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Not just gas – will Europe have enough water?

11:41 14.01.2025 Andrey Kadomtsev

Not just gas – will Europe have enough water?

According to media reports, the new EU Commissioner for the Environment, Jessika Roswall from Sweden, stated that the European Union needs to “urgently address the problem of water scarcity…”.Water is indispensable; access to it is literally crucial for human survival and for agriculture. Water is a vital component in electric …

EU expansion leads to more discord

11:27 16.10.2023 Andrey Kadomtsev

EU expansion leads to more discord

The European Union has signaled plans to embark on a new wave of expansion. This could aggravate the already tense relations between its members, given that admission of new members requires painful changes within the Union itself. On October 6, EU leaders gathered for an informal meeting in Granada, where …

Russia-Hungary: a thorny path of pragmatism and success stories

12:17 21.06.2023 Andrey Kadomtsev

Russia-Hungary: a thorny path of pragmatism and success stories

During a visit to St. Petersburg, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó attended the St. Petersburg Economic Forum and took part in the session "Energy of the 21st Century: Challenges of the Present - Opportunities of the Future." During the trip, Hungary’s top diplomat heaped praise on the development of bilateral …

Worse than under Trump – Biden’s economic policy hits EU yet harder

11:14 16.12.2022 Andrey Kadomtsev

Worse than under Trump – Biden’s economic policy hits EU yet harder

The French Le Monde has published an article whose author argues that “for the EU economy, Biden has proved worse than Trump”. This article will look into the situation in more detail. The US trade policy demonstrated consistent protectionism throughout the entire 19thcentury. It was only in the 1930s, when …

EU – USA: allies or rivals in “green” energy transition?

18:19 17.11.2021 Andrey Kadomtsev

EU – USA: allies or rivals in “green” energy transition?

In the course of the 26thUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Conference of the Parties, COP26), the United States and the European Union demonstrated a seemingly shared view on the “green” transition policy. Nevertheless, the two members of the Atlantic community have substantial differences over measures to overcome the …

Vučić in Serbia more popular than Tito

16:07 08.07.2021 Pyotr Iskenderov

Vučić in Serbia more popular than Tito

A sociological survey which was held in Serbia to find out who is the most popular statesman in the country’s history have yielded unexpected, at first glance, results.The top position in trust ratings (62%) went to Serbia’s incumbent President Aleksandar Vučić, who ran ahead of traditionally number one in popularity …

Moscow-Brussels dialogue amid differences

11:15 12.04.2021 Anna Yershova

Moscow-Brussels dialogue amid differences

Although there is no consensus on Moscow within the European Union and the EU summit has postponed therevisionof a strategic approach to Russia, Brussels formulated its own vision in February of building relations with Moscow: counteraction, containment and cooperation in matters of interest to the EU. What track will Russia-EU …

EU wants less dependence on US dollar

11:23 29.01.2021 Andrey Kadomtsev

EU wants less dependence on US dollar

On January 19 the European Commission released a preliminary plan which is designed to reduce the European Union’s dependence on the US dollar. In addition, the plan signals an intention to protect European companies from Washington-imposed extraterritorial sanctions. As a long-term strategy, it states an intention to “considerably” increase the …

EU playing a zero-sum game in Kosovo

12:28 19.01.2021 Pyotr Iskenderov

EU playing a zero-sum game in Kosovo

When it comes to Kosovo settlement, the European Union is clearly trying to regain the initiative.It was with poorly concealed jealousy and irritation that Brussels watched the delegations of Belgrade and Pristina sign an agreement to normalize their bilateral trade and economic relations in early September in Washington, and with …

Will EU and US be able to ally against China?

11:06 14.12.2020 Vladimir Petrovsky

Will EU and US be able to ally against China?

The issue arose immediately afterThe Financial Timesannounced the EU’s desire to create a new global alliance with the United States, supposedly to countervail the military and economic power of China. The newspaper cites a draft version of the plan to revitalize the transatlantic partnership, prepared by the European Commission and …

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