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German politicians were promoting a new concept of deeper co-operation between EU member states during the economic forum in Davos on 27–29 January. According to media reports, Chancellor Angela Merkel will present a ‘Competitiveness Pact…
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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on 25 January passed a resolution accusing Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hasim Thaci and his associates of war crimes and participation in an organised crime group. This has undermined…
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On 25 January, Minister of Economy Rainer Brüderle closed operation of the Deutschlandfonds. This fund, with assets worth 115 billion euros, was created in March 2009 to support with loans and guarantees firms which had suffered as a…
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The project of the Central European energy corridor, North-South, covering the development of the gas transport infrastructure between the planned LNG terminals in Świnoujście, Poland and on the Croatian island of Krk, was discussed during…
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On 28 January, the Bundestag acting upon a government motion elected Roland Jahn head of the Federal Commission for the Stasi Archives (BStU), also referred to as the Gauck Office. This former East German dissident will on 14 March…
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| Anna Wołowska
Early presidential elections may extend Nursultan Nazarbayev’s total period of rule to a quarter-century.
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At this year's annual Economic Forum in Davos on 26-29 January, the Russian delegation, led by President Dmitri Medvedev, tried to persuade Western businessmen to invest in Russia. His guarantees that the investment climate in his country…
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On 31 January, the board of the Russian firm TNK-BP decided to halt production in its refinery in Lysychansk, the second largest in Ukraine. Lukoil took the same step with its refinery in Odessa last autumn. The decision by TNK-BP…
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On 27 January in Davos, the Russian oil company Rosneft and the American firm ExxonMobil signed an agreement on the joint use and exploitation of energy deposits on the Russian shelf of the Black Sea. This is the second contract Rosneft…
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On 1 February, Ukraine’s parliament adopted a amendments to the constitution, finally fixing the terms of office for the president, parliament and local government authorities at five years. This means that the next parliamentary elections…