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In recent months, food prices in Tajikistan rose by approximately 30%. Such a drastic increase will deepen the socio-economic collapse which the poorest of the post-Soviet republics is undergoing.
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On 17 May, the former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Patriarch Filaret of Kiev, the former head of the Greek Catholic Church Bishop Lubomyr Huzar and several other influential persons appealed to Yuri Lutsenko, the former Minister of…
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On 14 May, President Dmitri Medvedev sent an identical message to the heads of the NATO member states, in which he reminded them of the Russian positio towards plans to develop an anti-missile defence system for the alliance. Russia has…
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On 13 May, in line with with government regulations about the disclosure of data by monopoly providers of transport services, Gazprom for the first time published information confirming the views of experts that the costs of implementing…
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| Marta Szpala
Considering the scale of the disagreements and the contentious issues, the parties are unlikely to reach agreement in the immediate future. Real progress in these talks will depend on the determination of the USA and the EU and the…
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Arvydas Sekmokas, the Lithuanian energy minister, visited the USA on 11 May with the aim of gaining partners for co-operation in the gas sector among US companies. During the visit, the Lithuanian state-owned company Klaipedos Nafta, which…
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On 12 May, the German foreign ministry recognised the Libyan National Council as the legitimate partner for talks representing the Libyan people in relations with Germany and decided to open a liaison office in Benghazi. The office is to…
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The expert commission announced its report on the safety of nuclear reactors in Germany on 17 May. In March this year, the government ordered the commission to carry out stress tests to check the level of safety of all nuclear reactors in…
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The liberal FDP party, which is a member of the federal government coalition, held a convention in Rostock on 13–15 May. As had been previously agreed, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle stepped down as president of the party. The…
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On 13 May, in effect of negotiations conducted by the EU’s representative for foreign affairs, Catherine Ashton, and the president of Republika Srpska (RS), Milorad Dodik, the government of RS abandoned their plans to hold a referendum…