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| Konrad Mazur
Under the rejected CCS law, which was meant to implement the EU directive regarding the introduction of clean carbon technologies, small and medium-sized pilot storing facilities with a capacity of up to 3 million tonnes per year would be…
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| Kamil Kłysiński
The Belarusian government is still not ready to undertake root-and-branch reform of the system, and is restricting itself to taking ad hoc measures. In addition, record inflation and a drop in real wages pose a risk of social discontent…
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| Andrzej Wilk
Between 16-22 September, the biggest joint military exercises by the Russian and Belarusian armies this year were held on testing grounds in the European part of the Russian Federation, under the codename Union Shield 2011. 12,000 soldiers…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 14 September, the Pravoye Delo (Right Cause) political party's leader, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, was removed from his position in an atmosphere of scandal. The pretext for Prokhorov's exclusion was his refusal to remove a candidate…
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| Artur Ciechanowicz
On 16 September at the Investment Forum in Sochi, Russia's Gazprom, Italy's ENI, France's EdF and Germany's Wintershall (a daughter company of BASF) concluded an agreement to found a company for South Stream Transport (SST), the future…
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| Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Paweł Siarkiewicz
The Harmony Centre, a left-wing grouping which represents the interests of the Russian minority, gained 31 of the 100 seats in the Saeima, Latvia’s parliament. The second best result (22 seats) was achieved by the newly created Reform…
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| Tomasz Dąborowski, Mateusz Gniazdowski, Jakub Groszkowski
On 13 September a member of the supervisory board of the Czech operator, Net4Gas, confirmed that the company’s owner, the German corporation RWE, was considering its sale. In August, representatives of the Czech-Slovak holding EPH…
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| Justyna Gotkowska
On 15 September, Germany’s minister of defence, Thomas de Maizière, visited Moscow. Among those he met was his Russian counterpart, Anatoly Serdyukov. One of the issues they discussed were the military reforms currently being conducted in…
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| Sławomir Matuszak
The negotiations between Ukraine and the European Union on the Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) have reached the final stage. Russia is opposed to Ukraine signing this agreement. Ukraine's…
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| Tadeusz A Olszański
On 12 September the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko was adjourned. The court did not repeal Yulia Tymoshenko's temporary arrest that has been in effect since 5 August. The official reason for the break was the willingness to grant the parties…