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| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 3 March, at a conference marking the 150th anniversary of the reforms of Tsar Alexander II, President Dmitri Medvedev gave a speech containing a clear criticism of the Putin system of power.
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On 2 March in Brussels, the first Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Andriy Kluyev presented the EU with his country’s proposals for a deep and comprehensive free trade area (DCFTA) . The increased high-level activity on this matter gives…
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On 3 March, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin endorsed the relaxation or abolition of the 'take or pay’ principle in Gazprom’s long-term contracts on the internal market, while maintaining it in export contracts. These more flexible conditions…
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| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein
The votes of the electorate do not forecast an easy victory over the governing right in the upcoming parliamentary elections, however they do confirm that the Polish minority stands a chance of having its own grouping in the Seimas of the…
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On 23rd February Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finances Ivan Mikloš presented the Slovakian stance on the Franco-German Competitiveness Pact and the plan of appointing the European Stabilisation Mechanism (ESM). The centre-right…
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On March 1st the Hungarian government announced their programme of structural reforms which assumes a significant reduction of the country’s debt (from 80% of GDP in 2010 to 65–70% of GDP in 2014) and substantial limitation of budgetary…
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On 27th-28th February Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid a visit to Germany. During a meeting with Turks living in Germany he presented a proposal on how they can obtain the ‘blue card’. The document provides e.g. the right…
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On 1st March federal Minister of Defence Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (CSU) gave up the his ministerial post and other political offices as a consequence of a media scandal related to his doctoral thesis being recognised as containing…
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On 23rd February the German government adopted a cybernetic security strategy. Germany plans an increased counteraction against cybernetic attacks of criminal, terrorist and intelligence origin. Germany is concerned about the increase of…
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| Marcin Kaczmarski
The public protests in North African countries which started at the end of January have met with a limited reaction in Russia. Moscow has appealed to the parties to refrain from using force, and has stressed the necessity of adhering to…