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Negotiators from both sides have noted rapid progress in the negotiations on the Moldova-EU Association Agreement, the sixth round of which was held on 11 April in Chisinau. However, the progress in the negotiations stands in contrast with…
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On 15 April, the Russian edition of Forbes magazine published its list of Russian billionaires, who now number 101 (compared with 62 last year). According to the rankings, most of the richest Russians are associated with the energy…
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On 15 April, Tajikistan’s armed forces reported the elimination of a ten-person group of combatants under the command of Abdullah Rakhimov (also known as Mullo Abdullo) during a special operation in the east of the country. If this…
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| Jakub Groszkowski
The Czech media have revealed information over the past fortnight confirming that the smallest party in the centre-right government coalition, Public Affairs (VV), is a political project of the private security agency ABL, intended at…
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On 7 April, BH-Gas – a gas operator from Bosnia and Herzegovina – signed a memorandum of co-operation with the consortium TAP, which is implementing the trans-Adriatic gas pipeline construction project through which Caspian gas will be…
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A new government of Estonia was sworn in on 6 April. It will once again be led by Andrus Ansip, the head of the liberal Estonian Reform Party (RE), which won the parliamentary elections in March. The prime minister’s party entered into a…
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The two government coalition parties, the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the New Kosovo Alliance (AKR), and the largest opposition grouping, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) have agreed under US pressure on the choice of the new…
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Roland Jahn, the new head of the Federal Commission for the Stasi Archives (BStU), which is also known as the Gauck Office, wants to dismiss those employees who had co-operated with the East German secret service. For this purpose he…
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Martin Lessing, the president of Germany’s Commerzbank, announced on 6 April that the bank intended to pay off most of its debts owed to the state which it had incurred to counteract the crisis by June. This decision to repay the debt much…
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| Wojciech Konończuk, Sławomir Matuszak
Ukraine sees the signing of the Association Agreement with the EU as its priority and for this reason it has agreed to certain concessions to the EU's advantage; this has enabled the advancement of the negotiations. Ukraine treats offers…