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The Eastern Partnership and Its 14 "Buddies"
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EaP Countries and supporters among the EU; EU21Global Everyone needs friends. At times of important decisions - this applies even more. The eastern neighbours of the European Union have experienced that there are comparable difficulties on the way...
Ukraine: "It's Now or Never" to decide on EU
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EU High Representative on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton communicated the willingness of Brussels to hold EU-Ukraine summit in early 2013. The European Commission announced on 20 December 2012 that an EU-Ukraine summit would be...
Moldova - A "Last Minute Saviour" for the Eastern Partnership?
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José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC visits Moldova, Foto: Photographic service of the Council of the EU © European Communities WHO needs whom - Moldova the Eastern partnership or the Eastern partnership Moldova? In the last few weeks and...
David Cameron and "His European Union"
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A. Merkel, D. Cameron, F. Hollande; Foto: TMNews (http://www.tmnews.it) During the European Council in December 2012 all the European leaders stood side by side. In January 2013 the future of the European Union is being used to drive a wedge betw...
Armenia Reloaded: 2013 Elections and Shuttle Diplomacy
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EU-Armenia, Foto: Photographic service of the Council of the EU © European Communities Elections in the Post-Soviet space are increasingly an European task and responsibility but mostly are leaving everything the way it is. Just take a look on Uk...
The Fall of the Eastern Partnership? Or even Ukraine?
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Eastern Partnership countries, Graphik: Hristofor Hridsoskulov Six different neighbouring countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - one concrete idea for enhancing relationships with those countries - Eastern Partne...
"The Biggest Hits For Europe's Last Dictator" by Franak Vyachorka and RFE/RL's Belarus Service
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During his 18 years as president, Lukashenka has been the hero of many songs, and not only in Belarus. Here is a Top 10 list of songs about the man once dubbed "Europe's last dictator." Read more: http://www.rferl.org/content/lukashenk...
Where Is German Foreign Policy Heading?
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Do A. Merkel and G. Westerwelle want to be remembered as the architects of an "armchair" foreign policy? The nuclear disaster in Fukushima and the decision for air strikes on Lybia: These two recent events are decisive for the current st...
Eastern EU Members "go for color" and accept responsibility for Eastern Partnership countries
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For nearly two decades, the Eastern EU Members enjoy the advantage of democracy. Since 2004 all of them are able to enjoy the same benefits as full EU Members. It is time to break that stranglehold of the past of beeing a kind of second-class member...
The European Union and Belarus: "Policy of Critical Engagement"?
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General view of the meeting. Foto: Photographic service of the Council of the EU ©European Communities The selective employment of "sticks", namely imposing sanctions until the rest of the EU demands are fulfilled, and "carrots&qu...
Rendez-vous with the last dictatorship in Europe: Belarus
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Belarus and the Eastern Partnership The transformation process after the collapse of the Soviet Union leaded to a kind of rapprochement of many Eastern European countries to united Europe. Among the new neighbouring countries after the Eastern enl...
2011 - A Year for the Eastern Partnership?
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2011 could be a crucial year for the development of the EU's Eastern Partnership. There are some initial steps towards deeper rapprochement, but 2011 could be a year where the EU and the partner countries should show their will for. Javier Solana...
How will WikiLeaks affect European Diplomacy with Eastern Partner Countries?
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WikiLeaks and the "leaked cables" In his post "How will WikiLeaks affect diplomacy?" Jovan Kurbalija made some interesting conclusions of how will WikiLeaks affect diplomacy as a whole: "Probably the only positive impact Wik...
And the winner is...not Moldova!
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Moldova is getting less media attention anyway. The elections last Sunday (28 November 2010) were no exception. The parliamentary elections held on 28 November 2010 in Moldova supposed to put Moldova back on European track. However, the election resu...
Macro-Regions: New Tool Emerging for Regional Cooperation
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Macro-regions in the European Union. Author: Hr. Hrisoskulov The development of new initiatives for creating new macro-regions in the European Union has recently speeded up considerably, and the range of new fields of regional cooperation is expan...
Moldovan Troubles arising from Transformation
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Moldova is one of the smallest and poorest European countries on the immediate border of the European Union. The Sunday early parliamentary elections (28 November 2010) in Moldova may be significant for the future orientation of the country. "...
German-Russian "Change through Rapprochement or just Free Trade"
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Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin(Archiv: EU-Russia Summit 17 Mai 2007)Foto: Credit © European Union, 2010 On 23 November 2010, Russia and the European Union agreed upon the modalities of the Russian accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
EU's and Eastern Partners' Autumn 2010: Tipping Point in Terms of Rapprochement?
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The Autumn 2010 is a season which promises to be eventful for the multilateral relations between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership countries Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaidshan. However, there are different vo...
The Reluctant Eastern Partner: Ukraine
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The European Union hosted the 14th EU-Ukraine Summit in Brusels on 22 November 2010. Herman van Rompuy, José Manuel Barroso, Viktor Yanukovych. Foto: Credit © European Union, 2010 The following three main topics were high on the meeting ag...
