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Analyses |
| Wojciech Konończuk, Tadeusz A Olszański
On 20 October, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Andriy Kluyev and the EU Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht announced that the parties have concluded negotiations on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). The Commissioner…
OSW Commentary |
| Jakub Groszkowski
For the past eighteen months the Slovak government, formed by conservative and liberal parties, has consistently called for the controlled bankruptcy of Greece, a tightening of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact, and for the…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski, Marta Szpala
Judging from the experience of how the third energy package was adopted in EU member states, it will be extremely difficult for the Energy Community states to implement these regulations within such a short timeframe.
On 11 October, the Slovakian parliament refused to ratify the reform of the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), the implementation of which requires consent from all eurozone member states. The vote on the reinforcement of this…
Analyses |
| Marcin Kaczmarski
During Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s visit to China on 11-12 October, a memorandum was signed on cooperation in the field of economic modernisation, as was an agreement to establish a Russian-Chinese investment fund with capital of US$3-…
Analyses |
| Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
On 1 October, the consortia representing three competing projects within the Southern Gas Corridor made their final offers on conditions to transport gas from the Shah-Deniz deposit from 2016. At the last minute, the BP consortium made its…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Strachota
On 6-7 October the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy visited Yerevan, Baku and Tbilisi. During these visits he made a number of strong statements of a kind avoided by other EU leaders. The French president's visit is the first by a…
Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak, Tadeusz A Olszański
On 11 October, the former Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yulia Tymoshenko, was convicted and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. In addition, the court ruled that she was forbidden from holding public office for three years, and was…
Analyses |
| Marek Matusiak
On 7 October, the Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili issued a statement in which he announced the creation of a new political party. Its goal is to win next year's parliamentary elections and remove the current ruling camp from power.
OSW Commentary |
| Marcin Kaczmarski, Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga
In recent months work on the establishment of the Russian development assistance system has been accelerated. This move proves that the Kremlin attaches weight to activity in this area which is an element of soft power politics, the…