debate on what form the Russian Federation’s budget will take if a new wave…
Analyses |
| Szymon Kardaś
On 4 September, the European Commission announced the initiation of an antitrust investigation against Gazprom. The primary complaint relates to the abuse of its dominant position on the gas market, mainly in Central Europe, by means of (1…
Analyses |
| Szymon Kardaś
On 29 August, Gazprom announced the indefinite suspension of its plan to develop the Shtokman deposit, which is located on the Russian continental shelf in the Barents Sea. A representative of the company stated that the main reason for…