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| Jakub Groszkowski
On 15 January, Slovakia’s state-owned nuclear company JAVYS and the Czech state-owned energy corporation CEZ signed a memorandum with Russia’s Rosatom, which envisages Rosatom being granted access to complete documentation concerning the…
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| Jakub Groszkowski
On 14 January, Prime Minister Petr Necas opened the Gazelle gas pipeline at the Czech-German border in the presence of representatives from Germany and Russia. Gazelle is the extension of Nord Stream’s branch running through the Czech…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
The CDU (36% of the vote against 42.5% in the previous election) won the local election in Lower Saxony on 20 January. Together with the FDP (9.9%, previously 8.2%) it gained a total of 68 seats. However, this will not allow the present…
Analyses |
| Szymon Kardaś
On 10 January, Gazprom and Novatek OAO (the largest independent gas producer in Russia) signed an agreement to form a joint venture to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the Yamal Peninsula. The agreement is further evidence of Russia'…
Analyses |
| Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
On 12 January, at Fountain Square in the centre of Baku, an illegal protest against violence in the military was held. The demonstration was attended by several hundred people, under the slogan of ‘Stop death in the army during peacetime…
Analyses |
| Mateusz Gniazdowski, Jakub Groszkowski
In the first round of the first universal presidential election in the Czech Republic held on 11-12 January, the former left-wing prime minister, Milos Zeman, came first with 24.21% of the vote. He finished only slightly ahead of the…
Analyses |
| Jan Muś
On 13 January the Serbian parliament accepted the document prepared on the initiative of President Tomislav Nikolic, Platform for Kosovo, which is intended to be a negotiating mandate in Serbia's talks with Pristina.
Analyses |
| Justyna Gotkowska
On 11 and 13 January the heads of the Federal Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence expressed their support for the French intervention in Mali, describing it as compatible with UN Security Council resolution 2085 RB of 20 December…
Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
On 24 December, President Viktor Yanukovych appointed a new government headed by Mykola Azarov. The government’s composition is the result of a compromise between the two main groups of oligarchs: the 'family', linked to the president's…
Analyses |
| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 1 January 2013, a law came into force in Russia introducing sanctions against persons who ‘violate the rights of citizens of the Russian Federation.' Its provisions include banning the activity of NGOs which receive financial support…