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Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Signing an agreement on a free-trade zone within the CIS

This document is intended to replace more than 100 bilateral agreements which currently govern free trade between these countries. The free trade area can only come into force when all the signatory states ratify it.
OSW Commentary | | Konrad Mazur

German companies strengthen their cooperation with Russian gas suppliers

It is possible that while establishing the details of cooperation between the Russian and German companies, Russia will try to put pressure on Germany to give up competing projects such as Nabucco. However, a well-diversified German energy…
Analyses | | Andrzej Sadecki, Marta Szpala

The Serbian-Hungarian dispute over the restitution law

The result of the talks between Bosnian President Boris Tadic and the leader of the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) Istvan Pasztor will be key to solving the dispute. If SVM reaches an agreement with the Serbian government, the…
Analyses | | Konrad Mazur

Germany wants to pursue its resources strategy in Mongolia

The German-Australian consortium BBM Operta and Macmahon signed a deal for extracting 15 million tonnes of coal annually, worth US$ 2 billion from the Tavan Tolgoi mine. Siemens concluded an agreement for the construction of gas turbines…
Analyses | | Marta Szpala

The enlargement policy Serbia in the spotlight

On 12 October the European Commission published annual reports regarding the state of preparation for EU accession in the Balkan countries and the assessment of Serbia's EU membership application. In the EC's opinion, the reforms…
Analyses | | Konrad Popławski

Germany satisfied by the ECs proposal of reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

On 12 October the European Commission (EC) presented a draft vision of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2014-2020. The EC's draft also included a proposal to slightly increase funding for farmers from the EU new member states with…
Analyses | | Konrad Popławski

Germany is preparing a plan to comprehensively reform the eurozone

Germany is determined to rescue the euro on condition that profound changes are going to be conducted. Germany is working to introduce mechanisms for sanctions on excessive borrowing, namely the creation of a European Stabilisation…
Analyses | | Tomasz Dąborowski

Romania and Bulgaria building a political tandem in the EU

On 12 October the first joint session of the governments of Romania and Bulgaria in history was held. The prime ministers of the two countries established a mechanism of regular intergovernmental consultations in order to strengthen…
Analyses | | Wojciech Konończuk, Tadeusz A Olszański

Completion of UkraineEU negotiations on DCFTA

On 20 October, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Andriy Kluyev and the EU Commissioner for Trade Karel De Gucht announced that the parties have concluded negotiations on a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). The Commissioner…
OSW Commentary | | Jakub Groszkowski

Slovakia the Eurogroups enfant terrible

For the past eighteen months the Slovak government, formed by conservative and liberal parties, has consistently called for the controlled bankruptcy of Greece, a tightening of the rules of the Stability and Growth Pact, and for the…