President Bronislaw Komorowski has been in Paris and Berlin this week for talks with President Nicholas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel. On his first trip abroad as President of Poland since being elected in July, Komorowski has said that reinvigorating the Weimar Triangle – a diplomatic agreement signed by Poland, Germany and France in 1991 [...]
At the end of July, Poland’s cabinet adopted a preliminary list of priorities for Poland’s EU presidency, which included the EU budget for 2014-2020. The negotiations of the EU budget for 2014- 2021 will be a crucial factor, determining the success of Poland’s presidency. Article – August 19th, 2010.
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19 Aug 2010Riga will have to carry out long-term structural reforms in order to get the country’s economy back on the road to long-term sustainability. There are no other solutions for World Bank President Robert Zoellick. Article – The Baltic Course
The European Union finance ministers gave the final approval to Tallinn joining the eurozone from January 1st, 2011. The exchange rate for the conversion was set into 15.6466 Kroon per 1 euro. Estonia will become the 17th euro member. Tallinn met all EU entry requirements on inflation, debt and deficit levels, interest rates and currency [...]
Ora la Polonia ha il suo destino nelle mani. Lo spauracchio di una nuova complessa coabitazione è stato sconfitto. Il Paese slavo può muovere verso le riforme che necessita senza ulteriori ostacoli e con il vento davvero in poppa. Non sfruttare un’occasione del genere sarebbe imperdonabile. Il duo Komorowski-Tusk non deve, però, sottovalutare alcuni elementi. [...]
О гастарбайтерах и других “чурках” в Германии и в России Статья – Штефан Шолль – “Московский Комсомолец” 22 июня 2010 г.
ENGLISH – ПО-РУССКИ On June 26 Lithuania’s former President and former Prime Minister, Algirdas Brazauskas, died at the age of 77 after a serious illness. In the late 1980ies he became the chief of the Communist Party of Lithuania, which under his leadership supported the aspiration of the republic to become independent. “Either the Party [...]
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21 Jun 201063-летний главный редактор крупнейшей польской “Газеты выборчей” Адам Михник: «В российско-польских отношениях нет симметрии. Россия — великая держава. Польша — страна среднего масштаба в Евросоюзе. Все зависит от того, какие тенденции возобладают в Кремле». «Партия братьев Качиньских до сих пор была партией национального страха, национального комплекса неполноценности, национальной угрозы. Их идеология сводилась к тому, [...]
The campaign to elevate the status of Estonian and to marginalize Russian goes on. Article – New York Times – June 2010
Vincere ampiamente le elezioni con un netto incremento di seggi, ma non avere i voti sufficienti per creare una coalizione di governo. Questa è la situazione creatasi dopo le legislative di sabato 12 giugno. Il premier uscente Robert Fico tenterà di trovare una soluzione, ma gli osservatori sono pessimisti sulle sue possibilità di riuscita. I [...]
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