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EU Membership: Kneel to Join

12:25 30.04.2013

EU Membership: Kneel to Join

The Western political elite was happy to welcome the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo. José Manuel Durão Barroso, the current President of the European Commission, applauded the breakthrough by Belgrade and Pristina in their EU-facilitated dialogue. According to him, it was a historic agreement. The President was confident that «the …

Germany: The Parties Trial of Strength

15:00 16.05.2012

Germany: The Parties Trial of Strength

The continuing pre-election marathon in the USA and the Nicolas Sarkozy’s defeat in the battle for the Élysée Palace spur interest in predictions for the outcome of German elections. The vote in scheduled to take place in September 2013. The elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, that took place on May 13, …

German businessmen on prospects of economic relations with Russia

14:33 14.02.2012

German businessmen on prospects of economic relations with Russia

How do foreign investors take the prospects, which are opening up for them in Russia after the presidential elections? “The Nezavisimaya Gazeta” daily quotes the forecast by the chief economist of HSBC group who says that the investors are scared by the coming 2012 election and new political risks linked …

Nord Stream Launch and Europe's Energy Future

15:00 11.11.2011

Nord Stream Launch and Europe's Energy Future

On September 8, Russian president D. Medvedev, German chancellor A. Merkel, prime ministers of France and the Netherlands Francois Fillon and Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Erwin Sellering, EU Energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger, and CEOs of Nord Stream consortium partners inaugurated the Nord Stream pipeline and opened the …

Electric cars on German highways

15:00 06.06.2011

Electric cars on German highways

Chancellor Angela Merkel`s cabinet has addressed Germany`s car makers to increase production 400 times by the year 2021. As of the 1st of January, 2011, Germany car makers had produced 42.4 million cars, 30.5 million of which had internal combustion engines, 11.3 milion units were diesel-powered cars, 400,000 were LNG …

EU’s energy after Fukushima

15:00 28.03.2011

EU’s energy after Fukushima

The way the European Commission react on the nuclear disaster at Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant in Japan does not coincide with the common idea of clumsiness of the European bureaucracy machine. The decisions to carry out stress-tests of Europe’s nuclear power plants and to elaborate new nuclear security standards were …

Germany worried about euro safety burden

14:00 28.01.2011

Germany worried about euro safety burden

As a participant in talks on how to strengthen the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), Germany opposes excessive responsibility for countries with stable financial system. During a meeting with their colleagues in Brussels on January 17, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made a critical remark: ''Solidarity cannot be limited to …

The echo of the past war

14:00 10.11.2010

The echo of the past war

Great Britain has unveiled plans to cut its military budget by 8% in the next four years, which is the biggest cut since the end of the World War II. On hearing it Washington voiced concern over possible weakening of its ally’s defense potential. In Germany the reaction on the …

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